NAME
Net::DNS::Async - Asynchronous DNS helper for high volume applications
SYNOPSIS
use Net::DNS::Async;
my $c = new Net::DNS::Async(QueueSize => 20, Retries => 3);
for (...) {
$c->add(\&callback, @query);
}
$c->await();
sub callback {
my $response = shift;
...
}
DESCRIPTION
Net::DNS::Async is a fire-and-forget asynchronous DNS helper. That is,
the user application adds DNS questions to the helper, and the callback
will be called at some point in the future without further intervention
from the user application. The application need not handle selects,
timeouts, waiting for a response or any other such issues.
If the same query is added to the queue more than once, the module may
combine the queries; that is, it will perform the query only once, and
will call each callback registered for that query in turn, passing the
same Net::DNS::Response object to each query. For this reason, you
should not modify the Net::DNS::Response object in any way lest you
break things horribly for a subsequent callback.
This module is similar in principle to POE::Component::Client::DNS, but
does not require POE.
CONSTRUCTOR
The class method new(...) constructs a new helper object. All arguments
are optional. The following parameters are recognised as arguments to
new():
QueueSize
The size of the query queue. If this is exceeded, further calls to
add() will block until some responses are received or time out.
Retries
The number of times to retry a query before giving up.
Timeout
The timeout for an individual query.
METHODS
$c->add($callback, @query)
Adds a new query for asynchronous handling. The @query arguments are
those to Net::DNS::Resolver->bgsend(), q.v. This call will block if
the queue is full. When some pending responses are received or
timeout events occur, the call will unblock.
The user callback will be called at some point in the future, with a
Net::DNS::Packet object representing the response. If the query
timed out after the specified number of retries, the callback will
be called with undef.
$c->await()
Flushes the queue, that is, waits for and handles all remaining
responses.
BUGS
The test suite does not test query timeouts.
SEE ALSO
Net::DNS, POE::Component::Client::DNS
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2005-2006 Shevek. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.