5 our(@EXPORT, @EXPORT_OK, %EXPORT_TAGS);
8 @EXPORT = qw(getprotobyname getprotobynumber getprotoent);
9 @EXPORT_OK = qw( $p_name @p_aliases $p_proto getproto );
10 %EXPORT_TAGS = ( FIELDS => [ @EXPORT_OK, @EXPORT ] );
14 # Class::Struct forbids use of @ISA
15 sub import { goto &Exporter::import }
17 use Class::Struct qw(struct);
18 struct
'Net::protoent' => [
27 $p_name = $pob->[0] = $_[0];
28 @p_aliases = @
{ $pob->[1] } = split ' ', $_[1];
29 $p_proto = $pob->[2] = $_[2];
33 sub getprotoent ( ) { populate
(CORE
::getprotoent()) }
34 sub getprotobyname ($) { populate
(CORE
::getprotobyname(shift)) }
35 sub getprotobynumber ($) { populate
(CORE
::getprotobynumber(shift)) }
39 return &{'getprotoby' . ($_[0]=~/^\d+$/ ?
'number' : 'name')}(@_);
48 Net::protoent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getproto*() functions
53 $p = getprotobyname(shift || 'tcp') || die "no proto";
54 printf "proto for %s is %d, aliases are %s\n",
55 $p->name, $p->proto, "@{$p->aliases}";
57 use Net::protoent qw(:FIELDS);
58 getprotobyname(shift || 'tcp') || die "no proto";
59 print "proto for $p_name is $p_proto, aliases are @p_aliases\n";
63 This module's default exports override the core getprotoent(),
64 getprotobyname(), and getnetbyport() functions, replacing them with
65 versions that return "Net::protoent" objects. They take default
66 second arguments of "tcp". This object has methods that return the
67 similarly named structure field name from the C's protoent structure
68 from F<netdb.h>; namely name, aliases, and proto. The aliases method
69 returns an array reference, the rest scalars.
71 You may also import all the structure fields directly into your namespace
72 as regular variables using the :FIELDS import tag. (Note that this still
73 overrides your core functions.) Access these fields as variables named
74 with a preceding C<p_>. Thus, C<$proto_obj-E<gt>name()> corresponds to
75 $p_name if you import the fields. Array references are available as
76 regular array variables, so for example C<@{ $proto_obj-E<gt>aliases()
77 }> would be simply @p_aliases.
79 The getproto() function is a simple front-end that forwards a numeric
80 argument to getprotobyport(), and the rest to getprotobyname().
81 This function is not exported by default.
83 To access this functionality without the core overrides,
84 pass the C<use> an empty import list, and then access
85 function functions with their full qualified names.
86 On the other hand, the built-ins are still available
87 via the C<CORE::> pseudo-package.
91 While this class is currently implemented using the Class::Struct
92 module to build a struct-like class, you shouldn't rely upon this.