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6 APR::Socket - Perl API for APR sockets
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9 use APR::Socket ();
10 ### set the socket to the blocking mode if it isn't already
12 ### and read in the loop and echo it back
13 use APR::Const -compile => qw(SO_NONBLOCK);
14 if ($sock->opt_get(APR::Const::SO_NONBLOCK)) {
15 $sock->opt_set(APR::Const::SO_NONBLOCK => 0);
16 }
17 # read from/write to the socket (w/o handling possible failures)
18 my $wanted = 1024;
19 while ($sock->recv(my $buff, $wanted)) {
20 $sock->send($buff);
21 }
22 ### get/set IO timeout and try to read some data
24 use APR::Const -compile => qw(TIMEUP);
25 # timeout is in usecs!
26 my $timeout = $sock->timeout_get();
27 if ($timeout < 10_000_000) {
28 $sock->timeout_set(20_000_000); # 20 secs
29 }
30 # now read, while handling timeouts
31 my $wanted = 1024;
32 my $buff;
33 my $rlen = eval { $sock->recv($buff, $wanted) };
34 if ($@ && ref $@ && $@ == APR::Const::TIMEUP) {
35 # timeout, do something, e.g.
36 warn "timed out, will try again later";
37 }
38 else {
39 warn "asked for $wanted bytes, read $rlen bytes\n";
40 # do something with the data
41 }
42 # non-blocking io poll
44 $sock->opt_set(APR::Const::SO_NONBLOCK => 1);
45 my $rc = $sock->poll($c->pool, 1_000_000, APR::Const::POLLIN);
46 if ($rc == APR::Const::SUCCESS) {
47 # read the data
48 }
49 else {
50 # handle the condition
51 }
52 # fetch the operating level socket
54 my $fd=$sock->fileno;
55
57 "APR::Socket" provides the Perl interface to APR sockets.
58
60 "APR::Socket" provides the following methods:
61 "fileno"
63 Get the operating system socket, the file descriptor on UNIX.
64 $fd = $sock->fileno;
66 obj: $sock ( "APR::Socket object" )
68 The socket
69 ret: $fd ( integer )
71 The OS-level file descriptor.
72 since: 2.0.5 (not implemented on Windows)
74 "opt_get"
76 Query socket options for the specified socket
77 $val = $sock->opt_get($opt);
79 obj: $sock ( "APR::Socket object" )
81 the socket object to query
82 arg1: $opt ( "APR::Const constant" )
84 the socket option we would like to configure. Here are the
85 available socket options.
86 ret: $val ( integer )
88 the currently set value for the socket option you've queried for
89 excpt: "APR::Error"
91 since: 2.0.00
92 Examples can be found in the socket options constants section. For
94 example setting the IO to the blocking mode.
95 "opt_set"
97 Setup socket options for the specified socket
98 $sock->opt_set($opt, $val);
100 obj: $sock ( "APR::Socket object" object )
102 the socket object to set up.
103 arg1: $opt ( "APR::Const" constant )
105 the socket option we would like to configure. Here are the
106 available socket options.
107 arg2: $val ( integer )
109 value for the option. Refer to the socket options section to learn
110 about the expected values.
111 ret: no return value
113 excpt: "APR::Error"
114 since: 2.0.00
115 Examples can be found in the socket options constants section. For
117 example setting the IO to the blocking mode.
118 "poll"
120 Poll the socket for events:
121 $rc = $sock->poll($pool, $timeout, $events);
123 obj: $sock ( "APR::Socket object" )
125 The socket to poll
126 arg1: $pool ( "APR::Pool object" )
128 usually "$c->pool".
129 arg2: $timeout ( integer )
131 The amount of time to wait (in milliseconds) for the specified
132 events to occur.
133 arg3: $events ( "APR::Const :poll constants" )
135 The events for which to wait.
136 For example use "APR::Const::POLLIN" to wait for incoming data to
138 be available, "APR::Const::POLLOUT" to wait until it's possible to
139 write data to the socket and "APR::Const::POLLPRI" to wait for
140 priority data to become available.
141 ret: $rc ( "APR::Const constant" )
143 If "APR::Const::SUCCESS" is received than the polling was
144 successful. If not -- the error code is returned, which can be
145 converted to the error string with help of "APR::Error::strerror".
146 since: 2.0.00
148 For example poll a non-blocking socket up to 1 second when reading data
150 from the client:
151 use APR::Socket ();
153 use APR::Connection ();
154 use APR::Error ();
155 use APR::Const -compile => qw(SO_NONBLOCK POLLIN SUCCESS TIMEUP);
157 $sock->opt_set(APR::Const::SO_NONBLOCK => 1);
159 my $rc = $sock->poll($c->pool, 1_000_000, APR::Const::POLLIN);
161 if ($rc == APR::Const::SUCCESS) {
162 # Data is waiting on the socket to be read.
