NAME

Net::MQTT::Message - Perl module to represent MQTT messages

VERSION

version 1.163170

SYNOPSIS

  use Net::MQTT::Constants;
  use Net::MQTT::Message;
  use IO::Socket::INET;
  my $socket = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr => '127.0.0.1:1883');
  my $mqtt = Net::MQTT::Message->new(message_type => MQTT_CONNECT);
  print $socket $mqtt->bytes;

  my $tcp_payload = pack 'H*', '300d000774657374696e6774657374';
  $mqtt = Net::MQTT::Message->new_from_bytes($tcp_payload);
  print 'Received: ', $mqtt->string, "\n";

DESCRIPTION

This module encapsulates a single MQTT message. It uses subclasses to represent specific message types.

METHODS

new( %parameters )

Constructs an Net::MQTT::Message object based on the given parameters. The common parameter keys are:

message_type

The message type field of the MQTT message. This should be an integer between 0 and 15 inclusive. The module Net::MQTT::Constants provides constants that can be used for this value. This parameter is required.

dup

The duplicate flag field of the MQTT message. This should be either 1 or 0. The default is 0.

qos

The QoS field of the MQTT message. This should be an integer between 0 and 3 inclusive. The default is as specified in the spec or 0 ("at most once") otherwise. The module Net::MQTT::Constants provides constants that can be used for this value.

retain

The retain flag field of the MQTT message. This should be either 1 or 0. The default is 0.

The remaining keys are dependent on the specific message type. The documentation for the subclasses for each message type list methods with the same name as the required keys.

new_from_bytes( $packed_bytes, [ $splice ] )

Attempts to constructs an Net::MQTT::Message object based on the given packed byte string. If there are insufficient bytes, then undef is returned. If the splice parameter is provided and true, then the processed bytes are removed from the scalar referenced by the $packed_bytes parameter.

message_type()

Returns the message type field of the MQTT message. The module Net::MQTT::Constants provides a function, message_type_string, that can be used to convert this value to a human readable string.

dup()

The duplicate flag field of the MQTT message.

qos()

The QoS field of the MQTT message. The module Net::MQTT::Constants provides a function, qos_string, that can be used to convert this value to a human readable string.

retain()

The retain field of the MQTT message.

remaining()

This contains a packed string of bytes with any of the payload of the MQTT message that was not parsed by these modules. This should not be required for packets that strictly follow the standard.

string([ $prefix ])

Returns a summary of the message as a string suitable for logging. If provided, each line will be prefixed by the optional prefix.

bytes()

Returns the bytes of the message suitable for writing to a socket.

AUTHOR

Mark Hindess <soft-cpan@temporalanomaly.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2014 by Mark Hindess.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

cpanm Net::MQTT::Message

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Net::MQTT::Message