careo-eventmachine 0.12.5.1

data/lib/em/processes.rb

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+# $Id$
+#
+# Author:: Francis Cianfrocca (gmail: blackhedd)
+# Homepage::  http://rubyeventmachine.com
+# Date:: 13 Dec 07
+# 
+# See EventMachine and EventMachine::Connection for documentation and
+# usage examples.
+#
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-08 by Francis Cianfrocca. All Rights Reserved.
+# Gmail: blackhedd
+# 
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of either: 1) the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version; or 2) Ruby's License.
+# 
+# See the file COPYING for complete licensing information.
+#
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# 
+
+
+module EventMachine
+
+	# EM::DeferrableChildProcess is a sugaring of a common use-case
+	# involving EM::popen.
+	# Call the #open method on EM::DeferrableChildProcess, passing
+	# a command-string. #open immediately returns an EM::Deferrable
+	# object. It also schedules the forking of a child process, which
+	# will execute the command passed to #open.
+	# When the forked child terminates, the Deferrable will be signalled
+	# and execute its callbacks, passing the data that the child process
+	# wrote to stdout.
+	#
+	class DeferrableChildProcess < EventMachine::Connection
+		include EventMachine::Deferrable
+
+		# Sugars a common use-case involving forked child processes.
+		# #open takes a String argument containing an shell command
+		# string (including arguments if desired). #open immediately
+		# returns an EventMachine::Deferrable object, without blocking.
+		#
+		# It also invokes EventMachine#popen to run the passed-in
+		# command in a forked child process.
+		#
+		# When the forked child terminates, the Deferrable that
+		# #open calls its callbacks, passing the data returned
+		# from the child process.
+		#
+		def self.open cmd
+			EventMachine.popen( cmd, DeferrableChildProcess )
+		end
+
+		def receive_data data
+			(@data ||= []) << data
+		end
+
+		def unbind
+			succeed( @data.join )
+		end
+	end
+end
+
+

data/lib/em/spawnable.rb

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+# $Id$
+#
+# Author:: Francis Cianfrocca (gmail: blackhedd)
+# Homepage::  http://rubyeventmachine.com
+# Date:: 25 Aug 2007
+# 
+# See EventMachine and EventMachine::Connection for documentation and
+# usage examples.
+#
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-07 by Francis Cianfrocca. All Rights Reserved.
+# Gmail: blackhedd
+# 
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of either: 1) the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version; or 2) Ruby's License.
+# 
+# See the file COPYING for complete licensing information.
+#
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# 
+
+
+# Support for Erlang-style processes.
+#
+
+
+module EventMachine
+	class SpawnedProcess
+		#attr_accessor :receiver
+		def notify *x
+			me = self
+			EM.next_tick {
+				# A notification executes in the context of this
+				# SpawnedProcess object. That makes self and notify
+				# work as one would expect.
+				#
+				y = me.call(*x)
+				if y and y.respond_to?(:pull_out_yield_block)
+					a,b = y.pull_out_yield_block
+					set_receiver a
+					self.notify if b
+				end
+			}
+		end
+		alias_method :resume, :notify
+		alias_method :run, :notify # for formulations like (EM.spawn {xxx}).run
+
+		# I know I'm missing something stupid, but the inside of class << s
+		# can't see locally-bound values. It can see globals, though.
+		def set_receiver blk
+			$em______tmpglobal = blk
+			class << self
+				define_method :call, $em______tmpglobal.dup
+			end
+		end
+
+	end
+
+	class YieldBlockFromSpawnedProcess
+		def initialize block, notify
+			@block = [block,notify]
+		end
+		def pull_out_yield_block
+			@block
+		end
+	end
+
+	def EventMachine.spawn &block
+		s = SpawnedProcess.new
+		s.set_receiver block
+		s
+	end
+
+	def EventMachine.yield &block
+		return YieldBlockFromSpawnedProcess.new( block, false )
+	end
+
+	def EventMachine.yield_and_notify &block
+		return YieldBlockFromSpawnedProcess.new( block, true )
+	end
+end
+
+
+

data/lib/em/streamer.rb

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+# $Id$
+#
+# Author:: Francis Cianfrocca (gmail: blackhedd)
+# Homepage::  http://rubyeventmachine.com
+# Date:: 16 Jul 2006
+# 
+# See EventMachine and EventMachine::Connection for documentation and
+# usage examples.
+#
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-07 by Francis Cianfrocca. All Rights Reserved.
+# Gmail: blackhedd
+# 
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of either: 1) the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version; or 2) Ruby's License.
+# 
+# See the file COPYING for complete licensing information.
+#
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# 
+
+
+module EventMachine
+	class FileStreamer
+		MappingThreshold = 16384
+		BackpressureLevel = 50000
+		ChunkSize = 16384
+
+		include Deferrable
+		def initialize connection, filename, args
+			@connection = connection
+			@http_chunks = args[:http_chunks]
+
+			if File.exist?(filename)
+				@size = File.size?(filename)
+				if @size <= MappingThreshold
+					stream_without_mapping filename
+				else
+					stream_with_mapping filename
+				end
+			else
+				fail "file not found"
+			end
+		end
+
+		def stream_without_mapping filename
+			if @http_chunks
+				@connection.send_data "#{@size.to_s(16)}\r\n"
+				@connection.send_file_data filename
+				@connection.send_data "\r\n0\r\n\r\n"
+			else
+				@connection.send_file_data filename
+			end
+			succeed
+		end
+		private :stream_without_mapping
+
+		def stream_with_mapping filename
+			ensure_mapping_extension_is_present
+
+			@position = 0
+			@mapping = EventMachine::FastFileReader::Mapper.new filename
+			stream_one_chunk
+		end
+		private :stream_with_mapping
+
+		def stream_one_chunk
+			loop {
+				if @position < @size
+					if @connection.get_outbound_data_size > BackpressureLevel
+						EventMachine::next_tick {stream_one_chunk}
+						break
+					else
+						len = @size - @position
+						len = ChunkSize if (len > ChunkSize)
+
+						@connection.send_data( "#{len.to_s(16)}\r\n" ) if @http_chunks
+						@connection.send_data( @mapping.get_chunk( @position, len ))
+						@connection.send_data("\r\n") if @http_chunks
+
+						@position += len
+					end
+				else
+					@connection.send_data "0\r\n\r\n" if @http_chunks
+					@mapping.close
+					succeed
+					break
+				end
+			}
+		end
+
+		#--
+		# We use an outboard extension class to get memory-mapped files.
+		# It's outboard to avoid polluting the core distro, but that means
+		# there's a "hidden" dependency on it. The first time we get here in
+		# any run, try to load up the dependency extension. User code will see
+		# a LoadError if it's not available, but code that doesn't require
+		# mapped files will work fine without it. This is a somewhat difficult
+		# compromise between usability and proper modularization.
+		#
+		def ensure_mapping_extension_is_present
+			@@fastfilereader ||= (require 'fastfilereaderext')
+		end
+		private :ensure_mapping_extension_is_present
+
+	end
+end
+

data/lib/eventmachine.rb

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+# $Id$
+#
+# Author:: Francis Cianfrocca (gmail: blackhedd)
+# Homepage::  http://rubyeventmachine.com
+# Date:: 8 Apr 2006
+# 
+# See EventMachine and EventMachine::Connection for documentation and
+# usage examples.
+#
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-07 by Francis Cianfrocca. All Rights Reserved.
+# Gmail: blackhedd
+# 
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of either: 1) the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version; or 2) Ruby's License.
+# 
+# See the file COPYING for complete licensing information.
+#
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# 
+
+
+#-- Select in a library based on a global variable.
+# PROVISIONALLY commented out this whole mechanism which selects
+# a pure-Ruby EM implementation if the extension is not available.
+# I expect this will cause a lot of people's code to break, as it
+# exposes misconfigurations and path problems that were masked up
+# till now. The reason I'm disabling it is because the pure-Ruby
+# code will have problems of its own, and it's not nearly as fast
+# anyway. Suggested by a problem report from Moshe Litvin. 05Jun07.
+#
+# 05Dec07: Re-enabled the pure-ruby mechanism, but without the automatic
+# fallback feature that tripped up Moshe Litvin. We shouldn't fail over to
+# the pure Ruby version because it's possible that the user intended to
+# run the extension but failed to do so because of a compilation or
+# similar error. So we require either a global variable or an environment
+# string be set in order to select the pure-Ruby version.
+#
+
+
+unless defined?($eventmachine_library)
+  $eventmachine_library = ENV['EVENTMACHINE_LIBRARY'] || :cascade
+end
+$eventmachine_library = $eventmachine_library.to_sym
+
+case $eventmachine_library
+when :pure_ruby
+  require 'pr_eventmachine'
+when :extension
+  require 'rubyeventmachine'
+when :java
+  require 'jeventmachine'
+else # :cascade
+  # This is the case that most user code will take.
+  # Prefer the extension if available.
+  begin
+    if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /java/
+      require 'java'
+      require 'jeventmachine'
+      $eventmachine_library = :java
+    else
+      require 'rubyeventmachine'
+      $eventmachine_library = :extension
+    end
+  rescue LoadError
+    warn "# EventMachine fell back to pure ruby mode" if $DEBUG
+    require 'pr_eventmachine'
+    $eventmachine_library = :pure_ruby
+  end
+end
+
+require "eventmachine_version"
+require 'em/deferrable'
+require 'em/future'
+require 'em/eventable'
+require 'em/messages'
+require 'em/streamer'
+require 'em/spawnable'
+
+require 'shellwords'
+
+#-- Additional requires are at the BOTTOM of this file, because they
+#-- depend on stuff defined in here. Refactor that someday.
