#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; $|=1; # Use POE and also the TCP server component. use POE qw(Component::Server::TCP); sub FEED_SERVER_PORT () { 2000 } sub CONSUMER_SERVER_PORT () { 8008 } # A helper to log things. You could also use POE::Component::Logger # to direct logging to a file or syslog. sub printlog { my $message_string = join ( "", @_ ); my $date_string = localtime(); print "$date_string $message_string\n"; } # A table of data consumers. Input from clients attached to the feed # server will be broadcast to every consumer listed in this table. my %clients; # The feed server. Whatever is sent to this server will be broadcast # to every consumer. POE::Component::Server::TCP->new ( Port => FEED_SERVER_PORT, # A server error occurred. Perform a graceless stop. Error => sub { my ( $syscall, $error_number, $error_message ) = @_[ ARG0 .. ARG2 ]; warn ( "Couldn't start feed server: ", "$syscall error $error_number: $error_message" ); }, # Log that a client has connected to the feed server. ClientConnected => sub { my $client_id = $_[SESSION]->ID(); printlog("Feed connection $client_id started."); }, # Log that a client has disconnected from the feed server. ClientDisconnected => sub { my $client_id = $_[SESSION]->ID(); printlog("Feed connection $client_id stopped."); }, # Broadcast all feed input to any data consumers out there. This # posts a message to each client session, requesting that it send # the input to its client socket. ClientInput => sub { my ( $kernel, $input ) = @_[ KERNEL, ARG0 ]; foreach my $client_id ( keys %clients ) { $kernel->post( $client_id => send_message => $input ); } }, ); # The consumer server. Every consumer connection will receive what # was sent to each feed connection. POE::Component::Server::TCP->new ( Port => CONSUMER_SERVER_PORT, # A server error occurred. Perform a graceless stop. Error => sub { my ( $syscall, $error_number, $error_message ) = @_[ ARG0 .. ARG2 ]; warn ( "Couldn't start consumer server: ", "$syscall error $error_number: $error_message" ); }, # Register new connections with the clients table, and log their # connections. ClientConnected => sub { my $client_id = $_[SESSION]->ID(); $clients{$client_id} = "alive"; printlog("Consuming connection $client_id started."); }, # Remove departing connections from the clients table, and log # their disconnections. ClientDisconnected => sub { my $client_id = $_[SESSION]->ID(); delete $clients{$client_id}; printlog("Consuming connection $client_id stopped."); }, # Ignore client input. Data consumers cannot talk back to their # feeds. ClientInput => sub { # Do nothing. }, # Custom event handlers go here. The "send_message" event # requests that we send something to the client. InlineStates => { send_message => sub { my ( $heap, $message ) = @_[ HEAP, ARG0 ]; $heap->{client}->put($message); }, }, ); # Run the servers until something stops them. printlog( "Feed server listening on port ", FEED_SERVER_PORT ); printlog( "Consumer server listening on port ", CONSUMER_SERVER_PORT ); $poe_kernel->run(); exit 0;