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NAME

POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::BotAddressed - A PoCo-IRC plugin that generates events when you are addressed

SYNOPSIS

 use POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::BotAddressed;

 $irc->plugin_add( 'BotAddressed', POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::BotAddressed->new() );

 sub irc_bot_addressed {
     my ($kernel, $heap) = @_[KERNEL, HEAP];
     my $nick = ( split /!/, $_[ARG0] )[0];
     my $channel = $_[ARG1]->[0];
     my $what = $_[ARG2];

     print "$nick addressed me in channel $channel with the message '$what'\n";
 }

 sub irc_bot_mentioned {
     my ($nick) = ( split /!/, $_[ARG0] )[0];
     my ($channel) = $_[ARG1]->[0];
     my ($what) = $_[ARG2];

     print "$nick mentioned my name in channel $channel with the message '$what'\n";
 }

DESCRIPTION

POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::BotAddressed is a POE::Component::IRC plugin. It watches for public channel traffic (i.e. irc_public and irc_ctcp_action) and will generate an irc_bot_addressed, irc_bot_mentioned or irc_bot_mentioned_action event if its name comes up in channel discussion.

METHODS

new

One optional argument:

'eat', set to true to make the plugin eat the irc_public / irc_ctcp_action event and only generate an appropriate event, default is false.

Returns a plugin object suitable for feeding to POE::Component::IRC's plugin_add method.

OUTPUT EVENTS

irc_bot_addressed

Has the same parameters passed as irc_ctcp_public. ARG2 contains the message with the addressed nickname removed, ie. Assuming that your bot is called LameBOT, and someone says 'LameBOT: dance for me', you will actually get 'dance for me'.

irc_bot_mentioned

Has the same parameters passed as irc_public.

irc_bot_mentioned_action

Has the same parameters passed as irc_ctcp_action.

AUTHOR

Chris 'BinGOs' Williams <chris@bingosnet.co.uk>