163 # $sock->recv(my $buf, BUFF_LEN)
164 }
165 elsif ($rc == APR::Const::TIMEUP) {
166 # One second elapsed and still there is no data waiting to be
167 # read. for example could try again.
168 }
169 else {
170 die "poll error: " . APR::Error::strerror($rc);
171 }
172 "recv"
174 Read incoming data from the socket
175 $len = $sock->recv($buffer, $wanted);
177 obj: $sock ( "APR::SockAddr object" object )
179 The socket to read from
180 arg1: $buffer ( SCALAR )
182 The buffer to fill. All previous data will be lost.
183 arg2: $wanted ( int )
185 How many bytes to attempt to read.
186 ret: $len ( number )
188 How many bytes were actually read.
189 $buffer gets populated with the string that is read. It will
191 contain an empty string if there was nothing to read.
192 excpt: "APR::Error"
194 If you get the '(11) Resource temporarily unavailable' error
195 (exception "APR::Const::EAGAIN") (or another equivalent, which
196 might be different on non-POSIX systems), then you didn't ensure
197 that the socket is in a blocking IO mode before using it. Note that
198 you should use "APR::Status::is_EAGAIN" to perform this check
199 (since different error codes may be returned for the same event on
200 different OSes). For example if the socket is set to the non-
201 blocking mode and there is no data right away, you may get this
202 exception thrown. So here is how to check for it and retry a few
203 times after short delays:
204 use APR::Status ();
206 $sock->opt_set(APR::Const::SO_NONBLOCK, 1);
207 # ....
208 my $tries = 0;
209 my $buffer;
210 RETRY: my $rlen = eval { $socket->recv($buffer, SIZE) };
211 if ($@)
212 die $@ unless ref $@ && APR::Status::is_EAGAIN($@);
213 if ($tries++ < 3) {
214 # sleep 250msec
215 select undef, undef, undef, 0.25;
216 goto RETRY;
217 }
218 else {
219 # do something else
220 }
221 }
222 warn "read $rlen bytes\n"
223 If timeout was set via "timeout_set|/C_timeout_set_", you may need
225 to catch the "APR::Const::TIMEUP" exception. For example:
226 use APR::Const -compile => qw(TIMEUP);
228 $sock->timeout_set(1_000_000); # 1 sec
229 my $buffer;
230 eval { $sock->recv($buffer, $wanted) };
231 if ($@ && $@ == APR::Const::TIMEUP) {
232 # timeout, do something, e.g.
233 }
234 If not handled -- you may get the error '70007: The timeout
236 specified has expired'.
237 Another error condition that may occur is the '(104) Connection
239 reset by peer' error, which is up to your application logic to
240 decide whether it's an error or not. This error usually happens
241 when the client aborts the connection.
242 use APR::Const -compile => qw(ECONNABORTED);
244 my $buffer;
245 eval { $sock->recv($buffer, $wanted) };
246 if ($@ == APR::Const::ECONNABORTED) {
247 # ignore it or deal with it
248 }
249 since: 2.0.00
251 Here is the quick prototype example, which doesn't handle any errors
253 (mod_perl will do that for you):
254 use APR::Socket ();
256 # set the socket to the blocking mode if it isn't already
258 use APR::Const -compile => qw(SO_NONBLOCK);
259 if ($sock->opt_get(APR::Const::SO_NONBLOCK)) {
260 $sock->opt_set(APR::Const::SO_NONBLOCK => 0);
261 }
262 # read from/write to the socket (w/o handling possible failures)
263 my $wanted = 1024;
264 while ($sock->recv(my $buffer, $wanted)) {
265 $sock->send($buffer);
266 }
267 If you want to handle errors by yourself, the loop may look like:
269 use APR::Const -compile => qw(ECONNABORTED);
271 # ...
272 while (1) {
273 my $buf;
274 my $len = eval { $sock->recv($buf, $wanted) };
275 if ($@) {
276 # handle the error, e.g. to ignore aborted connections but
277 # rethrow any other errors:
278 if ($@ == APR::Const::ECONNABORTED) {
279 # ignore
280 last;
281 }
282 else {
283 die $@; # retrow
284 }
285 }
286 if ($len) {
288 $sock->send($buffer);
289 }
290 else {
291 last;
292 }
293 }
294 "send"
296 Write data to the socket
297 $wlen = $sock->send($buf, $opt_len);
299 obj: $sock ( "APR::Socket object" )
301 The socket to write to
302 arg1: $buf ( scalar )
304 The data to send
305 opt arg2: $opt_len ( int )
307 There is no need to pass this argument, unless you want to send
308 less data than contained in $buf.
