NAME

JSON::RPC2::Server - Transport-independent json-rpc 2.0 server

VERSION

This document describes JSON::RPC2::Server version 0.1.1

SYNOPSIS

    use JSON::RPC2::Server;

    my $rpcsrv = JSON::RPC2::Server->new();

    $rpcsrv->register('func1', \&func1);
    $rpcsrv->register_nb('func2', \&func2);

    # receive remote request in $json_request somehow, then:
    $rpcsrv->execute( $json_request, \&send_response );

    sub send_response {
        my ($json_response) = @_;
        # send $json_response somehow
    }

    sub func1 {
        my (@remote_params) = @_;
        if (success) {
            return ($result);
        } else {
            return (undef, $err_code, $err_message);
        }
    }

    sub func2 {
        my ($callback, @remote_params) = @_;
        # setup some event to call func2_finished($callback) later
    }
    sub func2_finished {
        my ($callback) = @_;
        if (success) {
            $callback->($result);
        } else {
            $callback->(undef, $err_code, $err_message);
        }
        return;
    }

    #
    # EXAMPLE of simple blocking STDIN-STDOUT server
    #

    my $rpcsrv = JSON::RPC2::Server->new();
    $rpcsrv->register('method1', \&method1);
    $rpcsrv->register('method2', \&method2);
    while (<STDIN>) {
        chomp;
        $rpcsrv->execute($_, sub { printf "%s\n", @_ });
    }
    sub method1 {
        return { my_params => \@_ };
    }
    sub method2 {
        return (undef, 0, "don't call me please");
    }

DESCRIPTION

Transport-independent implementation of json-rpc 2.0 server. Server methods can be blocking (simpler) or non-blocking (useful if method have to do some slow tasks like another RPC or I/O which can be done in non-blocking way - this way several methods can be executing in parallel on server).

INTERFACE

new()

Create and return new server object, which can be used to register and execute user methods.

register( $rpc_method_name, \&method_handler )

Register $rpc_method_name as allowed method name for remote procedure call and set \&method_handler as BLOCKING handler for that method.

If there already was some handler set (using register() or register_nb()) for that $rpc_method_name - it will be replaced by \&method_handler.

While processing request to $rpc_method_name user handler will be called with parameters provided by remote side, and should return it result as list with 4 elements:

 ($result, $code, $message, $data) = method_handler(@remote_params);

 $result        scalar or complex structure if method call success
 $code          error code (integer, > -32600) if method call failed
 $message       error message (string) if message call failed
 $data          optional scalar with additional error-related data

Either $result or $code should be defined, not both; $message required only if $code defined.

Return nothing.

register_nb( $rpc_method_name, \&nb_method_handler )

Register $rpc_method_name as allowed method name for remote procedure call and set \&method_handler as NON-BLOCKING handler for that method.

If there already was some handler set (using register() or register_nb()) for that $rpc_method_name - it will be replaced by \&method_handler.

While processing request to $rpc_method_name user handler will be called with callback needed to return result in first parameter and parameters provided by remote side as next parameters, and should call provided callback with list with 4 elements when done:

 nb_method_handler($callback, @remote_params);

 # somewhere in that method handlers:
 $callback->($result, $code, $message, $data);
 return;

Meaning of ($result, $code, $message, $data) is same as documented in register() above.

Return nothing.

execute( $json_request, $callback )

Parse $json_request and executed registered user handlers. Reply will be sent into $callback, when ready:

 $callback->( $json_response );

Return nothing.

DIAGNOSTICS

None.

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

JSON::RPC2::Server requires no configuration files or environment variables.

DEPENDENCIES

 JSON::XS

INCOMPATIBILITIES

None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

No bugs have been reported.

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-json-rpc2-server@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

AUTHOR

Alex Efros <powerman-asdf@ya.ru>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2009, Alex Efros <powerman-asdf@ya.ru>. All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.

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