+
+
+
+# == Introduction
+# EventMachine provides a fast, lightweight framework for implementing
+# Ruby programs that can use the network to communicate with other
+# processes. Using EventMachine, Ruby programmers can easily connect
+# to remote servers and act as servers themselves. EventMachine does not
+# supplant the Ruby IP libraries. It does provide an alternate technique
+# for those applications requiring better performance, scalability,
+# and discipline over the behavior of network sockets, than is easily
+# obtainable using the built-in libraries, especially in applications
+# which are structurally well-suited for the event-driven programming model.
+#
+# EventMachine provides a perpetual event-loop which your programs can
+# start and stop. Within the event loop, TCP network connections are
+# initiated and accepted, based on EventMachine methods called by your
+# program. You also define callback methods which are called by EventMachine
+# when events of interest occur within the event-loop.
+#
+# User programs will be called back when the following events occur:
+# * When the event loop accepts network connections from remote peers
+# * When data is received from network connections
+# * When connections are closed, either by the local or the remote side
+# * When user-defined timers expire
+#
+# == Usage example
+#
+# Here's a fully-functional echo server implemented in EventMachine:
+# 
+#       require 'rubygems'
+#       require 'eventmachine'
+# 
+#       module EchoServer
+#         def receive_data data
+#           send_data ">>>you sent: #{data}"
+#           close_connection if data =~ /quit/i
+#         end
+#       end
+# 
+#       EventMachine::run {
+#         EventMachine::start_server "192.168.0.100", 8081, EchoServer
+#       }
+# 
+# What's going on here? Well, we have defined the module EchoServer to
+# implement the semantics of the echo protocol (more about that shortly).
+# The last three lines invoke the event-machine itself, which runs forever
+# unless one of your callbacks terminates it. The block that you supply
+# to EventMachine::run contains code that runs immediately after the event
+# machine is initialized and before it starts looping. This is the place
+# to open up a TCP server by specifying the address and port it will listen
+# on, together with the module that will process the data.
+# 
+# Our EchoServer is extremely simple as the echo protocol doesn't require
+# much work. Basically you want to send back to the remote peer whatever
+# data it sends you. We'll dress it up with a little extra text to make it
+# interesting. Also, we'll close the connection in case the received data
+# contains the word "quit."
+# 
+# So what about this module EchoServer? Well, whenever a network connection
+# (either a client or a server) starts up, EventMachine instantiates an anonymous
+# class, that your module has been mixed into. Exactly one of these class
+# instances is created for each connection. Whenever an event occurs on a
+# given connection, its corresponding object automatically calls specific
+# instance methods which your module may redefine. The code in your module
+# always runs in the context of a class instance, so you can create instance
+# variables as you wish and they will be carried over to other callbacks
+# made on that same connection.
+# 
+# Looking back up at EchoServer, you can see that we've defined the method
+# receive_data which (big surprise) is called whenever data has been received
+# from the remote end of the connection. Very simple. We get the data
+# (a String object) and can do whatever we wish with it. In this case,
+# we use the method send_data to return the received data to the caller,
+# with some extra text added in. And if the user sends the word "quit,"
+# we'll close the connection with (naturally) close_connection.
+# (Notice that closing the connection doesn't terminate the processing loop,
+# or change the fact that your echo server is still accepting connections!) 
+#
+#
+# == Questions and Futures
+# Would it be useful for EventMachine to incorporate the Observer pattern
+# and make use of the corresponding Ruby <tt>observer</tt> package?
+# Interesting thought.
+#
+# 
+module EventMachine
+  class FileNotFoundException < Exception; end
+  
+  class << self
+    attr_reader :threadpool
+  end
+
+
+	# EventMachine::run initializes and runs an event loop.
+	# This method only returns if user-callback code calls stop_event_loop.
+	# Use the supplied block to define your clients and servers.
+	# The block is called by EventMachine::run immediately after initializing
+	# its internal event loop but <i>before</i> running the loop.
+	# Therefore this block is the right place to call start_server if you
+	# want to accept connections from remote clients.
+	#
+	# For programs that are structured as servers, it's usually appropriate
+	# to start an event loop by calling EventMachine::run, and let it
+	# run forever. It's also possible to use EventMachine::run to make a single
+	# client-connection to a remote server, process the data flow from that
+	# single connection, and then call stop_event_loop to force EventMachine::run
+	# to return. Your program will then continue from the point immediately
+	# following the call to EventMachine::run.
+	#
+	# You can of course do both client and servers simultaneously in the same program.
+	# One of the strengths of the event-driven programming model is that the
+	# handling of network events on many different connections will be interleaved,
+	# and scheduled according to the actual events themselves. This maximizes
+	# efficiency.
+	#
+	# === Server usage example
+	#
+	# See the text at the top of this file for an example of an echo server.
+	#
+	# === Client usage example
+	#
+	# See the description of stop_event_loop for an extremely simple client example.
+	#
+	#--
+	# Obsoleted the use_threads mechanism.
+	# 25Nov06: Added the begin/ensure block. We need to be sure that release_machine
+	# gets called even if an exception gets thrown within any of the user code
+	# that the event loop runs. The best way to see this is to run a unit
+	# test with two functions, each of which calls EventMachine#run and each of
+	# which throws something inside of #run. Without the ensure, the second test
+	# will start without release_machine being called and will immediately throw
+	# a C++ runtime error.
+	#
+	def EventMachine::run blk=nil, tail=nil, &block
+		@tails ||= []
+		tail and @tails.unshift(tail)
+
+		if reactor_running?
+			(b = blk || block) and b.call # next_tick(b)
+		else
+			@conns = {}
+			@acceptors = {}
+			@timers = {}
+			@wrapped_exception = nil
+			begin
+				@reactor_running = true
+				initialize_event_machine
+				(b = blk || block) and add_timer(0, b)
+				run_machine
+			ensure
+			  begin
+				  release_machine
+			  ensure
+  				if @threadpool
+  				  @threadpool.each { |t| t.exit }
+  				  @threadpool.each { |t| t.kill! if t.alive? }
+  				  @threadqueue = nil
+  				  @resultqueue = nil				  
+  			  end
+  				@threadpool = nil
+				end
+				@reactor_running = false
+			end
+
+			until @tails.empty?
+				@tails.pop.call
+			end
+
+			raise @wrapped_exception if @wrapped_exception
+		end
+	end
+
+
+    # Sugars a common use case. Will pass the given block to #run, but will terminate
+    # the reactor loop and exit the function as soon as the code in the block completes.
+    # (Normally, #run keeps running indefinitely, even after the block supplied to it
+    # finishes running, until user code calls #stop.)
+    #
+    def EventMachine::run_block &block
+	    pr = proc {
+		    block.call
+		    EventMachine::stop
+	    }
+	    run(&pr)
+    end
+
+    # fork_reactor forks a new process and calls EM#run inside of it, passing your block.
+    #--
+    # This implementation is subject to change, especially if we clean up the relationship
+    # of EM#run to @reactor_running.
+    # Original patch by Aman Gupta.
+    #
+    def EventMachine::fork_reactor &block
+	    Kernel.fork do
+		    if self.reactor_running?
+			    self.stop_event_loop
+			    self.release_machine
+			    self.instance_variable_set( '@reactor_running', false )
+		    end
+		    self.run block
+	    end
+    end
+
+
+  # +deprecated+
+  #--
+  # EventMachine#run_without_threads is semantically identical
+  # to EventMachine#run, but it runs somewhat faster.
+  # However, it must not be used in applications that spin
+  # Ruby threads.
+  def EventMachine::run_without_threads &block
+    #EventMachine::run false, &block
+    EventMachine::run(&block)
+  end
+
+  # EventMachine#add_timer adds a one-shot timer to the event loop.
+  # Call it with one or two parameters. The first parameters is a delay-time
+  # expressed in <i>seconds</i> (not milliseconds). The second parameter, if
+  # present, must be a proc object. If a proc object is not given, then you
+  # can also simply pass a block to the method call.
+  #
+  # EventMachine#add_timer may be called from the block passed to EventMachine#run
+  # or from any callback method. It schedules execution of the proc or block
+  # passed to add_timer, after the passage of an interval of time equal to
+  # <i>at least</i> the number of seconds specified in the first parameter to
+  # the call.
+  #
+  # EventMachine#add_timer is a <i>non-blocking</i> call. Callbacks can and will
+  # be called during the interval of time that the timer is in effect.
+  # There is no built-in limit to the number of timers that can be outstanding at
+  # any given time.
+  #
+  # === Usage example
+  #
+  # This example shows how easy timers are to use. Observe that two timers are
+  # initiated simultaneously. Also, notice that the event loop will continue
+  # to run even after the second timer event is processed, since there was
+  # no call to EventMachine#stop_event_loop. There will be no activity, of
+  # course, since no network clients or servers are defined. Stop the program
+  # with Ctrl-C.
+  #
+  #  require 'rubygems'
+  #  require 'eventmachine'
+  #
+  #  EventMachine::run {
+  #    puts "Starting the run now: #{Time.now}"
+  #    EventMachine::add_timer 5, proc { puts "Executing timer event: #{Time.now}" }
+  #    EventMachine::add_timer( 10 ) { puts "Executing timer event: #{Time.now}" }
+  #  }
+  #
+  #
+  #--
+  # Changed 04Oct06: We now pass the interval as an integer number of milliseconds.
+  #
+  def EventMachine::add_timer *args, &block
+    interval = args.shift
+    code = args.shift || block
+    if code
+      # check too many timers!
