NAME Net::ClientServer - A client/server platform for IPC on localhost VERSION version 0.0007 SYNOPSIS The minimum configuration (specify a port): my $platform = Net::ClientServer->new( port => 8020 ); $platform->server_socket; ... if ( $platform->started ) { # Will attempt to connect to the listening socket $platform->client_socket; } Save server state to disk: $platform = Net::ClientServer->new( port => 8020, name => 'net-client-server' ); # Server pid will be stored in $HOME/.net-client-server/pid # On daemonization, stderr will be outputted to $HOME/.net-client-server/stderr With a basic startup & serve/accept routine: my $port = 8020; $platform = Net::ClientServer->new( port => $port, start => sub { print STDERR "Server listening on $port\n"; }, serve => sub { my $client = shift; # The client socket $client->print( "Hello, World.\n" ); }, ); $platform->start; DESCRIPTION Net::ClientServer is a tool for implementing a basic client/server architecture using a single platform (particularly useful when doing IPC on the localhost). It is easily configured for daemonizing and maintaining state on disk (pidfile & stderr). The minimum configuration is very simple, requiring only a port number: my $platform = Net::ClientServer->new( port => 8020 ); $platform->server_socket; ... $platform->client_socket; USAGE $platform = Net::ClientServer->new( ... ) port The port to listen on/connect to host The host to listen on/connect to, 'localhost' by default name The name of the platform. If given without specifying the home parameter, then pidfile and stderr will be put in ~/.$name/ home The home directory for the platform. The pidfile and stderr will be placed in this directory pidfile The name of the pidfile, 'pid' by default. stderr The name of file to output stderr to, 'stderr' by default If neither "home" nor "name" are given, then a pidfile and stderr file will not be generated $platform->start Start the server if it is not already running $platform->started Return true if the server is running. If a pidfile is available, then it will check to see that the process is running. If a pidfile is unavailable, or the process does not seem to be running, it will check to see if it can connect to the server SEE ALSO Net::Server Daemon::Daemonize AUTHOR Robert Krimen COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2010 by Robert Krimen. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.