Protocol::Connection(3pm)      User Contributed Perl Documentation      Protocol::Connection(3pm)



NAME
       X11::Protocol::Connection - Perl module abstract base class for X11 client to server
       connections

SYNOPSIS
         # In connection object module
         package X11::Protocol::Connection::CarrierPigeon;
         use X11::Protocol::Connection;
         @ISA = ('X11::Protocol::Connection');
         sub open { ... }
         sub give { ... }
         sub get { ... }
         sub fh { ... }
         ...

         # In program
         $connection = X11::Protocol::Connection::CarrierPigeon
           ->open($host, $display_number);
         $x = X11::Protocol->new($connection);

         $connection->give($data);

         $reply = unpack("I", $connection->get(4));

         use IO::Select;
         $sel = IO::select->new($connection->fh);
         if ($sel->can_read == $connection->fh) ...

DESCRIPTION
       This module is an abstract base class for the various X11::Protocol::Connection::* modules
       that provide connections to X servers for the X11::Protocol module. It provides stubs for
       the following methods:

   open
         $conn = X11::Protocol::Connection::Foo->open($host, $display_num)

       Open a connection to the specified display (numbered from 0) on the specified $host.

   give
         $conn->give($data)

       Send the given data to the server. Normally, this method is used only by the protocol
       module itself.

   get
         $data = $conn->get($n)

       Read $n bytes of data from the server. Normally, this method is used only by the protocol
       module itself.

   fh
         $filehandle = $conn->fh

       Return an object suitable for use as a filehandle. This is mainly useful for doing
       select() and other such system calls.

AUTHOR
       Stephen McCamant <SMCCAM AT cpan.org>.

SEE ALSO
       perl(1), X11::Protocol, X11::Protocol::Connection::Socket,
       X11::Protocol::Connection::FileHandle, X11::Protocol::Connection::INETSocket,
       X11::Protocol::Connection::UNIXSocket, X11::Protocol::Connection::INETFH,
       X11::Protocol::Connection::UNIXFH.



perl v5.18.2                                2003-01-27                  Protocol::Connection(3pm)