+      s = add_oneshot_timer((interval * 1000).to_i)
+      @timers[s] = code
+      s
+    end
+  end
+
+  # EventMachine#add_periodic_timer adds a periodic timer to the event loop.
+  # It takes the same parameters as the one-shot timer method, EventMachine#add_timer.
+  # This method schedules execution of the given block repeatedly, at intervals
+  # of time <i>at least</i> as great as the number of seconds given in the first
+  # parameter to the call.
+  # 
+  # === Usage example
+  #
+  # The following sample program will write a dollar-sign to stderr every five seconds.
+  # (Of course if the program defined network clients and/or servers, they would
+  # be doing their work while the periodic timer is counting off.)
+  #
+  #  EventMachine::run {
+  #    EventMachine::add_periodic_timer( 5 ) { $stderr.write "$" }
+  #  }
+  #
+  def EventMachine::add_periodic_timer *args, &block
+    interval = args.shift
+    code = args.shift || block
+    if code
+      block_1 = proc {
+        code.call
+        EventMachine::add_periodic_timer interval, code
+      }
+      add_timer interval, block_1
+    end
+  end
+
+	#--
+	#
+	def EventMachine::cancel_timer signature
+		@timers[signature] = proc{} if @timers.has_key?(signature)
+	end
+
+
+  # stop_event_loop may called from within a callback method
+  # while EventMachine's processing loop is running.
+  # It causes the processing loop to stop executing, which
+  # will cause all open connections and accepting servers
+  # to be run down and closed. <i>Callbacks for connection-termination
+  # will be called</i> as part of the processing of stop_event_loop.
+  # (There currently is no option to panic-stop the loop without
+  # closing connections.) When all of this processing is complete,
+  # the call to EventMachine::run which started the processing loop
+  # will return and program flow will resume from the statement
+  # following EventMachine::run call.
+  #
+  # === Usage example
+  #
+  #  require 'rubygems'
+  #  require 'eventmachine'
+  #
+  #  module Redmond
+  #  
+  #    def post_init
+  #      puts "We're sending a dumb HTTP request to the remote peer."
+  #      send_data "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: www.microsoft.com\r\n\r\n"
+  #    end
+  #  
+  #    def receive_data data
+  #      puts "We received #{data.length} bytes from the remote peer."
+  #      puts "We're going to stop the event loop now."
+  #      EventMachine::stop_event_loop
+  #    end
+  #  
+  #    def unbind
+  #      puts "A connection has terminated."
+  #    end
+  #  
+  #  end
+  #  
+  #  puts "We're starting the event loop now."
+  #  EventMachine::run {
+  #    EventMachine::connect "www.microsoft.com", 80, Redmond
+  #  }
+  #  puts "The event loop has stopped."
+  #  
+  # This program will produce approximately the following output:
+  #
+  #  We're starting the event loop now.
+  #  We're sending a dumb HTTP request to the remote peer.
+  #  We received 1440 bytes from the remote peer.
+  #  We're going to stop the event loop now.
+  #  A connection has terminated.
+  #  The event loop has stopped.
+  #
+  #
+  def EventMachine::stop_event_loop
+    EventMachine::stop
+  end
+
+  # EventMachine::start_server initiates a TCP server (socket
+  # acceptor) on the specified IP address and port.
+  # The IP address must be valid on the machine where the program
+  # runs, and the process must be privileged enough to listen
+  # on the specified port (on Unix-like systems, superuser privileges
+  # are usually required to listen on any port lower than 1024).
+  # Only one listener may be running on any given address/port
+  # combination. start_server will fail if the given address and port
+  # are already listening on the machine, either because of a prior call
+  # to start_server or some unrelated process running on the machine.
+  # If start_server succeeds, the new network listener becomes active
+  # immediately and starts accepting connections from remote peers,
+  # and these connections generate callback events that are processed
+  # by the code specified in the handler parameter to start_server.
+  #
+  # The optional handler which is passed to start_server is the key
+  # to EventMachine's ability to handle particular network protocols.
+  # The handler parameter passed to start_server must be a Ruby Module
+  # that you must define. When the network server that is started by
+  # start_server accepts a new connection, it instantiates a new
+  # object of an anonymous class that is inherited from EventMachine::Connection,
+  # <i>into which the methods from your handler have been mixed.</i>
+  # Your handler module may redefine any of the methods in EventMachine::Connection
+  # in order to implement the specific behavior of the network protocol.
+  #
+  # Callbacks invoked in response to network events <i>always</i> take place
+  # within the execution context of the object derived from EventMachine::Connection
+  # extended by your handler module. There is one object per connection, and
+  # all of the callbacks invoked for a particular connection take the form
+  # of instance methods called against the corresponding EventMachine::Connection
+  # object. Therefore, you are free to define whatever instance variables you
+  # wish, in order to contain the per-connection state required by the network protocol you are
+  # implementing.
+  #
+  # start_server is often called inside the block passed to EventMachine::run,
+  # but it can be called from any EventMachine callback. start_server will fail
+  # unless the EventMachine event loop is currently running (which is why
+  # it's often called in the block suppled to EventMachine::run).
+  #
+  # You may call start_server any number of times to start up network
+  # listeners on different address/port combinations. The servers will
+  # all run simultaneously. More interestingly, each individual call to start_server
+  # can specify a different handler module and thus implement a different
+  # network protocol from all the others.
+  #
+  # === Usage example
+  # Here is an example of a server that counts lines of input from the remote
+  # peer and sends back the total number of lines received, after each line.
+  # Try the example with more than one client connection opened via telnet,
+  # and you will see that the line count increments independently on each
+  # of the client connections. Also very important to note, is that the
+  # handler for the receive_data function, which our handler redefines, may
+  # not assume that the data it receives observes any kind of message boundaries.
+  # Also, to use this example, be sure to change the server and port parameters
+  # to the start_server call to values appropriate for your environment.
+  #
+  #  require 'rubygems'
+  #  require 'eventmachine'
+  #
+  #  module LineCounter
+  #  
+  #    MaxLinesPerConnection = 10
+  #  
+  #    def post_init
+  #      puts "Received a new connection"
+  #      @data_received = ""
+  #      @line_count = 0
+  #    end
+  #  
+  #    def receive_data data
+  #      @data_received << data
+  #      while @data_received.slice!( /^[^\n]*[\n]/m )
+  #        @line_count += 1
+  #        send_data "received #{@line_count} lines so far\r\n"
+  #        @line_count == MaxLinesPerConnection and close_connection_after_writing
+  #      end
+  #    end
+  #  
+  #  end # module LineCounter
+  #  
+  #  EventMachine::run {
+  #    host,port = "192.168.0.100", 8090
+  #    EventMachine::start_server host, port, LineCounter
+  #    puts "Now accepting connections on address #{host}, port #{port}..."
+  #    EventMachine::add_periodic_timer( 10 ) { $stderr.write "*" }
+  #  }
+  #  
+  #
+  def EventMachine::start_server server, port=nil, handler=nil, *args, &block
+    
+    begin
+      port = Integer(port)
+    rescue ArgumentError, TypeError
+      args.unshift handler if handler
+      handler = port
+      port = nil
+    end if port
+    
+    klass = if (handler and handler.is_a?(Class))
+      handler
+    else
+      Class.new( Connection ) {handler and include handler}
+    end
+
+    arity = klass.instance_method(:initialize).arity
+    expected = arity >= 0 ? arity : -(arity + 1)
+    if (arity >= 0 and args.size != expected) or (arity < 0 and args.size < expected)
+      raise ArgumentError, "wrong number of arguments for #{klass}#initialize (#{args.size} for #{expected})" 
+    end
+
+    s = if port
+          start_tcp_server server, port
+        else
+          start_unix_server server
+        end
+    @acceptors[s] = [klass,args,block]
+    s
+  end
+
+
+  # Stop a TCP server socket that was started with EventMachine#start_server.
+  #--
+  # Requested by Kirk Haines. TODO, this isn't OOP enough. We ought somehow
+  # to have #start_server return an object that has a close or a stop method on it.
+  #
+  def EventMachine::stop_server signature
+	  EventMachine::stop_tcp_server signature
+  end
+
+  def EventMachine::start_unix_domain_server filename, *args, &block
+    start_server filename, *args, &block
+  end
+
+  # EventMachine#connect initiates a TCP connection to a remote
+  # server and sets up event-handling for the connection.
+  # You can call EventMachine#connect in the block supplied
+  # to EventMachine#run or in any callback method.
+  #
+  # EventMachine#connect takes the IP address (or hostname) and
+  # port of the remote server you want to connect to.
+  # It also takes an optional handler Module which you must define, that
+  # contains the callbacks that will be invoked by the event loop
+  # on behalf of the connection.
+  #
+  # See the description of EventMachine#start_server for a discussion
+  # of the handler Module. All of the details given in that description
+  # apply for connections created with EventMachine#connect.
+  #
+  # === Usage Example
+  #
+  # Here's a program which connects to a web server, sends a naive
+  # request, parses the HTTP header of the response, and then
+  # (antisocially) ends the event loop, which automatically drops the connection
+  # (and incidentally calls the connection's unbind method).
