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NAME

Port::Selector - pick some unused port

SYNOPSIS

    my $port_sel = Port::Selector->new();
    $port_sel->port();

DESCRIPTION

This module is used to find a free port, by default in the range 49152 to 65535, but you can change the range of ports that will be checked.

METHODS

new(%attributes)

%attributes

min

lowest numbered port to consider

default 49152

The range 49152-65535 is commonly used by applications that utilize a dynamic/random/configurable port.

max

highest numbered port to consider

default 65535

proto

socket protocol

default tcp

addr

local address

default localhost

port()

Tries to find an unused port from min-max ports range, checking each port in turn until it finds an available one.

SEE ALSO

Net::EmptyPort (part of the Test-TCP distribution, provides a function empty_port which does the same thing as the port method in this module.

LICENSE

Copyright (C) Avast Software.

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

AUTHOR

Jan Seidl <seidl@avast.com>