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:

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

  $conn->give($data)

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

  $filehandle = $conn->fh

AUTHOR¶

Stephen McCamant <SMCCAM@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.