+  # 
+  #  require 'rubygems'
+  #  require 'eventmachine'
+  #  
+  #  module DumbHttpClient
+  #  
+  #    def post_init
+  #      send_data "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: _\r\n\r\n"
+  #      @data = ""
+  #    end
+  #  
+  #    def receive_data data
+  #      @data << data
+  #      if  @data =~ /[\n][\r]*[\n]/m
+  #        puts "RECEIVED HTTP HEADER:"
+  #        $`.each {|line| puts ">>> #{line}" }
+  #  
+  #        puts "Now we'll terminate the loop, which will also close the connection"
+  #        EventMachine::stop_event_loop
+  #      end
+  #    end
+  #  
+  #    def unbind
+  #      puts "A connection has terminated"
+  #    end
+  #  
+  #  end # DumbHttpClient
+  #  
+  #  
+  #  EventMachine::run {
+  #    EventMachine::connect "www.bayshorenetworks.com", 80, DumbHttpClient
+  #  }
+  #  puts "The event loop has ended"
+  #  
+  #
+  # There are times when it's more convenient to define a protocol handler
+  # as a Class rather than a Module. Here's how to do this:
+  #
+  #  class MyProtocolHandler < EventMachine::Connection
+  #    def initialize *args
+  #      super
+  #      # whatever else you want to do here
+  #    end
+  #    
+  #    #.......your other class code
+  #  end # class MyProtocolHandler
+  #
+  # If you do this, then an instance of your class will be instantiated to handle
+  # every network connection created by your code or accepted by servers that you
+  # create. If you redefine #post_init in your protocol-handler class, your
+  # #post_init method will be called _inside_ the call to #super that you will
+  # make in your #initialize method (if you provide one).
+  #
+  #--
+  # EventMachine::connect initiates a TCP connection to a remote
+  # server and sets up event-handling for the connection.
+  # It internally creates an object that should not be handled
+  # by the caller. HOWEVER, it's often convenient to get the
+  # object to set up interfacing to other objects in the system.
+  # We return the newly-created anonymous-class object to the caller.
+  # It's expected that a considerable amount of code will depend
+  # on this behavior, so don't change it.
+  #
+  # Ok, added support for a user-defined block, 13Apr06.
+  # This leads us to an interesting choice because of the
+  # presence of the post_init call, which happens in the
+  # initialize method of the new object. We call the user's
+  # block and pass the new object to it. This is a great
+  # way to do protocol-specific initiation. It happens
+  # AFTER post_init has been called on the object, which I
+  # certainly hope is the right choice.
+  # Don't change this lightly, because accepted connections
+  # are different from connected ones and we don't want
+  # to have them behave differently with respect to post_init
+  # if at all possible.
+  #
+  def EventMachine::connect server, port=nil, handler=nil, *args
+    begin
+      port = Integer(port)
+    rescue ArgumentError, TypeError
+      args.unshift handler if handler
+      handler = port
+      port = nil
+    end if port
+
+    klass = if (handler and handler.is_a?(Class))
+      handler
+    else
+      Class.new( Connection ) {handler and include handler}
+    end
+
+    arity = klass.instance_method(:initialize).arity
+    expected = arity >= 0 ? arity : -(arity + 1)
+    if (arity >= 0 and args.size != expected) or (arity < 0 and args.size < expected)
+      raise ArgumentError, "wrong number of arguments for #{klass}#initialize (#{args.size} for #{expected})"
+    end
+
+    s = if port
+          connect_server server, port
+        else
+          connect_unix_server server
+        end
+
+    c = klass.new s, *args
+    @conns[s] = c
+    block_given? and yield c
+    c
+  end
+
+  # EventMachine::attach registers a given file descriptor or IO object with the eventloop
+  #
+  # If the handler provided has the functions notify_readable or notify_writable defined,
+  # EventMachine will not read or write from the socket, and instead fire the corresponding
+  # callback on the handler.
+  #
+  # To detach the file descriptor, use EventMachine::Connection#detach
+  #
+  # === Usage Example
+  #
+  #   module SimpleHttpClient
+  #     def initialize sock
+  #       @sock = sock
+  #     end
+  #
+  #     def notify_readable
+  #       header = @sock.readline
+  #
+  #       if header == "\r\n"
+  #         # detach returns the file descriptor number (fd == @sock.fileno)
+  #         fd = detach
+  #       end
+  #     rescue EOFError
+  #       detach
+  #     end
+  #
+  #     def unbind
+  #       EM.next_tick do
+  #         # socket is detached from the eventloop, but still open
+  #         data = @sock.read
+  #       end
+  #     end
+  #   end
+  #
+  #   EM.run{
+  #     $sock = TCPSocket.new('site.com', 80)
+  #     $sock.write("GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n")
+  #     EM.attach $sock, SimpleHttpClient, $sock
+  #   }
+  #
+  #--
+  # Thanks to Riham Aldakkak (eSpace Technologies) for the initial patch
+  def  EventMachine::attach io, handler=nil, *args
+    klass = if (handler and handler.is_a?(Class))
+      handler
+    else
+      Class.new( Connection ) {handler and include handler}
+    end
+
+    arity = klass.instance_method(:initialize).arity
+    expected = arity >= 0 ? arity : -(arity + 1)
+    if (arity >= 0 and args.size != expected) or (arity < 0 and args.size < expected)
+      raise ArgumentError, "wrong number of arguments for #{klass}#initialize (#{args.size} for #{expected})"
+    end
+
+    readmode  = klass.public_instance_methods.any?{|m| m.to_sym == :notify_readable }
+    writemode = klass.public_instance_methods.any?{|m| m.to_sym == :notify_writable }
+
+    s = attach_fd io.respond_to?(:fileno) ? io.fileno : io, readmode, writemode
+
+    c = klass.new s, *args
+    @conns[s] = c
+    block_given? and yield c
+    c
+  end
+
+    #--
+    # EXPERIMENTAL. DO NOT RELY ON THIS METHOD TO BE HERE IN THIS FORM, OR AT ALL.
+    # (03Nov06)
+    # Observe, the test for already-connected FAILS if we call a reconnect inside post_init,
+    # because we haven't set up the connection in @conns by that point.
+    # RESIST THE TEMPTATION to "fix" this problem by redefining the behavior of post_init.
+    #
+    # Changed 22Nov06: if called on an already-connected handler, just return the
+    # handler and do nothing more. Originally this condition raised an exception.
+    # We may want to change it yet again and call the block, if any.
+    #
+    def EventMachine::reconnect server, port, handler
+	raise "invalid handler" unless handler.respond_to?(:connection_completed)
+	#raise "still connected" if @conns.has_key?(handler.signature)
+	return handler if @conns.has_key?(handler.signature)
+	s = connect_server server, port
+	handler.signature = s
+	@conns[s] = handler
+	block_given? and yield handler
+	handler
+    end
+
+
+
+
+	# Make a connection to a Unix-domain socket. This is not implemented on Windows platforms.
+	# The parameter socketname is a String which identifies the Unix-domain socket you want
+	# to connect to. socketname is the name of a file on your local system, and in most cases
+	# is a fully-qualified path name. Make sure that your process has enough local permissions
+	# to open the Unix-domain socket.
+	# See also the documentation for #connect_server. This method behaves like #connect_server
+	# in all respects except for the fact that it connects to a local Unix-domain
+	# socket rather than a TCP socket.
+	# NOTE: this functionality will soon be subsumed into the #connect method. This method
+	# will still be supported as an alias.
+	#--
+	# For making connections to Unix-domain sockets.
+	# Eventually this has to get properly documented and unified with the TCP-connect methods.
+	# Note how nearly identical this is to EventMachine#connect
+	def EventMachine::connect_unix_domain socketname, *args, &blk
+	  connect socketname, *args, &blk
+	end
+
+
+	# EventMachine#open_datagram_socket is for support of UDP-based
+	# protocols. Its usage is similar to that of EventMachine#start_server.
+	# It takes three parameters: an IP address (which must be valid
+	# on the machine which executes the method), a port number,
+	# and an optional Module name which will handle the data.
+	# This method will create a new UDP (datagram) socket and
+	# bind it to the address and port that you specify.
+	# The normal callbacks (see EventMachine#start_server) will
+	# be called as events of interest occur on the newly-created
+	# socket, but there are some differences in how they behave.
+	#
+	# Connection#receive_data will be called when a datagram packet
+	# is received on the socket, but unlike TCP sockets, the message
+	# boundaries of the received data will be respected. In other words,
+	# if the remote peer sent you a datagram of a particular size,
+	# you may rely on Connection#receive_data to give you the
+	# exact data in the packet, with the original data length.
+	# Also observe that Connection#receive_data may be called with a
+	# <i>zero-length</i> data payload, since empty datagrams are permitted
+	# in UDP.
+	#
+	# Connection#send_data is available with UDP packets as with TCP,
+	# but there is an important difference. Because UDP communications
+	# are <i>connectionless,</i> there is no implicit recipient for the packets you
+	# send. Ordinarily you must specify the recipient for each packet you send.
+	# However, EventMachine
+	# provides for the typical pattern of receiving a UDP datagram
+	# from a remote peer, performing some operation, and then sending
+	# one or more packets in response to the same remote peer.
+	# To support this model easily, just use Connection#send_data
+	# in the code that you supply for Connection:receive_data.
+	# EventMachine will
+	# provide an implicit return address for any messages sent to
+	# Connection#send_data within the context of a Connection#receive_data callback,
+	# and your response will automatically go to the correct remote peer.
+	# (TODO: Example-code needed!)
+	#
+	# Observe that the port number that you supply to EventMachine#open_datagram_socket
+	# may be zero. In this case, EventMachine will create a UDP socket
+	# that is bound to an <i>ephemeral</i> (not well-known) port.
+	# This is not appropriate for servers that must publish a well-known
+	# port to which remote peers may send datagrams. But it can be useful
+	# for clients that send datagrams to other servers.
+	# If you do this, you will receive any responses from the remote
+	# servers through the normal Connection#receive_data callback.
+	# Observe that you will probably have issues with firewalls blocking
+	# the ephemeral port numbers, so this technique is most appropriate for LANs.
