tcl::chan::facade(n) Reflected/virtual channel support tcl::chan::facade(n)______________________________________________________________________________NAME
tcl::chan::facade - Facade channel
SYNOPSIS
package require Tcl 8.5
package require TclOO
package require logger
package require tcl::chan::core ?1?
package require tcl::chan::facade ?1?
::tcl::chan::facade chan
_________________________________________________________________DESCRIPTION
The tcl::chan::facade package provides a command creating facades to
other channels. These are channels which own a single subordinate chan‐
nel and delegate all operations to.
The main use for facades is the debugging of actions on a channel.
While most of the information could be tracked by a virtual channel
transformation it does not have access to the event-related operation,
and furthermore they are only available in Tcl 8.6.
Therefore this channel, usable with Tcl 8.5, and having access to
everything going on for a channel.
The intercepted actions on channel are logged through package logger.
Beyond that facades provide the following additional channel configura‐
tion options:
-self The TclOO object handling the facade.
-fd The handle of the subordinate, i.e. wrapped channel.
-used The last time the wrapped channel was read from or written to by
the facade, as per clock milliseconds. A value of 0 indicates
that the subordinate channel was not accessed at all, yet.
-created
The time the facade was created, as per clock milliseconds.
-user A free-form value identifying the user of the facade and its
wrapped channel.
Of these only option -user is writable.
API
::tcl::chan::facade chan
This command creates the facade channel around the provided
channel chan, and returns its handle.
BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK
This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain
bugs and other problems. Please report such in the category virtchan‐
nel of the Tcllib SF Trackers [http://source‐
forge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883]. Please also report any ideas for
enhancements you may have for either package and/or documentation.
KEYWORDS
concatenation channel, reflected channel, tip 219, virtual channel
CATEGORY
Channels
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2011 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>
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