NAME
    POE::Filter::IRCv3 - Fast IRCv3.2 parser for POE or stand-alone use

SYNOPSIS
      my $filter = POE::Filter::IRCv3->new(colonify => 1);

      # Raw lines parsed to hashes:
      my $array_of_refs  = $filter->get( 
        [ 
          ':prefix COMMAND foo :bar',
          '@foo=bar;baz :prefix COMMAND foo :bar',
        ]
      );

      # Hashes deparsed to raw lines:
      my $array_of_lines = $filter->put( 
        [
          {
            prefix  => 'prefix',
            command => 'COMMAND',
            params  => [
              'foo',
              'bar'
            ],
          },
          {
            prefix  => 'prefix',
            command => 'COMMAND',
            params  => [
              'foo',
              'bar'
            ],
            tags => {
              foo => 'bar',
              baz => undef,
            },
          },
        ] 
      );


      # Stacked with a line filter, suitable for Wheel usage, etc:
      my $ircd = POE::Filter::IRCv3->new(colonify => 1);
      my $line = POE::Filter::Line->new(
        InputRegexp   => '\015?\012',
        OutputLiteral => "\015\012",
      );
      my $stacked = POE::Filter::Stackable->new(
        Filters => [ $line, $ircd ],
      );

      # Functional parser interface:
      my $event = POE::Filter::IRCv3::parse_one_line(
        ':foo PRIVMSG #bar :baz quux'
      );

DESCRIPTION
    A POE::Filter for IRC traffic with support for IRCv3.2 message tags.

    Does not rely on regular expressions for parsing. Benchmarks show this
    approach is generally faster on the most common IRC strings.

    Like any proper POE::Filter, there are no POE-specific bits involved
    here -- the filter can be used stand-alone to parse lines of IRC traffic
    (also see IRC::Toolkit::Parser).

    In fact, you do not need POE installed -- if POE::Filter is not
    available, it is left out of @ISA and the filter will continue working
    normally.

  POE / Object interface
   new
    Construct a new Filter; if the colonify option is true, the last
    parameter will always have a colon prepended. (This setting can also be
    retrieved or changed on-the-fly by calling colonify as a method, or
    changed for specific events by passing a colonify option via events
    passed to "put".)

   get_one_start, get_one, get_pending
    Implement the interface described in POE::Filter.

    See "get".

   get
      my $events = $filter->get( [ $line, $another, ... ] );
      for my $event (@$events) {
        my $cmd = $event->{command};
        ## See below for other keys available
      }

    Takes an ARRAY of raw lines and returns an ARRAY of HASH-type references
    with the following keys:

   command
    The (uppercased) command or numeric.

   params
    An ARRAY containing the event parameters.

   prefix
    The sender prefix, if any.

   tags
    A HASH of key => value pairs matching IRCv3.2 "message tags" -- see
    <http://ircv3.atheme.org>.

    Note that a tag can be present, but have an undefined value.

   put
      my $lines = $filter->put( [ $hash, $another_hash, ... ] );
      for my $line (@$lines) {
        ## Direct to socket, etc
      }

    Takes an ARRAY of HASH-type references matching those described in "get"
    (documented above) and returns an ARRAY of raw IRC-formatted lines.

   colonify
    In addition to the keys described in "get", the colonify option can be
    specified for specific events. This controls whether or not the last
    parameter will be colon-prefixed even if it is a single word. (Yes, IRC
    is woefully inconsistent ...)

    Specify as part of the event hash:

      $filter->put([ { %event, colonify => 1 } ]);

   clone
    Copy the filter object (with a cleared buffer).

   debug
    Turn on/off debug output, which will display every input/output line
    (and possibly other data in the future).

    This is enabled by default at construction time if the environment
    variable "POE_FILTER_IRC_DEBUG" is a true value.

  Functional interface
   parse_one_line
    If the filter is being used as a stand-alone IRC parser and speed is of
    the essence, you can skip method resolution & queue handling by calling
    the parse function directly using the fully-qualified name:

      my $ev = POE::Filter::IRCv3::parse_one_line( $line );

    The function takes a single line and returns a HASH whose structure is
    described in the documentation for "get", above.

    If the given line cannot be parsed, the function returns false (rather
    than throwing an exception, as "get" would).

    There is currently no functional interface to message string composition
    ("put").

AUTHOR
    Jon Portnoy <avenj@cobaltirc.org>

    Licensed under the same terms as Perl.

    Original implementations were derived from POE::Filter::IRCD, which is
    copyright Chris Williams and Jonathan Steinert. This codebase has
    diverged significantly.

    Major thanks to the "#ircv3" crew on irc.atheme.org, especially "Aerdan"
    and "grawity", for various bits of inspiration.

SEE ALSO
    IRC::Message::Object

    POE::Filter

    POE::Filter::IRCD

    POE::Filter::Line

    POE::Filter::Stackable

    IRC::Toolkit