+	# (TODO: Need an example!)
+	#
+	# If you wish to send datagrams to arbitrary remote peers (not
+	# necessarily ones that have sent data to which you are responding),
+	# then see Connection#send_datagram.
+	#
+	# DO NOT call send_data from a datagram socket
+	# outside of a #receive_data method. Use #send_datagram. If you do use #send_data
+	# outside of a #receive_data method, you'll get a confusing error
+	# because there is no "peer," as #send_data requires. (Inside of #receive_data,
+	# #send_data "fakes" the peer as described above.)
+	#
+	#--
+	# Replaced the implementation on 01Oct06. Thanks to Tobias Gustafsson for pointing
+	# out that this originally did not take a class but only a module.
+	#
+	def self::open_datagram_socket address, port, handler=nil, *args
+		klass = if (handler and handler.is_a?(Class))
+			handler
+		else
+			Class.new( Connection ) {handler and include handler}
+		end
+
+    arity = klass.instance_method(:initialize).arity
+    expected = arity >= 0 ? arity : -(arity + 1)
+    if (arity >= 0 and args.size != expected) or (arity < 0 and args.size < expected)
+      raise ArgumentError, "wrong number of arguments for #{klass}#initialize (#{args.size} for #{expected})"
+    end
+
+		s = open_udp_socket address, port
+		c = klass.new s, *args
+		@conns[s] = c
+		block_given? and yield c
+		c
+	end
+
+
+	# For advanced users. This function sets the default timer granularity, which by default is
+	# slightly smaller than 100 milliseconds. Call this function to set a higher or lower granularity.
+	# The function affects the behavior of #add_timer and #add_periodic_timer. Most applications
+	# will not need to call this function.
+	#
+	# The argument is a number of milliseconds. Avoid setting the quantum to very low values because
+	# that may reduce performance under some extreme conditions. We recommend that you not set a quantum
+	# lower than 10.
+	#
+	# You may only call this function while an EventMachine loop is running (that is, after a call to
+	# EventMachine#run and before a subsequent call to EventMachine#stop).
+	#
+	def self::set_quantum mills
+		set_timer_quantum mills.to_i
+	end
+
+	# Sets the maximum number of timers and periodic timers that may be outstanding at any
+	# given time. You only need to call #set_max_timers if you need more than the default
+	# number of timers, which on most platforms is 1000.
+	# Call this method before calling EventMachine#run.
+	#
+	def self::set_max_timers ct
+		set_max_timer_count ct
+	end
+
+	# Gets the current maximum number of allowed timers
+	#
+	def self::get_max_timers
+		get_max_timer_count
+	end
+
+	#--
+	# The is the responder for the loopback-signalled event.
+	# It can be fired either by code running on a separate thread (EM#defer) or on
+	# the main thread (EM#next_tick).
+	# It will often happen that a next_tick handler will reschedule itself. We
+	# consume a copy of the tick queue so that tick events scheduled by tick events
+	# have to wait for the next pass through the reactor core.
+	#
+	def self::run_deferred_callbacks # :nodoc:
+		until (@resultqueue ||= []).empty?
+			result,cback = @resultqueue.pop
+			cback.call result if cback
+		end
+
+		@next_tick_queue ||= []
+		if (l = @next_tick_queue.length) > 0
+			l.times {|i| @next_tick_queue[i].call}
+			@next_tick_queue.slice!( 0...l )
+		end
+
+=begin
+		(@next_tick_queue ||= []).length.times {
+			cback=@next_tick_queue.pop and cback.call
+		}
+=end
+=begin
+		if (@next_tick_queue ||= []) and @next_tick_queue.length > 0
+			ary = @next_tick_queue.dup
+			@next_tick_queue.clear
+			until ary.empty?
+				cback=ary.pop and cback.call
+			end
+		end
+=end
+	end
+
+
+	# #defer is for integrating blocking operations into EventMachine's control flow.
+	# Call #defer with one or two blocks, as shown below (the second block is <i>optional</i>):
+	#  
+	#  operation = proc {
+	#    # perform a long-running operation here, such as a database query.
+	#    "result" # as usual, the last expression evaluated in the block will be the return value.
+	#  }
+	#  callback = proc {|result|
+	#    # do something with result here, such as send it back to a network client.
+	#  }
+	#
+	#  EventMachine.defer( operation, callback )
+	#  
+	# The action of #defer is to take the block specified in the first parameter (the "operation")
+	# and schedule it for asynchronous execution on an internal thread pool maintained by EventMachine.
+	# When the operation completes, it will pass the result computed by the block (if any)
+	# back to the EventMachine reactor. Then, EventMachine calls the block specified in the
+	# second parameter to #defer (the "callback"), as part of its normal, synchronous
+	# event handling loop. The result computed by the operation block is passed as a parameter
+	# to the callback. You may omit the callback parameter if you don't need to execute any code
+	# after the operation completes.
+	#
+	# <i>Caveats:</i>
+	# Note carefully that the code in your deferred operation will be executed on a separate
+	# thread from the main EventMachine processing and all other Ruby threads that may exist in
+	# your program. Also, multiple deferred operations may be running at once! Therefore, you
+	# are responsible for ensuring that your operation code is threadsafe. [Need more explanation
+	# and examples.]
+	# Don't write a deferred operation that will block forever. If so, the current implementation will
+	# not detect the problem, and the thread will never be returned to the pool. EventMachine limits
+	# the number of threads in its pool, so if you do this enough times, your subsequent deferred
+	# operations won't get a chance to run. [We might put in a timer to detect this problem.]
+	#
+	#--
+	# OBSERVE that #next_tick hacks into this mechanism, so don't make any changes here
+	# without syncing there.
+	#
+	# Running with $VERBOSE set to true gives a warning unless all ivars are defined when
+	# they appear in rvalues. But we DON'T ever want to initialize @threadqueue unless we
+	# need it, because the Ruby threads are so heavyweight. We end up with this bizarre
+	# way of initializing @threadqueue because EventMachine is a Module, not a Class, and
+	# has no constructor.
+	#
+	def self::defer op = nil, callback = nil, &blk
+		unless @threadpool
+			require 'thread'
+			@threadpool = []
+			@threadqueue = Queue.new
+			@resultqueue = Queue.new
+			spawn_threadpool
+		end
+
+		@threadqueue << [op||blk,callback]
+	end
+	
+	def self.spawn_threadpool
+	  until @threadpool.size == 20
+			thread = Thread.new do
+				while true
+					op, cback = *@threadqueue.pop
+					result = op.call
+					@resultqueue << [result, cback]
+					EventMachine.signal_loopbreak
+				end
+			end
+			@threadpool << thread
+		end
+	end
+
+
+  	# Schedules a proc for execution immediately after the next "turn" through the reactor
+	# core. An advanced technique, this can be useful for improving memory management and/or
+	# application responsiveness, especially when scheduling large amounts of data for
+	# writing to a network connection. TODO, we need a FAQ entry on this subject.
+	#
+	# #next_tick takes either a single argument (which must be a Proc) or a block.
+	# And I'm taking suggestions for a better name for this method.
+	#--
+	# This works by adding to the @resultqueue that's used for #defer.
+	# The general idea is that next_tick is used when we want to give the reactor a chance
+	# to let other operations run, either to balance the load out more evenly, or to let
+	# outbound network buffers drain, or both. So we probably do NOT want to block, and
+	# we probably do NOT want to be spinning any threads. A program that uses next_tick
+	# but not #defer shouldn't suffer the penalty of having Ruby threads running. They're
+	# extremely expensive even if they're just sleeping.
+	#
+	def self::next_tick pr=nil, &block
+		raise "no argument or block given" unless ((pr && pr.respond_to?(:call)) or block)
+		(@next_tick_queue ||= []) << ( pr || block )
+		EventMachine.signal_loopbreak
+=begin
+		(@next_tick_procs ||= []) << (pr || block)
+		if @next_tick_procs.length == 1
+			add_timer(0) {
+				@next_tick_procs.each {|t| t.call}
+				@next_tick_procs.clear
+			}
+		end
+=end
+	end
+
+	# A wrapper over the setuid system call. Particularly useful when opening a network
+	# server on a privileged port because you can use this call to drop privileges
+	# after opening the port. Also very useful after a call to #set_descriptor_table_size,
+	# which generally requires that you start your process with root privileges.
+	#
+	# This method has no effective implementation on Windows or in the pure-Ruby
+	# implementation of EventMachine.
+	# Call #set_effective_user by passing it a string containing the effective name
+	# of the user whose privilege-level your process should attain.
+	# This method is intended for use in enforcing security requirements, consequently
+	# it will throw a fatal error and end your program if it fails.
+	#
+	def self::set_effective_user username
+		EventMachine::setuid_string username
+	end
+
+
+	# Sets the maximum number of file or socket descriptors that your process may open.
+	# You can pass this method an integer specifying the new size of the descriptor table.
+	# Returns the new descriptor-table size, which may be less than the number you
+	# requested. If you call this method with no arguments, it will simply return
+	# the current size of the descriptor table without attempting to change it.
+	#
+	# The new limit on open descriptors ONLY applies to sockets and other descriptors
+	# that belong to EventMachine. It has NO EFFECT on the number of descriptors
+	# you can create in ordinary Ruby code.
+	#
+	# Not available on all platforms. Increasing the number of descriptors beyond its
+	# default limit usually requires superuser privileges. (See #set_effective_user
+	# for a way to drop superuser privileges while your program is running.)
