use strict;
use warnings;
use IO::Select;
=head1 Hydra::PostgresListener
An abstraction around using Postgres' LISTEN / NOTIFY in an event loop.
=cut
=head2 new
Arguments:
=over 1
=item C<$dbh>
L<DBI::db> The database connection.
=back
=cut
{
my ($self, $dbh) = @_;
my $sel = IO::Select->new($dbh->func("getfd"));
return bless {
"dbh" => $dbh,
"sel" => $sel,
}, $self;
}
=head2 subscribe
Subscribe to the named channel for messages
Arguments:
=over 1
=item C<$channel>
The channel name.
=back
=cut
{
my ($self, $channel) = @_;
$channel = $self->{'dbh'}->quote_identifier($channel);
$self->{'dbh'}->do("listen $channel");
}
=head2 block_for_messages
Wait for messages to arrive within the specified timeout.
Arguments:
=over 1
=item C<$timeout>
The maximum number of seconds to wait for messages.
Optional: if unspecified, block forever.
=back
Returns: a sub, call the sub repeatedly to get a message. The sub
will return undef when there are no pending messages.
Example:
my $events = $listener->block_for_messages();
while (my $message = $events->()) {
...
}
=cut
{
my ($self, $timeout) = @_;
$self->{'sel'}->can_read($timeout);
return sub {
my $notify = $self->{'dbh'}->func("pg_notifies");
if (defined($notify)) {
my ($channelName, $pid, $payload) = @$notify;
return {
channel => $channelName,
pid => $pid,
payload => $payload,
}
} else {
return undef
}
}
}
1;