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# Copyright (C) 2004-2011 Daniel P. Berrange
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=pod
=head1 NAME
Net::DBus::Callback - a callback for receiving reactor events
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use Net::DBus::Callback;
# Assume we have a 'terminal' object and its got a method
# to be invoked everytime there is input on its terminal.
#
# To create a callback to invoke this method one might use
my $cb = Net::DBus::Callback->new(object => $terminal,
method => "handle_stdio");
# Whatever is monitoring the stdio channel, would then
# invoke the callback, perhaps passing in a parameter with
# some 'interesting' data, such as number of bytes available
$cb->invoke($nbytes)
#... which results in a call to
# $terminal->handle_stdio($nbytes)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This module provides a simple container for storing details
about a callback to be invoked at a later date. It is used
when registering to receive events from the L<Net::DBus::Reactor>
class. NB use of this module in application code is no longer
necessary and it remains purely for backwards compatibility.
Instead you can simply pass a subroutine code reference in
any place where a callback is desired.
=head1 METHODS
=over 4
=cut
package Net::DBus::Callback;
use 5.006;
use strict;
use warnings;
=item my $cb = Net::DBus::Callback->new(method => $name, [args => \@args])
Creates a new callback object, for invoking a plain old function. The C<method>
parameter should be the fully qualified function name to invoke, including the
package name. The optional C<args> parameter is an array reference of parameters
to be pass to the callback, in addition to those passed into the C<invoke> method.
=item my $cb = Net::DBus::Callback->new(object => $object, method => $name, [args => \@args])
Creates a new callback object, for invoking a method on an object. The C<method>
parameter should be the name of the method to invoke, while the C<object> parameter
should be a blessed object on which the method will be invoked. The optional C<args>
parameter is an array reference of parameters to be pass to the callback, in addition
to those passed into the C<invoke> method.
=cut
sub new {
my $proto = shift;
my $class = ref($proto) || $proto;
my %params = @_;
my $self = {};
$self->{object} = $params{object} ? $params{object} : undef;
$self->{method} = $params{method} ? $params{method} : die "method parameter is required";
$self->{args} = $params{args} ? $params{args} : [];
bless $self, $class;
return $self;
}
=item $cb->invoke(@args)
Invokes the callback. The argument list passed to the callback
is a combination of the arguments supplied in the callback
constructor, followed by the arguments supplied in the C<invoke>
method.
=cut
sub invoke {
my $self = shift;
if ($self->{object}) {
my $obj = $self->{object};
my $method = $self->{method};
$obj->$method(@{$self->{args}}, @_);
} else {
my $method = $self->{method};
&$method(@{$self->{args}}, @_);
}
}
1;
__END__
=back
=head1 AUTHOR
Daniel P. Berrange.
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2004-2011 Daniel P. Berrange
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<Net::DBus::Reactor>
=cut