lua-socket-async

Asyncronus wrapper around LuaSocket library

The idea is taken from lua-memcached

#API

tcp_client(idle)

Create tcp client socket.

udp_client(idle)

Create udp client socket.

Common Socket methods

local_host()

local_port()

remote_host()

remote_port()

set_timeout(value)

timeout()

TCP Socket methods

connect(timeout, host, port)

Connect the socket to the specified host/port.

disconnect()

Disconnect the socket.

bind(host, port)

Binds the socket to the specified host/port.

send(timeout, msg [,i [,j]])

recv(timeout [,pattern])

UDP Socket methods

connect(host, port)

Set peername for socket.

disconnect()

Clear peername on the socket.

bind(host, port)

Set sockname on the socket.

send(timeout, msg [,i [,j]])

recv(timeout [,size])

sendto(timeout, msg, host, port)

recvfrom(timeout [,size])

##Usage

local async_socket  = require "async_socket"

-- 
local cnt = 0
function idle() cnt = cnt + 1 end

local cnn = async_socket.tcp_client(idle)

local ok = assert(cnn:connect(nil, HOST, PORT))

print("CONNECT:",cnt)

cnn:send(5, MESSAGE)

print("SEND:",cnt)

MESSAGE = cnn:recv(5)

print("RECV:", cnt)

cnn:close()

Using async socket with lua-pop3 library - async_pop3.lua