+	#
+	def self::set_descriptor_table_size n_descriptors=nil
+		EventMachine::set_rlimit_nofile n_descriptors
+	end
+
+
+
+	# TODO, must document popen. At this moment, it's only available on Unix.
+	# This limitation is expected to go away.
+	#--
+	# Perhaps misnamed since the underlying function uses socketpair and is full-duplex.
+	#
+	def self::popen cmd, handler=nil, *args
+		klass = if (handler and handler.is_a?(Class))
+			handler
+		else
+			Class.new( Connection ) {handler and include handler}
+		end
+
+		w = Shellwords::shellwords( cmd )
+		w.unshift( w.first ) if w.first
+		s = invoke_popen( w )
+		c = klass.new s, *args
+		@conns[s] = c
+		yield(c) if block_given?
+		c
+	end
+
+
+	# Tells you whether the EventMachine reactor loop is currently running. Returns true or
+	# false. Useful when writing libraries that want to run event-driven code, but may
+	# be running in programs that are already event-driven. In such cases, if EventMachine#reactor_running?
+	# returns false, your code can invoke EventMachine#run and run your application code inside
+	# the block passed to that method. If EventMachine#reactor_running? returns true, just
+	# execute your event-aware code.
+	#
+	# This method is necessary because calling EventMachine#run inside of another call to
+	# EventMachine#run generates a fatal error.
+	#
+	def self::reactor_running?
+		(@reactor_running || false)
+	end
+
+
+	# (Experimental)
+	#
+	#
+	def EventMachine::open_keyboard handler=nil, *args
+		klass = if (handler and handler.is_a?(Class))
+			handler
+		else
+			Class.new( Connection ) {handler and include handler}
+		end
+
+		arity = klass.instance_method(:initialize).arity
+		expected = arity >= 0 ? arity : -(arity + 1)
+		if (arity >= 0 and args.size != expected) or (arity < 0 and args.size < expected)
+			raise ArgumentError, "wrong number of arguments for #{klass}#initialize (#{args.size} for #{expected})"
+		end
+
+		s = read_keyboard
+		c = klass.new s, *args
+		@conns[s] = c
+		block_given? and yield c
+		c
+	end
+
+
+
+	private
+	def EventMachine::event_callback conn_binding, opcode, data
+		#
+		# Changed 27Dec07: Eliminated the hookable error handling.
+		# No one was using it, and it degraded performance significantly.
+		# It's in original_event_callback, which is dead code.
+		#
+		# Changed 25Jul08: Added a partial solution to the problem of exceptions
+		# raised in user-written event-handlers. If such exceptions are not caught,
+		# we must cause the reactor to stop, and then re-raise the exception.
+		# Otherwise, the reactor doesn't stop and it's left on the call stack.
+		# This is partial because we only added it to #unbind, where it's critical
+		# (to keep unbind handlers from being re-entered when a stopping reactor
+		# runs down open connections). It should go on the other calls to user
+		# code, but the performance impact may be too large.
+		#
+		if opcode == ConnectionData
+			c = @conns[conn_binding] or raise ConnectionNotBound, "received data #{data} for unknown signature: #{conn_binding}"
+			c.receive_data data
+		elsif opcode == ConnectionUnbound
+			if c = @conns.delete( conn_binding )
+				begin
+					c.unbind
+				rescue
+					@wrapped_exception = $!
+					stop
+				end
+			elsif c = @acceptors.delete( conn_binding )
+				# no-op
+			else
+				raise ConnectionNotBound, "recieved ConnectionUnbound for an unknown signature: #{conn_binding}"
+			end
+		elsif opcode == ConnectionAccepted
+			accep,args,blk = @acceptors[conn_binding]
+			raise NoHandlerForAcceptedConnection unless accep
+			c = accep.new data, *args
+			@conns[data] = c
+			blk and blk.call(c)
+			c # (needed?)
+		elsif opcode == TimerFired
+			t = @timers.delete( data ) or raise UnknownTimerFired, "timer data: #{data}"
+			t.call
+		elsif opcode == ConnectionCompleted
+			c = @conns[conn_binding] or raise ConnectionNotBound, "received ConnectionCompleted for unknown signature: #{conn_binding}"
+			c.connection_completed
+		elsif opcode == LoopbreakSignalled
+			run_deferred_callbacks
+		elsif opcode == ConnectionNotifyReadable
+			c = @conns[conn_binding] or raise ConnectionNotBound
+			c.notify_readable
+		elsif opcode == ConnectionNotifyWritable
+			c = @conns[conn_binding] or raise ConnectionNotBound
+			c.notify_writable
+		end
+	end
+
+	private
+	def EventMachine::original_event_callback conn_binding, opcode, data
+		#
+		# Added 03Oct07: Any code path that invokes user-written code must
+		# wrap itself in a begin/rescue for RuntimeErrors, that calls the
+		# user-overridable class method #handle_runtime_error.
+		#
+		if opcode == ConnectionData
+			c = @conns[conn_binding] or raise ConnectionNotBound
+			begin
+				c.receive_data data
+			rescue
+				EventMachine.handle_runtime_error
+			end
+		elsif opcode == ConnectionUnbound
+			if c = @conns.delete( conn_binding )
+				begin
+					c.unbind
+				rescue
+					EventMachine.handle_runtime_error
+				end
+			elsif c = @acceptors.delete( conn_binding )
+				# no-op
+			else
+				raise ConnectionNotBound
+			end
+		elsif opcode == ConnectionAccepted
+			accep,args,blk = @acceptors[conn_binding]
+			raise NoHandlerForAcceptedConnection unless accep
+			c = accep.new data, *args
+			@conns[data] = c
+			begin
+				blk and blk.call(c)
+			rescue
+				EventMachine.handle_runtime_error
+			end
+			c # (needed?)
+		elsif opcode == TimerFired
+			t = @timers.delete( data ) or raise UnknownTimerFired
+			begin
+				t.call
+			rescue
+				EventMachine.handle_runtime_error
+			end
+		elsif opcode == ConnectionCompleted
+			c = @conns[conn_binding] or raise ConnectionNotBound
+			begin
+				c.connection_completed
+			rescue
+				EventMachine.handle_runtime_error
+			end
+		elsif opcode == LoopbreakSignalled
+			begin
+			run_deferred_callbacks
+			rescue
+				EventMachine.handle_runtime_error
+			end
+		end
+	end
+
+
+	# Default handler for RuntimeErrors that are raised in user code.
+	# The default behavior is to re-raise the error, which ends your program.
+	# To override the default behavior, re-implement this method in your code.
+	# For example:
+	#
+	#  module EventMachine
+	#    def self.handle_runtime_error
+	#      $>.puts $!
+	#    end
+	#  end
+	#
+	#--
+	# We need to ensure that any code path which invokes user code rescues RuntimeError
+	# and calls this method. The obvious place to do that is in #event_callback,
+	# but, scurrilously, it turns out that we need to be finer grained that that.
+	# Periodic timers, in particular, wrap their invocations of user code inside
+	# procs that do other stuff we can't not do, like schedule the next invocation.
+	# This is a potential non-robustness, since we need to remember to hook in the
+	# error handler whenever and wherever we change how user code is invoked.
+	#
+	def EventMachine::handle_runtime_error
+		@runtime_error_hook ? @runtime_error_hook.call : raise
+	end
+
+	# Sets a handler for RuntimeErrors that are raised in user code.
+	# Pass a block with no parameters. You can also call this method without a block,
+	# which restores the default behavior (see #handle_runtime_error).
+	#
+	def EventMachine::set_runtime_error_hook &blk
+		@runtime_error_hook = blk
+	end
+
+  # Documentation stub
+  #--
+  # This is a provisional implementation of a stream-oriented file access object.
+  # We also experiment with wrapping up some better exception reporting.
+  class << self
+    def _open_file_for_writing filename, handler=nil
+      klass = if (handler and handler.is_a?(Class))
+        handler
+      else
+        Class.new( Connection ) {handler and include handler}
+      end
+
+      s = _write_file filename
+      c = klass.new s
+      @conns[s] = c
+      block_given? and yield c
+      c
+    end
+  end
+
+
+# EventMachine::Connection is a class that is instantiated
+# by EventMachine's processing loop whenever a new connection
+# is created. (New connections can be either initiated locally
+# to a remote server or accepted locally from a remote client.)
+# When a Connection object is instantiated, it <i>mixes in</i>
+# the functionality contained in the user-defined module
+# specified in calls to EventMachine#connect or EventMachine#start_server.
+# User-defined handler modules may redefine any or all of the standard
+# methods defined here, as well as add arbitrary additional code
+# that will also be mixed in.
+#
+# EventMachine manages one object inherited from EventMachine::Connection
+# (and containing the mixed-in user code) for every network connection
+# that is active at any given time.
+# The event loop will automatically call methods on EventMachine::Connection
+# objects whenever specific events occur on the corresponding connections,
+# as described below.
+#
+# This class is never instantiated by user code, and does not publish an
+# initialize method. The instance methods of EventMachine::Connection
+# which may be called by the event loop are: post_init, receive_data,
+# and unbind. All of the other instance methods defined here are called
+# only by user code.
+#
+class Connection
+	# EXPERIMENTAL. Added the reconnect methods, which may go away.
+	attr_accessor :signature
+
+  # Override .new so subclasses don't have to call super and can ignore
+  # connection-specific arguments
+  #
+  def self.new(sig, *args) #:nodoc:
+    allocate.instance_eval do
+      # Call a superclass's #initialize if it has one
+      initialize(*args)
+
+      # Store signature and run #post_init
+      @signature = sig
+      associate_callback_target sig
+      post_init
+    
+      self
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Stubbed initialize so legacy superclasses can safely call super
+  #
+	def initialize(*args) #:nodoc:
+  end
+
+	def associate_callback_target(sig) #:nodoc:
+		# no-op for the time being, to match similar no-op in rubymain.cpp
+	end
+
+	# EventMachine::Connection#post_init is called by the event loop
+	# immediately after the network connection has been established,
+	# and before resumption of the network loop.
