Class: VLC::Connection

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/vlc-client/connection.rb

Overview

Manages the connection to a VLC server

Constant Summary collapse

DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT =

secs

2

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(host, port, read_timeout = nil) ⇒ Connection 



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# File 'lib/vlc-client/connection.rb', line 13

def initialize(host, port, read_timeout=nil)
  @host, @port = host, port
  @socket = NullObject.new
  @read_timeout = read_timeout || DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT
end

Instance Attribute Details

#host ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute host.



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# File 'lib/vlc-client/connection.rb', line 11

def host
  @host
end

#port ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute port.



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# File 'lib/vlc-client/connection.rb', line 11

def port
  @port
end

#read_timeout ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute read_timeout.



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# File 'lib/vlc-client/connection.rb', line 11

def read_timeout
  @read_timeout
end

Instance Method Details

#connect ⇒ Object

Connects to VLC RC interface on Client#host and Client#port



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# File 'lib/vlc-client/connection.rb', line 20

def connect
  @socket = TCPSocket.new(@host, @port)
  2.times { read(0.1) rescue nil } #Channel cleanup: some vlc versions echo two lines of text on connect.
  true
rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED => e
  raise VLC::ConnectionRefused, "Could not connect to #{@host}:#{@port}: #{e}"
end

#connected? ⇒ Boolean

Queries if there is a connection to VLC RC interface



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# File 'lib/vlc-client/connection.rb', line 32

def connected?
  not @socket.nil?
end

#disconnect ⇒ Object Also known as: close

Disconnects from VLC RC interface



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# File 'lib/vlc-client/connection.rb', line 37

def disconnect
  @socket.close
  @socket = NullObject.new
end

#parse_raw_data(data) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/vlc-client/connection.rb', line 90

def parse_raw_data(data)
  return nil if data.nil?
  data.match(%r{^[>*\s*]*(.*)$})
end

#read(timeout = nil) ⇒ String

Reads data from the TCP server



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# File 'lib/vlc-client/connection.rb', line 73

def read(timeout=nil)
  timeout = read_timeout if timeout.nil?
  raw_data = nil

  Timeout.timeout(timeout) do
    raw_data = @socket.gets.chomp
  end

  if (data = parse_raw_data(raw_data))
    data[1]
  else
    raise VLC::ProtocolError, "could not interpret the playload: #{raw_data}"
  end
rescue Timeout::Error
  raise VLC::ReadTimeoutError, "read timeout"
end

#write(data, fire_and_forget = true) ⇒ Object

Writes data to the TCP server socket



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# File 'lib/vlc-client/connection.rb', line 52

def write(data, fire_and_forget = true)
  raise NotConnectedError, "no connection to server" unless connected?

  @socket.puts(data)
  @socket.flush

  return true if fire_and_forget
  read
rescue Errno::EPIPE
  disconnect
  raise BrokenConnectionError, "the connection to the server is lost"
end