If you're using POE, you can have both a server and its client in the same program at the same time. You are not limited to one or the other. For example: 

#!perl

use warnings;
use strict;

use POE qw(Component::Server::TCP Component::Client::TCP);

POE::Component::Server::TCP->new(
  Alias           => "server",
  Port            => 12345,
  ClientConnected => sub {
    print "server got a connection from $_[HEAP]{remote_ip}\n";
    $_[HEAP]{client}->put("Smile from the server!");
  },
  ClientInput => sub {
    my $client_input = $_[ARG0];
    print "server got client input: $client_input\n";
    $client_input =~ tr[a-zA-Z][n-za-mN-ZA-M];
    $_[HEAP]{client}->put($client_input);
  },
);

POE::Component::Client::TCP->new(
  RemoteAddress => "localhost",
  RemotePort    => 12345,
  Connected     => sub {
    print "client connected to server\n";
    $_[HEAP]{server}->put("smile");
  },
  ServerInput => sub {
    my $input = $_[ARG0];
    print "client received from server: $input\n";
    if ($input eq "fzvyr") { # rot13(smile)
      $_[KERNEL]->yield("shutdown");
      $_[KERNEL]->post(server => "shutdown");
    }
  },
);

POE::Kernel->run();
exit;

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The output looks something like this: 

server got a connection from 127.0.0.1
client connected to server
server got client input: smile
client received from server: Smile from the server!
client received from server: fzvyr

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In reply to Re^3: How can I write tests for deamon module? by rcaputo
in thread How can I write tests for deamon module? by woosley

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