309 ret: $wlen ( integer )
311 How many bytes were sent
312 since: 2.0.00
314 For examples see the "recv" item.
316 "timeout_get"
318 Get socket timeout settings
319 $usecs = $sock->timeout_get();
321 obj: $sock ( "APR::Socket object" )
323 The socket to set up.
324 ret: $usecs ( number)
326 Currently set timeout in microseconds (and also the blocking IO
327 behavior). See ("APR::timeout_set") for possible values and their
328 meaning.
329 excpt: "APR::Error"
331 since: 2.0.00
332 "timeout_set"
334 Setup socket timeout.
335 $sock->timeout_set($usecs);
337 obj: $sock ( "APR::Socket object" )
339 The socket to set up.
340 arg1: $usecs ( number )
342 Value for the timeout in microseconds and also the blocking IO
343 behavior.
344 The possible values are:
346 t > 0
348 "send()" and "recv()" throw ("APR::Const::TIMEUP" exception) if
349 specified time elapses with no data sent or received.
350 Notice that the positive value is in micro seconds. So if you
352 want to set the timeout for 5 seconds, the value should be:
353 5_000_000.
354 This mode sets the socket into a non-blocking IO mode.
356 t == 0
358 "send()" and "recv()" calls never block.
359 t < 0
361 "send()" and "recv()" calls block.
362 Usually just -1 is used for this case, but any negative value
364 will do.
365 This mode sets the socket into a blocking IO mode.
367 ret: no return value
369 excpt: "APR::Error"
370 since: 2.0.00
371
373 "APR::Socket" also provides auto-generated Perl interface for a few
374 other methods which aren't tested at the moment and therefore their API
375 is a subject to change. These methods will be finalized later as a need
376 arises. If you want to rely on any of the following methods please
377 contact the the mod_perl development mailing list so we can help each
378 other take the steps necessary to shift the method to an officially
379 supported API.
380 "bind"
382 META: Autogenerated - needs to be reviewed/completed
383 Bind the socket to its associated port
385 $ret = $sock->bind($sa);
387 obj: $sock ( "APR::Socket object" )
389 The socket to bind
390 arg1: $sa ( "APR::SockAddr object" )
392 The socket address to bind to
393 ret: $ret ( integer )
395 since: subject to change
396 This may be where we will find out if there is any other process using
398 the selected port.
399 "close"
401 META: Autogenerated - needs to be reviewed/completed
402 Close a socket.
404 $ret = $sock->close();
406 obj: $sock ( "APR::Socket object" )
408 The socket to close
409 ret: $ret ( integer )
411 since: subject to change
412 "connect"
414 META: Autogenerated - needs to be reviewed/completed
415 Issue a connection request to a socket either on the same machine or a
417 different one.
418 $ret = $sock->connect($sa);
420 obj: $sock ( "APR::Socket object" )
422 The socket we wish to use for our side of the connection
423 arg1: $sa ( "APR::SockAddr object" )
425 The address of the machine we wish to connect to. If NULL, APR
426 assumes that the sockaddr_in in the apr_socket is completely filled
427 out.
428 ret: $ret ( integer )
430 since: subject to change
431 "listen"
433 META: Autogenerated - needs to be reviewed/completed
434 Listen to a bound socket for connections.
436 $ret = $sock->listen($backlog);
438 obj: $sock ( "APR::Socket object" )
440 The socket to listen on
441 arg1: $backlog ( integer )
443 The number of outstanding connections allowed in the sockets listen
444 queue. If this value is less than zero, the listen queue size is
445 set to zero.
446 ret: $ret ( integer )
448 since: subject to change
449 "recvfrom"
451 META: Autogenerated - needs to be reviewed/completed
452 $ret = $from->recvfrom($sock, $flags, $buf, $len);
454 obj: $from ( "APR::SockAddr object" )
456 The apr_sockaddr_t to fill in the recipient info
457 arg1: $sock ( "APR::SockAddr object" )
459 The socket to use
460 arg2: $flags ( integer )
462 The flags to use
463 arg3: $buf ( integer )
465 The buffer to use
466 arg4: $len ( string )
468 The length of the available buffer
469 ret: $ret ( integer )
471 since: subject to change
472 "sendto"
474 META: Autogenerated - needs to be reviewed/completed
475 $ret = $sock->sendto($where, $flags, $buf, $len);
477 obj: $sock ( "APR::Socket object" )
479 The socket to send from
480 arg1: $where ( "APR::Socket object" )
482 The apr_sockaddr_t describing where to send the data
483 arg2: $flags ( integer )
485 The flags to use
486 arg3: $buf ( scalar )
488 The data to send
489 arg4: $len ( string )
491 The length of the data to send
492 ret: $ret ( integer )
494 since: subject to change
495
497 mod_perl 2.0 documentation.
498
500 mod_perl 2.0 and its core modules are copyrighted under The Apache
501 Software License, Version 2.0.
502
504 The mod_perl development team and numerous contributors.
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