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NAME

POE::Component::Server::Discard - A POE component that implements an RFC 863 Discard server.

SYNOPSIS

 use POE::Component::Server::Discard;

 my $self = POE::Component::Server::Discard->spawn( 
        Alias => 'Discard-Server',
        BindAddress => '127.0.0.1',
        BindPort => 7777,
        options => { trace => 1 },
 );

DESCRIPTION

POE::Component::Server::Discard implements a RFC 863 http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc863.html TCP/UDP discard server, using POE. It is a class inherited from POE::Component::Server::Echo.

METHODS

spawn

Takes a number of optional values:

  "Alias", the kernel alias that this component is to be blessed with; 
  "BindAddress", the address on the local host to bind to, defaults to 
                 POE::Wheel::SocketFactory default; 
  "BindPort", the local port that we wish to listen on for requests, 
              defaults to 9 as per RFC, this will require "root" privs on UN*X; 
  "options", should be a hashref, containing the options for the component's session, 
             see POE::Session for more details on what this should contain.

BUGS

Report any bugs through http://rt.cpan.org/.

AUTHOR

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

LICENSE

Copyright © Chris Williams

This module may be used, modified, and distributed under the same terms as Perl itself. Please see the license that came with your Perl distribution for details.

SEE ALSO

POE

POE::Session

POE::Wheel::SocketFactory

POE::Component::Server::Echo

http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc863.html