Anthony, If no one is going to feed you the info you need, then you need to research the docs yourself. :)
Start with POE::Kernel and the POE::Session docs, and have a look at the cookbook on poe.perl.org -- David Davis ☄ Software Engineer On 8/9/07, Anthony R. J. Ball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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. > >
