POE::Resource(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation POE::Resource(3)NAMEPOE::Resource - internal resource managers for POE::Kernel
SYNOPSIS
Varies, although most POE::Resource subclasses do not have public APIs.
DESCRIPTION
POE manages several types of information internally. Its Resource
classes are mix-ins designed to manage those types of information
behind tidy, mostly private interfaces. This was done to facilitate
testing and a conversion to C without the need to port POE::Kernel all
at once.
POE::Resource subclasses are generally different from one another, but
there are some similarities to note.
Every resource should have an initializer and finalizer method.
Initializers set up initial data and link resources into POE::Kernel.
Finalizers clean up any remaining data and verify that each resource
subsystem was left in a consistent state.
One common theme in resource implementations is that they don't need to
perform much error checking, if any. Resource methods are used
internally by POE::Kernel and/or POE::API classes, so it's up to them
to ensure correct usage.
Resource methods follow the naming convention _data_???_activity, where
??? is an abbreviation for the type of resource it belongs to:
POE::Resource::Events _data_ev_initialize
POE::Resource::FileHandles _data_handle_initialize
POE::Resource::Signals _data_sig_initialize
Finalizer methods end in "_finalize".
_data_ev_finalize
_data_handle_finalize
_data_sig_finalize
Finalizers return true if a resource shut down cleanly, or false if
there were inconsistencies or leaks during end-of-run checking. The
t/res/*.t tests rely on these return values.
SEE ALSO
POE::Resource::Aliases, POE::Resource::Events, POE::Resource::Extrefs,
POE::Resource::FileHandles, POE::Resource::SIDs,
POE::Resource::Sessions, POE::Resource::Signals
Also see "Resources" in POE::Kernel for for public information about
POE resources.
BUGS
None known.
AUTHORS & LICENSING
Please see POE for more information about its authors, contributors,
and licensing.
perl v5.14.2 2011-12-15 POE::Resource(3)
