AnyEvent::Callback (3pm)

    use AnyEvent::Callback;


    # usually watchers are looked as:
    AE::something @args, sub { ... };
    AE::something
        @args,
        sub { ... },    # result
        sub { ... };    # error


    use AnyEvent::Callback;

    AE::something @args, CB { ... };
    AE::something @args,
        CB sub { ... },     # result
            sub { ... };    # error

    AE::something @args,
        CB sub { ... },     # result
            sub { ... },    # error
            sub { ... };    # anyway callback

Callback hierarchy

my $cbchild = $cb->CB(sub { ... });

...

$cbchild->error('error'); # will call $cb->error('error');

Inside Your callback You can:

sub my_watcher { my $cb = pop; my @args = @_;

# ...

$cb->error( @error ); # error callback will be called # or: $cb->( $value ); # result callback will be called }

Callbacks stack

my $cbs = CBS;

for (1 .. $n) { AE::something @args, $cbs->cb; }

$cbs->wait(sub { for (@_) { if ($_->is_error) { # handle one error my @err = $_->errors; # or: my $errstr = $_->errstr; } else { # results my @res = $_->results; } }

});

The module allows You to create callback's hierarchy. Also the module groups error and result callbacks into one object.

Also the module checks if one callback was called by watcher or not. If a watcher doesn't call result or error callback, error callback will be called automatically.

Also the module checks if a callback was called reentrant. In the case the module will complain (using \*(L"carp\*(R" in Carp).

If a watcher touches error callback and if superior didn't define error callback, the module will call error callback upwards hierarchy. Example:

AE::something @args, CB \&my_watcher, \&on_error;

sub on_error {

}

sub my_watcher { my $cb = pop;

...

the_other_watcher $cb->CB( sub { # error callback wasn't defined my $cb = pop; ... yet_another_watcher1 $cb->CB( sub { my $cb = pop; ... $cb->( 123 ); # upwards callback

}); yet_another_watcher2 $cb->CB( sub { my $cb = pop; ...

$cb->error( 456 ); # on_error will be called

}); }); }

'\s-1CODE\s0' (overloaded fake method)

$cb->( ... );

You can use the object as usually \s-1CODEREF\s0.

\s-1CB\s0

Creates new callback object that have binding on parent callback.

my $new_cb = $cb->CB(sub { ... }); # the cb doesn't catch errors

my $new_cb = CB(sub { ... }, sub { ... }); # the cb catches errors

my $new_cb = $cb->CB(sub { ... }, sub { ... }); # the same

error

Calls error callback. If the object has no registered error callbacks, parent object's error callback will be called.

$cb->error('WTF?');

Copyright (C) 2012 by Dmitry E. Oboukhov

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.