+	# This method is generally not called by user code, but is called automatically
+	# by the event loop. The base-class implementation is a no-op.
+	# This is a very good place to initialize instance variables that will
+	# be used throughout the lifetime of the network connection.
+	#
+	def post_init
+	end
+
+	# EventMachine::Connection#receive_data is called by the event loop
+	# whenever data has been received by the network connection.
+	# It is never called by user code.
+	# receive_data is called with a single parameter, a String containing
+	# the network protocol data, which may of course be binary. You will
+	# generally redefine this method to perform your own processing of the incoming data.
+	#
+	# Here's a key point which is essential to understanding the event-driven
+	# programming model: <i>EventMachine knows absolutely nothing about the protocol
+	# which your code implements.</i> You must not make any assumptions about
+	# the size of the incoming data packets, or about their alignment on any
+	# particular intra-message or PDU boundaries (such as line breaks).
+	# receive_data can and will send you arbitrary chunks of data, with the
+	# only guarantee being that the data is presented to your code in the order
+	# it was collected from the network. Don't even assume that the chunks of
+	# data will correspond to network packets, as EventMachine can and will coalesce
+	# several incoming packets into one, to improve performance. The implication for your
+	# code is that you generally will need to implement some kind of a state machine
+	# in your redefined implementation of receive_data. For a better understanding
+	# of this, read through the examples of specific protocol handlers given
+	# elsewhere in this package. (STUB, WE MUST ADD THESE!)
+	#
+	# The base-class implementation of receive_data (which will be invoked if
+	# you don't redefine it) simply prints the size of each incoming data packet
+	# to stdout.
+	#
+	def receive_data data
+		puts "............>>>#{data.length}"
+	end
+
+	# #ssl_handshake_completed is called by EventMachine when the SSL/TLS handshake has
+	# been completed, as a result of calling #start_tls to initiate SSL/TLS on the connection.
+	#
+	# This callback exists because #post_init and #connection_completed are <b>not</b> reliable
+	# for indicating when an SSL/TLS connection is ready to have it's certificate queried for.
+	#
+	# See #get_peer_cert for application and example.
+	def ssl_handshake_completed
+	end
+
+	# EventMachine::Connection#unbind is called by the framework whenever a connection
+	# (either a server or client connection) is closed. The close can occur because
+	# your code intentionally closes it (see close_connection and close_connection_after_writing),
+	# because the remote peer closed the connection, or because of a network error.
+	# You may not assume that the network connection is still open and able to send or
+	# receive data when the callback to unbind is made. This is intended only to give
+	# you a chance to clean up associations your code may have made to the connection
+	# object while it was open.
+	#
+	def unbind
+	end
+
+	# EventMachine::Connection#close_connection is called only by user code, and never
+	# by the event loop. You may call this method against a connection object in any
+	# callback handler, whether or not the callback was made against the connection
+	# you want to close. close_connection <i>schedules</i> the connection to be closed
+	# at the next available opportunity within the event loop. You may not assume that
+	# the connection is closed when close_connection returns. In particular, the framework
+	# will callback the unbind method for the particular connection at a point shortly
+	# after you call close_connection. You may assume that the unbind callback will
+	# take place sometime after your call to close_connection completes. In other words,
+	# the unbind callback will not re-enter your code "inside" of your call to close_connection.
+	# However, it's not guaranteed that a future version of EventMachine will not change
+	# this behavior.
+	#
+	# close_connection will <i>silently discard</i> any outbound data which you have
+	# sent to the connection using EventMachine::Connection#send_data but which has not
+	# yet been sent across the network. If you want to avoid this behavior, use
+	# EventMachine::Connection#close_connection_after_writing.
+	#
+	def close_connection after_writing = false
+		EventMachine::close_connection @signature, after_writing
+	end
+
+	# EventMachine::Connection#detach will remove the given connection from the event loop.
+	# The connection's socket remains open and its file descriptor number is returned
+	def detach
+		EventMachine::detach_fd @signature
+	end
+
+	# EventMachine::Connection#close_connection_after_writing is a variant of close_connection.
+	# All of the descriptive comments given for close_connection also apply to
+	# close_connection_after_writing, <i>with one exception:</i> If the connection has
+	# outbound data sent using send_dat but which has not yet been sent across the network,
+	# close_connection_after_writing will schedule the connection to be closed <i>after</i>
+	# all of the outbound data has been safely written to the remote peer.
+	#
+	# Depending on the amount of outgoing data and the speed of the network,
+	# considerable time may elapse between your call to close_connection_after_writing
+	# and the actual closing of the socket (at which time the unbind callback will be called
+	# by the event loop). During this time, you <i>may not</i> call send_data to transmit
+	# additional data (that is, the connection is closed for further writes). In very
+	# rare cases, you may experience a receive_data callback after your call to close_connection_after_writing,
+	# depending on whether incoming data was in the process of being received on the connection
+	# at the moment when you called close_connection_after_writing. Your protocol handler must
+	# be prepared to properly deal with such data (probably by ignoring it).
+	#
+	def close_connection_after_writing
+		close_connection true
+	end
+
+	# EventMachine::Connection#send_data is only called by user code, never by
+	# the event loop. You call this method to send data to the remote end of the
+	# network connection. send_data is called with a single String argument, which
+	# may of course contain binary data. You can call send_data any number of times.
+	# send_data is an instance method of an object derived from EventMachine::Connection
+	# and containing your mixed-in handler code), so if you call it without qualification
+	# within a callback function, the data will be sent to the same network connection
+	# that generated the callback. Calling self.send_data is exactly equivalent.
+	#
+	# You can also call send_data to write to a connection <i>other than the one
+	# whose callback you are calling send_data from.</i> This is done by recording
+	# the value of the connection in any callback function (the value self), in any
+	# variable visible to other callback invocations on the same or different
+	# connection objects. (Need an example to make that clear.)
+	#
+	def send_data data
+	  size = data.bytesize if data.respond_to?(:bytesize)
+	  size ||= data.size
+		EventMachine::send_data @signature, data, size
+	end
+
+	# Returns true if the connection is in an error state, false otherwise.
+	# In general, you can detect the occurrence of communication errors or unexpected
+	# disconnection by the remote peer by handing the #unbind method. In some cases, however,
+	# it's useful to check the status of the connection using #error? before attempting to send data.
+	# This function is synchronous: it will return immediately without blocking.
+	#
+	#
+	def error?
+		EventMachine::report_connection_error_status(@signature) != 0
+	end
+
+	# #connection_completed is called by the event loop when a remote TCP connection
+	# attempt completes successfully. You can expect to get this notification after calls
+	# to EventMachine#connect. Remember that EventMachine makes remote connections
+	# asynchronously, just as with any other kind of network event. #connection_completed
+	# is intended primarily to assist with network diagnostics. For normal protocol
+	# handling, use #post_init to perform initial work on a new connection (such as
+	# send an initial set of data).
+	# #post_init will always be called. #connection_completed will only be called in case
+	# of a successful completion. A connection-attempt which fails will receive a call
+	# to #unbind after the failure.
+	def connection_completed
+	end
+
+	# Call #start_tls at any point to initiate TLS encryption on connected streams.
+	# The method is smart enough to know whether it should perform a server-side
+	# or a client-side handshake. An appropriate place to call #start_tls is in
+	# your redefined #post_init method, or in the #connection_completed handler for
+	# an outbound connection.
+	#
+	# #start_tls takes an optional parameter hash that allows you to specify certificate
+	# and other options to be used with this Connection object. Here are the currently-supported
+	# options:
+	# :cert_chain_file : takes a String, which is interpreted as the name of a readable file in the
+	#   local filesystem. The file is expected to contain a chain of X509 certificates in
+	#   PEM format, with the most-resolved certificate at the top of the file, successive
+	#   intermediate certs in the middle, and the root (or CA) cert at the bottom.
+	#
+	# :private_key_file : tales a String, which is interpreted as the name of a readable file in the
+	#   local filesystem. The file must contain a private key in PEM format.
+	#
+	#--
+	# TODO: support passing an encryption parameter, which can be string or Proc, to get a passphrase
+	# for encrypted private keys.
+	# TODO: support passing key material via raw strings or Procs that return strings instead of
+	# just filenames.
+	# What will get nasty is whether we have to define a location for storing this stuff as files.
+	# In general, the OpenSSL interfaces for dealing with certs and keys in files are much better
+	# behaved than the ones for raw chunks of memory.
+	#
+	def start_tls args={}
+	  priv_key, cert_chain = args.values_at(:private_key_file, :cert_chain_file)
+	  
+	  [priv_key, cert_chain].each do |file|
+	    next if file.nil? or file.empty?
+	    raise FileNotFoundException, 
+	      "Could not find #{file} for start_tls" unless File.exists? file
+    end
+		
+		EventMachine::set_tls_parms(@signature, priv_key || '', cert_chain || '')
+		
+		EventMachine::start_tls @signature
+	end
+
+  # If SSL/TLS is active on the connection, #get_peer_cert returns the remote X509 certificate
+  # as a String, in the popular PEM format. This can then be used for arbitrary validation
+  # of a peer's certificate in your code.
