POE::Driver::SysRW - buffered, non-blocking I/O using sysread and syswrite
POE::Driver/SYNOPSIS illustrates how the interface works. This module is merely one implementation.
This driver implements POE::Driver using sysread and syswrite.
POE::Driver::SysRW introduces some additional features not covered in the base interface.
new() creates a new buffered I/O driver that uses sysread() to read
data from a handle and syswrite() to flush data to that handle. The
constructer accepts one optional named parameter, BlockSize, which
indicates the maximum number of OCTETS that will be read at one time.
BlockSize is 64 kilobytes (65536 octets) by default. Higher values
may improve performance in streaming applications, but the trade-off
is a lower event granularity and increased resident memory usage.
Lower BlockSize values reduce memory consumption somewhat with
corresponding throughput penalties.
my $driver = POE::Driver::SysRW->new; my $driver = POE::Driver::SysRW->new( BlockSize => $block_size );
Drivers are commonly instantiated within POE::Wheel constructor calls:
$_[HEAP]{wheel} = POE::Wheel::ReadWrite->new(
InputHandle => \*STDIN,
OutputHandle => \*STDOUT,
Driver => POE::Driver::SysRW->new(),
Filter => POE::Filter::Line->new(),
);
Applications almost always use POE::Driver::SysRW, so POE::Wheel objects almost always will create their own if no Driver is specified.
POE::Driver::SysRW documents the abstract interface documented in POE::Driver. Please see POE::Driver for more details about the following methods:
Also see the SEE ALSO section of POE, which contains a brief roadmap of POE's documentation.
Please see POE for more information about authors and contributors.