No suggestions? I don't need code... I'd just like people's opinions on what components/tactics might best suit this task.
> > Hello. I am hoping to replace a sprawling mess of code at > our company which is basically an event monitor. Jobs to be run are > added for the day and as things heppen they are triggered. POE looks > like it and its components would simplify a lot of this, but I was > hoping for some guidance as to how to proceed. > > A basic outline: > * Jobs are added as a lump at the beginning of the day and/or > individually throughout the day (add-ons). Of course, all > could be treated as add-ons > * Jobs have what we call wait events, which is basically either > a string, or a four digit number. 4 digit number means do not > run before HHMM, string means wait for the event of that name > to be posted. (might get posted from external, or from another > job completing) > * Jobs call an external command, which does something useful > * There are different processing slots, so only X jobs of a certain > type may run at the same time > > JobQueue looks promising to replace the slots, in a passive mode... > Wheel::Run looks like it would handle running the jobs nicely... > > The main thing I'm not seeing just yet is how to set up the job entries > with their wait events, then post them along to the proper queue... any > monitor may have 1 to over 1000 jobs, depending on the application. > > I can think of Perl ways to do this, but I am wondering if there is a > more POE-specific way. I have thought of using alert for any timed > events but am having difficulty picturing how I should set up the wait > events and tick them off one by one, and catching when everything is > in place to put the job on the queue. > > I would appreciate thoughts/suggestions. > > > -- > www.suave.net - Anthony Ball - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > OSB - http://rivendell.suave.net/Beer > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > "You can find the way for no one but yourself." - Bradford Shank > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > www.suave.net - Anthony Ball - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > OSB - http://rivendell.suave.net/Beer > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > "Makes me want to write poetry - or bake a ham, I forget which." - Dot > -- www.suave.net - Anthony Ball - [EMAIL PROTECTED] OSB - http://rivendell.suave.net/Beer -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Earth first! We'll abuse the other planets later.