+  #
+  # This should be called in/after the #ssl_handshake_completed callback, which indicates
+  # that SSL/TLS is active. Using this callback is important, because the certificate may not
+  # be available until the time it is executed. Using #post_init or #connection_completed is
+  # not adequate, because the SSL handshake may still be taking place.
+  #
+  # #get_peer_cert will return <b>nil</b> if:
+  #
+  # * EventMachine is not built with OpenSSL support
+  # * SSL/TLS is not active on the connection
+  # * SSL/TLS handshake is not yet complete
+  # * Remote peer for any other reason has not presented a certificate
+  #
+  # === Example:
+  #
+  #  module Handler
+  #
+  #   def post_init
+  #     puts "Starting TLS"
+  #     start_tls
+  #   end
+  #
+  #   def ssl_handshake_completed
+  #     puts get_peer_cert
+  #     close_connection
+  #   end
+  #
+  #   def unbind
+  #     EventMachine::stop_event_loop
+  #   end
+  #
+  #  end
+  #
+  #  EM.run {
+  #   EventMachine::connect "mail.google.com", 443, Handler
+  #  }
+  #
+  # Output:
+  #  -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+  #  MIIDIjCCAougAwIBAgIQbldpChBPqv+BdPg4iwgN8TANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBM
+  #  MQswCQYDVQQGEwJaQTElMCMGA1UEChMcVGhhd3RlIENvbnN1bHRpbmcgKFB0eSkg
+  #  THRkLjEWMBQGA1UEAxMNVGhhd3RlIFNHQyBDQTAeFw0wODA1MDIxNjMyNTRaFw0w
+  #  OTA1MDIxNjMyNTRaMGkxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMRMwEQYDVQQIEwpDYWxpZm9ybmlh
+  #  MRYwFAYDVQQHEw1Nb3VudGFpbiBWaWV3MRMwEQYDVQQKEwpHb29nbGUgSW5jMRgw
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+  #  -----END CERTIFICATE-----
+  #
+  # You can do whatever you want with the certificate String, such as load it
+  # as a certificate object using the OpenSSL library, and check it's fields.
+	def get_peer_cert
+	  EventMachine::get_peer_cert @signature
+	end
+
+
+	# send_datagram is for sending UDP messages.
+	# This method may be called from any Connection object that refers
+	# to an open datagram socket (see EventMachine#open_datagram_socket).
+	# The method sends a UDP (datagram) packet containing the data you specify,
+	# to a remote peer specified by the IP address and port that you give
+	# as parameters to the method.
+	# Observe that you may send a zero-length packet (empty string).
+	# However, you may not send an arbitrarily-large data packet because
+	# your operating system will enforce a platform-specific limit on
+	# the size of the outbound packet. (Your kernel
+	# will respond in a platform-specific way if you send an overlarge
+	# packet: some will send a truncated packet, some will complain, and
+	# some will silently drop your request).
+	# On LANs, it's usually OK to send datagrams up to about 4000 bytes in length,
+	# but to be really safe, send messages smaller than the Ethernet-packet
+	# size (typically about 1400 bytes). Some very restrictive WANs
+	# will either drop or truncate packets larger than about 500 bytes.
+	#--
+	# Added the Integer wrapper around the port parameter per suggestion by
+	# Matthieu Riou, after he passed a String and spent hours tearing his hair out.
+	#
+	def send_datagram data, recipient_address, recipient_port
+		data = data.to_s
+		EventMachine::send_datagram @signature, data, data.length, recipient_address, Integer(recipient_port)
+	end
+
+
+	# #get_peername is used with stream-connections to obtain the identity
+	# of the remotely-connected peer. If a peername is available, this method
+	# returns a sockaddr structure. The method returns nil if no peername is available.
+	# You can use Socket#unpack_sockaddr_in and its variants to obtain the
+	# values contained in the peername structure returned from #get_peername.
+	def get_peername
+		EventMachine::get_peername @signature
+	end
+
+	# #get_sockname is used with stream-connections to obtain the identity
+	# of the local side of the connection. If a local name is available, this method
+	# returns a sockaddr structure. The method returns nil if no local name is available.
+	# You can use Socket#unpack_sockaddr_in and its variants to obtain the
+	# values contained in the local-name structure returned from #get_sockname.
+	def get_sockname
+		EventMachine::get_sockname @signature
+	end
+
+	# Returns the PID (kernel process identifier) of a subprocess
+	# associated with this Connection object. For use with EventMachine#popen
+	# and similar methods. Returns nil when there is no meaningful subprocess.
+	#--
+	#
+	def get_pid
+		EventMachine::get_subprocess_pid @signature
+	end
+
+	# Returns a subprocess exit status. Only useful for #popen. Call it in your
+	# #unbind handler.
+	#
+	def get_status
+		EventMachine::get_subprocess_status @signature
+	end
+
+	# comm_inactivity_timeout returns the current value (in seconds) of the inactivity-timeout
+	# property of network-connection and datagram-socket objects. A nonzero value
+	# indicates that the connection or socket will automatically be closed if no read or write
+	# activity takes place for at least that number of seconds.
+	# A zero value (the default) specifies that no automatic timeout will take place.
+	def comm_inactivity_timeout
+		EventMachine::get_comm_inactivity_timeout @signature
+	end
+
+	# Alias for #set_comm_inactivity_timeout.
+	def comm_inactivity_timeout= value
+		self.send :set_comm_inactivity_timeout, value
+	end
+
+	# comm_inactivity_timeout= allows you to set the inactivity-timeout property for
+	# a network connection or datagram socket. Specify a non-negative numeric value in seconds.
+	# If the value is greater than zero, the connection or socket will automatically be closed
+	# if no read or write activity takes place for at least that number of seconds.
+	# Specify a value of zero to indicate that no automatic timeout should take place.
+	# Zero is the default value.
+	def set_comm_inactivity_timeout value
+		EventMachine::set_comm_inactivity_timeout @signature, value
+	end
+
+	#--
+	# EXPERIMENTAL. DO NOT RELY ON THIS METHOD TO REMAIN SUPPORTED.
+	# (03Nov06)
+	def reconnect server, port
+		EventMachine::reconnect server, port, self
+	end
+
+
+	# Like EventMachine::Connection#send_data, this sends data to the remote end of
+	# the network connection.  EventMachine::Connection@send_file_data takes a
+	# filename as an argument, though, and sends the contents of the file, in one
+	# chunk. Contributed by Kirk Haines.
+	#
+	def send_file_data filename
+		EventMachine::send_file_data @signature, filename
+	end
+
+	# Open a file on the filesystem and send it to the remote peer. This returns an
+	# object of type EventMachine::Deferrable. The object's callbacks will be executed
+	# on the reactor main thread when the file has been completely scheduled for
+	# transmission to the remote peer. Its errbacks will be called in case of an error
+	# (such as file-not-found). #stream_file_data employs various strategems to achieve
+	# the fastest possible performance, balanced against minimum consumption of memory.
+	#
+	# You can control the behavior of #stream_file_data with the optional arguments parameter.
+	# Currently-supported arguments are:
+	# :http_chunks, a boolean flag which defaults false. If true, this flag streams the
+	# file data in a format compatible with the HTTP chunked-transfer encoding.
+	#
+	# Warning: this feature has an implicit dependency on an outboard extension,
+	# evma_fastfilereader. You must install this extension in order to use #stream_file_data
+	# with files larger than a certain size (currently 8192 bytes).
+	#
+	def stream_file_data filename, args={}
+		EventMachine::FileStreamer.new( self, filename, args )
+	end
+
+
+	# TODO, document this
+	#
+	#
+	class EventMachine::PeriodicTimer
+		attr_accessor :interval
+		def initialize *args, &block
+			@interval = args.shift
+			@code = args.shift || block
+			schedule
+		end
+		def schedule
+			EventMachine::add_timer @interval, proc {self.fire}
+		end
+		def fire
+			unless @cancelled
+				@code.call
+				schedule
+			end
+		end
+		def cancel
+			@cancelled = true
+		end
+	end
+
+	# TODO, document this
+	#
+	#
+	class EventMachine::Timer
+		def initialize *args, &block
+			@signature = EventMachine::add_timer(*args, &block)
+		end
+		def cancel
+			EventMachine.send :cancel_timer, @signature
+		end
+	end
+
+end
+
+# Is inside of protocols/ but not in the namespace?
+require 'protocols/buftok'
+
+module Protocols
+	# In this module, we define standard protocol implementations.
+	# They get included from separate source files.
+	
+	# TODO / XXX: We're munging the LOAD_PATH!
+	# A good citizen would use eventmachine/protocols/tcptest.
+	# TODO : various autotools are completely useless with the lack of naming
+	# convention, we need to correct that!
+	autoload :TcpConnectTester, 'protocols/tcptest'
+	autoload :HttpClient, 'protocols/httpclient'
+	autoload :LineAndTextProtocol, 'protocols/line_and_text'
+	autoload :HeaderAndContentProtocol, 'protocols/header_and_content'
+	autoload :LineText2, 'protocols/linetext2'
+	autoload :HttpClient2, 'protocols/httpcli2'
+	autoload :Stomp, 'protocols/stomp'
+	autoload :SmtpClient, 'protocols/smtpclient'
+	autoload :SmtpServer, 'protocols/smtpserver'
+	autoload :SASLauth, 'protocols/saslauth'
+	autoload :Memcache, 'protocols/memcache'
+	
+	#require 'protocols/postgres' UNCOMMENT THIS LINE WHEN THE POSTGRES CODE IS READY FOR PRIME TIME.
+end
+
+end # module EventMachine
+
+# Save everyone some typing.
+EM = EventMachine
+EM::P = EventMachine::Protocols
+
+require 'em/processes'