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NAME
       Net::DBus::Reactor - application event loop

SYNOPSIS
       Create and run an event loop:

          use Net::DBus::Reactor;
          my $reactor = Net::DBus::Reactor->main();

          $reactor->run();

       Manage some file handlers

          $reactor->add_read($fd,
                             Net::DBus::Callback->new(method => sub {
                                my $fd = shift;
                                ...read some data...
                             }, args => [$fd]));

          $reactor->add_write($fd,
                              Net::DBus::Callback->new(method => sub {
                                 my $fd = shift;
                                 ...write some data...
                              }, args => [$fd]));

       Temporarily (dis|en)able a handle

          # Disable
          $reactor->toggle_read($fd, 0);
          # Enable
          $reactor->toggle_read($fd, 1);

       Permanently remove a handle

          $reactor->remove_read($fd);

       Manage a regular timeout every 100 milliseconds

          my $timer = $reactor->add_timeout(100,
                                            Net::DBus::Callback->new(
                     method => sub {
                        ...process the alarm...
                     }));

       Temporarily (dis|en)able a timer

          # Disable
          $reactor->toggle_timeout($timer, 0);
          # Enable
          $reactor->toggle_timeout($timer, 1);

       Permanently remove a timer

          $reactor->remove_timeout($timer);

       Add a post-dispatch hook

          my $hook = $reactor->add_hook(Net::DBus::Callback->new(
                method => sub {
                   ... do some work...
                }));

       Remove a hook

          $reactor->remove_hook($hook);

DESCRIPTION
       This class provides a general purpose event loop for the purposes of
       multiplexing I/O events and timeouts in a single process. The
       underlying implementation is done using the select system call. File
       handles can be registered for monitoring on read, write and exception
       (out-of-band data) events. Timers can be registered to expire with a
       periodic frequency. These are implemented using the timeout parameter
       of the select system call.  Since this parameter merely represents an
       upper bound on the amount of time the select system call is allowed to
       sleep, the actual period of the timers may vary. Under normal load this
       variance is typically 10 milliseconds.  Finally, hooks may be
       registered which will be invoked on each iteration of the event loop
       (ie after processing the file events, or timeouts indicated by the
       select system call returning).

METHODS
       my $reactor = Net::DBus::Reactor->new();
           Creates a new event loop ready for monitoring file handles, or
           generating timeouts. Except in very unusual circumstances (examples
           of which I can't think up) it is not necessary or desriable to
           explicitly create new reactor instances. Instead call the main
           method to get a handle to the singleton instance.

       $reactor = Net::DBus::Reactor->main;
           Return a handle to the singleton instance of the reactor. This is
           the recommended way of getting hold of a reactor, since it removes
           the need for modules to pass around handles to their privately
           created reactors.

       $reactor->manage($connection);
       $reactor->manage($server);
           Registers a "Net::DBus::Binding::Connection" or
           "Net::DBus::Binding::Server" object for management by the event
           loop. This basically involves hooking up the watch & timeout
           callbacks to the event loop.  For connections it will also register
           a hook to invoke the "dispatch" method periodically.

       $reactor->run();
           Starts the event loop monitoring any registered file handles and
           timeouts. At least one file handle, or timer must have been
           registered prior to running the reactor, otherwise it will
           immediately exit. The reactor will run until all registered file
           handles, or timeouts have been removed, or disabled. The reactor
           can be explicitly stopped by calling the "shutdown" method.

       $reactor->shutdown();
           Explicitly shutdown the reactor after pending events have been
           processed.

       $reactor->step();
           Perform one iteration of the event loop, going to sleep until an
           event occurs on a registered file handle, or a timeout occurrs.
           This method is generally not required in day-to-day use.

       $reactor->add_read($fd, $callback[, $status]);
           Registers a file handle for monitoring of read events. The
           $callback parameter specifies either a code reference to a
           subroutine, or an instance of the "Net::DBus::Callback" object to
           invoke each time an event occurs. The optional $status parameter is
           a boolean value to specify whether the watch is initially enabled.

       $reactor->add_write($fd, $callback[, $status]);
           Registers a file handle for monitoring of write events. The
           $callback parameter specifies either a code reference to a
           subroutine, or an instance of the "Net::DBus::Callback" object to
           invoke each time an event occurs. The optional $status parameter is
           a boolean value to specify whether the watch is initially enabled.

       $reactor->add_exception($fd, $callback[, $status]);
           Registers a file handle for monitoring of exception events. The
           $callback parameter specifies either a code reference to a
           subroutine, or  an instance of the "Net::DBus::Callback" object to
           invoke each time an event occurs. The optional $status parameter is
           a boolean value to specify whether the watch is initially enabled.

       my $id = $reactor->add_timeout($interval, $callback, $status);
           Registers a new timeout to expire every $interval milliseconds. The
           $callback parameter specifies either a code reference to a
           subroutine, or an instance of the "Net::DBus::Callback" object to
           invoke each time the timeout expires. The optional $status
           parameter is a boolean value to specify whether the timeout is
           initially enabled. The return parameter is a unique identifier
           which can be used to later remove or disable the timeout.

       $reactor->remove_timeout($id);
           Removes a previously registered timeout specified by the $id
           parameter.

       $reactor->toggle_timeout($id, $status[, $interval]);
           Updates the state of a previously registered timeout specified by
           the $id parameter. The $status parameter specifies whether the
           timeout is to be enabled or disabled, while the optional $interval
           parameter can be used to change the period of the timeout.

       my $id = $reactor->add_hook($callback[, $status]);
           Registers a new hook to be fired on each iteration of the event
           loop. The $callback parameter specifies  either a code reference to
           a subroutine, or an instance of the "Net::DBus::Callback" class to
           invoke. The $status parameter determines whether the hook is
           initially enabled, or disabled.  The return parameter is a unique
           id which should be used to later remove, or disable the hook.

       $reactor->remove_hook($id)
           Removes the previously registered hook identified by $id.

       $reactor->toggle_hook($id, $status)
           Updates the status of the previously registered hook identified by
           $id. The $status parameter determines whether the hook is to be
           enabled or disabled.

       $reactor->remove_read($fd);
       $reactor->remove_write($fd);
       $reactor->remove_exception($fd);
           Removes a watch on the file handle $fd.

       $reactor->toggle_read($fd, $status);
       $reactor->toggle_write($fd, $status);
       $reactor->toggle_exception($fd, $status);
           Updates the status of a watch on the file handle $fd.  The $status
           parameter species whether the watch is to be enabled or disabled.

SEE ALSO
       Net::DBus::Callback, Net::DBus::Connection, Net::DBus::Server

AUTHOR
       Daniel Berrange <dan@berrange.com>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2004-2011 by Daniel Berrange

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