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diff --git a/doc/net.server.lua b/doc/net.server.lua new file mode 100644 index 00000000..11fc317d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/net.server.lua @@ -0,0 +1,243 @@ +-- Prosody IM +-- Copyright (C) 2014,2016 Daurnimator +-- +-- This project is MIT/X11 licensed. Please see the +-- COPYING file in the source package for more information. + +--[[ +This file is a template for writing a net.server compatible backend. +]] + +--[[ +Read patterns (also called modes) can be one of: + - "*a": Read as much as possible + - "*l": Read until end of line +]] + +--- Handle API +local handle_mt = {}; +local handle_methods = {}; +handle_mt.__index = handle_methods; + +function handle_methods:set_mode(new_pattern) +end + +function handle_methods:setlistener(listeners) +end + +function handle_methods:setoption(option, value) +end + +function handle_methods:ip() +end + +function handle_methods:starttls(sslctx) +end + +function handle_methods:write(data) +end + +function handle_methods:close() +end + +function handle_methods:pause() +end + +function handle_methods:resume() +end + +--[[ +Returns + - socket: the socket object underlying this handle +]] +function handle_methods:socket() +end + +--[[ +Returns + - boolean: if an ssl context has been set on this handle +]] +function handle_methods:ssl() +end + + +--- Listeners API +local listeners = {} + +--[[ connect +Called when a client socket has established a connection with it's peer +]] +function listeners.onconnect(handle) +end + +--[[ incoming +Called when data is received +If reading data failed this will be called with `nil, "error message"` +]] +function listeners.onincoming(handle, buff, err) +end + +--[[ status +Known statuses: + - "ssl-handshake-complete" +]] +function listeners.onstatus(handle, status) +end + +--[[ disconnect +Called when the peer has closed the connection +]] +function listeners.ondisconnect(handle) +end + +--[[ drain +Called when the handle's write buffer is empty +]] +function listeners.ondrain(handle) +end + +--[[ readtimeout +Called when a socket inactivity timeout occurs +]] +function listeners.onreadtimeout(handle) +end + +--[[ detach: Called when other listeners are going to be removed +Allows for clean-up +]] +function listeners.ondetach(handle) +end + +--- Top level functions + +--[[ Returns the syscall level event mechanism in use. + +Returns: + - backend: e.g. "select", "epoll" +]] +local function get_backend() +end + +--[[ Starts the event loop. + +Returns: + - "quitting" +]] +local function loop() +end + +--[[ Stop a running loop() +]] +local function setquitting(quit) +end + + +--[[ Links to two handles together, so anything written to one is piped to the other + +Arguments: + - sender, reciever: handles to link + - buffersize: maximum #bytes until sender will be locked +]] +local function link(sender, receiver, buffersize) +end + +--[[ Binds and listens on the given address and port +If `sslctx` is given, the connecting clients will have to negotiate an SSL session + +Arguments: + - address: address to bind to, may be "*" to bind all addresses. will be resolved if it is a string. + - port: port to bind (as number) + - listeners: a table of listeners + - pattern: the read pattern + - sslctx: is a valid luasec constructor + +Returns: + - handle + - nil, "an error message": on failure (e.g. out of file descriptors) +]] +local function addserver(address, port, listeners, pattern, sslctx) +end + +--[[ Wraps a lua-socket socket client socket in a handle. +The socket must be already connected to the remote end. +If `sslctx` is given, a SSL session will be negotiated before listeners are called. + +Arguments: + - socket: the lua-socket object to wrap + - ip: returned by `handle:ip()` + - port: + - listeners: a table of listeners + - pattern: the read pattern + - sslctx: is a valid luasec constructor + - typ: the socket type, one of: + - "tcp" + - "tcp6" + - "udp" + +Returns: + - handle, socket + - nil, "an error message": on failure (e.g. ) +]] +local function wrapclient(socket, ip, serverport, listeners, pattern, sslctx) +end + +--[[ Connects to the given address and port +If `sslctx` is given, a SSL session will be negotiated before listeners are called. + +Arguments: + - address: address to connect to. will be resolved if it is a string. + - port: port to connect to (as number) + - listeners: a table of listeners + - pattern: the read pattern + - sslctx: is a valid luasec constructor + - typ: the socket type, one of: + - "tcp" + - "tcp6" + - "udp" + +Returns: + - handle + - nil, "an error message": on failure (e.g. out of file descriptors) +]] +local function addclient(address, port, listeners, pattern, sslctx, typ) +end + +--[[ Close all handles +]] +local function closeall() +end + +--[[ The callback should be called after `delay` seconds. +The callback should be called with the time at the point of firing. +If the callback returns a number, it should be called again after that many seconds. + +Arguments: + - delay: number of seconds to wait + - callback: function to call. +]] +local function add_task(delay, callback) +end + +--[[ Adds a handler for when a signal is fired. +Optional to implement +callback does not take any arguments + +Arguments: + - signal_id: the signal id (as number) to listen for + - handler: callback +]] +local function hook_signal(signal_id, handler) +end + + +return { + get_backend = get_backend; + loop = loop; + setquitting = setquitting; + link = link; + addserver = addserver; + wrapclient = wrapclient; + addclient = addclient; + closeall = closeall; + hook_signal = hook_signal; +} |