Rstory at 19:52, 26 February 2008

2008-02-26T19:52:29Z

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Q: in the documentation i can see that the get function takes a second option argument which is the callback function, how does it work ?

* as an example...
$result = $sess->get([["sysDescr","0"]], [\&cb1, $sess]);
// or without the session pointer, it would look like:
$result = $sess->get([["sysDescr","0"]], [\&cb1]);
** cb1 is a function that is called back (and $sess is passed as an argument to it along with the normal ones)
** after you call the above, it'll return immediately.
** You need to call SNMP::MainLoop(); to get it to wait for packets to arrive.
** when packets arrive, the callback will be called.
** eg
sub cb1{
my $sess = shift; // only if you passed sess above
my $vlist = shift;
// ...
** you can have mulitple outstanding requests (ie, call get() on a bunch of requests and they'll all be sent out and the callback will be called multiple times)

Q: so the callback function receives two arguments?
* it receives 1 + anything else you pass it. (in the example above, it passes it a "sess" pointer so it gets it back.) normally it's just the varbind list.

Other code you can look at:
* np-collectd in the net-policy project
* perl/SNMP/SNMP.pm in "gettable"
* perl/SNMP/t/async.t [worst case :-)]

Also run "perldoc SNMP", and read the section on "Acceptable callback formats"

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Rstory at 19:52, 26 February 2008