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NAME
    POE::Component::WWW::Google::Calculator - A non-blocking POE wrapper
    around WWW::Google::Calculator

SYNOPSIS
        use strict;
        use warnings;

        use POE qw(Component::WWW::Google::Calculator);

        my $poco = POE::Component::WWW::Google::Calculator->spawn( alias => 'calc' );

        POE::Session->create(
            package_states => [
                'main' => [ qw( _start calc_result ) ],
            ],
        );

        $poe_kernel->run;

        sub _start {
            $poe_kernel->alias_set('foo');
            $poe_kernel->post( 'calc' => 'calc' => {
                    term => '2+2',
                    event => 'calc_result',
                    session => 'foo',
                    _random_name => 'random_value',
                }
            );
        }

        sub calc_result {
            my ( $kernel, $result ) = @_[ KERNEL, ARG0 ];

            if ( $result->{error} ) {
                print "ZOMG! Error: $result->{error}\n";
            }
            else {
                print "Results: $result->{out}\n";
            }

            print "Oh, and BTW: $result->{_random_name}\n";

            $kernel->post( 'calc' => 'shutdown' );
        }

DESCRIPTION
    This module is a simple non-blocking POE wrapper around
    WWW::Google::Calculator

CONSTRUCTOR
        my $poco = POE::Component::WWW::Google::Calculator->spawn;

        POE::Component::WWW::Google::Calculator->spawn( alias => 'calc' );

    Takes three *optional* arguments:

  alias
        POE::Component::WWW::Google::Calculator->spawn( alias => 'calc' );

    Specifies a POE Kernel alias for the component

  options
        POE::Component::WWW::Google::Calculator->spawn(
            options => {
                trace => 1,
                default => 1,
            },
        );

    A hashref of POE Session options to pass to the component's session.

  debug
        POE::Component::WWW::Google::Calculator->spawn( debug => 1 );

    When set to a true value turns on output of debug messages.

METHODS
    These are the object-oriented methods of the components.

  calc
        $poco->calc( {
                term  => '2+2',
                event => 'calc_result',
            }
        );

    Takes hashref of options. See "calc" event below for description.

  session_id
        my $calc_id = $poco->session_id;

    Takes no arguments. Returns component's session ID.

  shutdown
        $poco->shutdown;

    Takes no arguments. Shuts down the component.

ACEPTED EVENTS
  calc
        $poe_kernel->post( 'calc' => 'calc' => {
                term          => '2+2',
                event         => 'calc_result',
                session       => $some_other_session,
                _user_defined => $whatever,
            }
        );

    Instructs the component to do a calculation. Options are passed in a
    hashref with keys as follows:

   term
        { term => '2+2' }

    Mandatory. The term you wish to solve. Whatever Google's calculator
    would take. Such as '2*2+2' or '2USD in CAD'

   event
        { event => 'calc_result' }

    Mandatory. An event to send the result to.

   session
        { session => $some_other_session_ref }

        { session => 'some_alias' }

        { session => $session->ID }

    Optional. An alternative session alias, reference or ID that the
    response should be sent to, defaults to sending session.

   user defined
    Optional. Any keys starting with "_" (underscore) will not affect the
    component and will be passed back in the result intact.

  shutdown
        $poe_kernel->post( 'calc' => 'shutdown' );

    Takes no arguments. Tells the component to shut itself down.

OUTPUT
        sub calc_result {
            my ( $kernel, $result ) = @_[ KERNEL, ARG0 ];

            if ( $result->{error} ) {
                print "ZOMG! Error: $result->{error}\n";
            }
            else {
                print "Results: $result->{out}\n";
            }

            print "Oh, and BTW: $result->{_random_name}\n";

            $kernel->post( 'calc' => 'shutdown' );
        }

    The result will be posted to the event and (optional) session specified
    in the arguments to the "calc" (event or method). The result, in the
    form of a hashref, will be passed in ARG0. The keys of that hashref are
    as follows

   out
        print "Results: $result->{out}\n";

    The "out" key will contain the result of the "calculation" in scalar
    form. If an error occured it will be undefined and "error" key will also
    be present.

   error
        if ( $result->{error} ) {
            print "Error calculating :( $result->{error}\n";
        }
        else {
            print "Result: $result->{out}\n";
        }

    If an error occured during the calculation the "error" key will be
    present with possibly meaningful description of the error.

   user defined
        print "$result->{_name}, the answer is $result->{out}\n";

    Any arguments beginning with "_" (underscore) passed into the "calc"
    event/method will be present intact in the result.

PREREQUISITES
    Needs POE and WWW::Google::Calculator

SEE ALSO
    POE WWW::Google::Calculator

AUTHOR
    Zoffix Znet, "<zoffix at cpan.org>" (<http://zoffix.com>,
    <http://haslayout.net>)

BUGS
    Please report any bugs or feature requests to
    "bug-poe-component-www-google-calculator at rt.cpan.org", or through the
    web interface at
    <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=POE-Component-WWW-Google
    -Calculator>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be
    notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT
    You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

        perldoc POE::Component::WWW::Google::Calculator

    You can also look for information at:

    *   RT: CPAN's request tracker

        <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=POE-Component-WWW-Google-C
        alculator>

    *   AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

        <http://annocpan.org/dist/POE-Component-WWW-Google-Calculator>

    *   CPAN Ratings

        <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/POE-Component-WWW-Google-Calculator>

    *   Search CPAN

        <http://search.cpan.org/dist/POE-Component-WWW-Google-Calculator>

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
    Copyright 2008 Zoffix Znet, all rights reserved.

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