Bot-Backbone

Changes for version 0.140490 - 2014-02-17

Made it so that the notion of is_to_me on Jabber messages is easier to override.
Updated the default notion of is_to_me to cover a few more cases, such as infix and suffix mentions of the bot by name.
XMPP MUC chats (group chats) use the volume level to specify whether a message is a PM (whisper) or a channel message (spoken).
Added a new volume attribute to messages and a set of volume-related predicates for use in dispatchers.
Bugfix: Corrects [rt.cpan.org #78211] reported by IRONCAMEL. This was a known problem from the beginning that POE::Loop::EV has problems during testing. However, it proved itself to be the only stable event loop that cooperated with AnyEvent on RedHat, which was where my bot first ran. I've now replaced it with POE::Loop::AnyEvent, which works well on the Centos machines I am using in production now.
Bugfix: Corrects [rt.cpan.org #90695] reported by Upasana Shukla and patched by Zoffix Znet. The usage of enum in one instance was deprecated and has now been fixed.

Modules

Bot::Backbone

Extensible framework for building bots

Bot::Backbone::Bot

Provides backbone services to your bot

Bot::Backbone::Bot::Role::GroupChat

Provides some group related help tools

Bot::Backbone::DispatchSugar

Shared sugar methods for dispatch

Bot::Backbone::Dispatcher

Simple dispatching tool

Bot::Backbone::Dispatcher::Predicate

Defines the predicate packages responsible for aiding dispatch

Bot::Backbone::Identity

Describes an account sending or receiving a message

Bot::Backbone::Message

Describes a message or response

Bot::Backbone::Meta::Class::Bot

Metaclass attached to backbone bots

Bot::Backbone::Meta::Class::DispatchBuilder

Metaclass role providing dispatcher setup helps

Bot::Backbone::Meta::Class::Service

Metaclass attached to backbone bot services

Bot::Backbone::SendPolicy

Define policies to prevent flooding and other bot no-nos

Bot::Backbone::SendPolicy::Aggregate

Pull several send policies together

Bot::Backbone::SendPolicy::MinimumInterval

Prevent any message from being delivered too soon

Bot::Backbone::SendPolicy::MinimumRepeatInterval

Prevent any message from being repeated too often

Bot::Backbone::Service

Useful features for services

Bot::Backbone::Service::ConsoleChat

Chat with an interactive command line

Bot::Backbone::Service::DirectChat

A helper for doing direct chats

Bot::Backbone::Service::GroupChat

A helper chat for performing group chats

Bot::Backbone::Service::JabberChat

Connect and chat with a Jabber server

Bot::Backbone::Service::Role::BareMetalChat

A chat service that is bolted on to bare metal

Bot::Backbone::Service::Role::Chat

Chat services must implement this role

Bot::Backbone::Service::Role::ChatConsumer

Role for services that listen for chat messages

Bot::Backbone::Service::Role::Dispatch

Role for services that can perform dispatch

Bot::Backbone::Service::Role::GroupJoiner

Chat services that can join a chat group

Bot::Backbone::Service::Role::Responder

A role for services that respond to messages

Bot::Backbone::Service::Role::SendPolicy

Provides send policy framework to a service

Bot::Backbone::Service::Role::Sender

Marks a service as one that may send messages

Bot::Backbone::Service::Role::Service

Role implemented by all bot services

Bot::Backbone::Types

The type library for Bot::Backbone