NAME

BGPmon::Fetch::Client

The BGPmon Client module, to connect to BGPmon and receive XML messages one at a time.

SYNOPSIS

The BGPmon::Client module provides functionality to connect to a bgpmon instance and read one XML message at a time.

    use BGPmon::Fetch::Client;
    my $ret = connect_bgpmon();
    set_timeout($time_out_seconds);
    my $xml_msg = read_xml_message();
    my $ret = is_connected();
    my $num_read = messages_read();
    my $uptime = uptime();
    my $ret = close_connection();
    my $downtime = connection_endtime();

EXPORT

init_bgpdata connect_bgpmon set_timeout read_xml_message close_connection is_connected messages_read uptime connection_endtime

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

init_bgpdata

Initializes the client module. Takes no arguments.

set_timeout

Sets the socket timeout value in seconds. Takes one argument - the timeout value in seconds.

connect_bgpmon

This function connects to the BGPmon server. If the connection succeeds, the function attempts to read the starting <xml> tag from the BGPmon server. If that succeeds, the created socket is returned. If not, the function returns undef.

read_xml_message

This function reads one xml message at a time from the BGPmon XML stream.

close_connection

Function to close open files and sockets.

is_connected

Function to report whether currently connected to BGPmon.

messages_read

Get number of messages read.

uptime

Returns number of seconds the connection has been up. If the connection is down, return 0.

connection_endtime

Returns the time the connection ended . If the connection is up, return 0.

read_n_bytes

This function reads exactly n bytes from a connection. returns undef on any error or connection close

get_error_code

Get the error code for a given function Input : the name of the function whose error code we should report Output: the function's error code or ARGUMENT_ERROR if the user did not supply a function or INVALID_FUNCTION_SPECIFIED if the user provided an invalid function Usage: my $err_code = get_error_code("connect_archive");

get_error_message {

Get the error message of a given function Input : the name of the function whose error message we should report Output: the function's error message or ARGUMENT_ERROR if the user did not supply a function or INVALID_FUNCTION_SPECIFIED if the user provided an invalid function Usage: my $err_msg = get_error_message("read_xml_message");

get_error_msg

Shorthand call for get_error_message

AUTHOR

Kaustubh Gadkari, <kaustubh at cs.colostate.edu>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bgpmon at netsec.colostate.edu, or through the web interface at http://bgpmon.netsec.colostate.edu.

SUPPORT

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

    perldoc BGPmon::Client

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  File: Client.pm
  Authors: Kaustubh Gadkari, Dan Massey, Cathie Olschanowsky
  Date: May 21, 2012

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perl -MCPAN -e shell
install BGPmon::Log