add interval processing

[spider.git] / perl / Thingy.pm

diff --git a/perl/Thingy.pm b/perl/Thingy.pm
index a420206d5ef402a7c70f038927ab575a068fd41d..308e80c3d67c3dd13e72576c09f7bceead959887 100644 (file)
--- a/perl/Thingy.pm
+++ b/perl/Thingy.pm
@@ -55,25 +55,42 @@ sub send
        my $thing = shift;
        my $dxchan = shift;
        my $class;
+       my $sub;
+       
        if (@_) {
                $class = shift;
        } elsif ($dxchan->isa('DXChannel')) {
                $class = ref $dxchan;
        }
 
+       # BEWARE!!!!!
+       no strict 'refs';
+
        # do output filtering
        if ($thing->can('out_filter')) {
                return unless $thing->out_filter($dxchan);
        }
 
-       # generate the line which may (or not) be cached
+       # before send (and line generation) things
+       # function must return true to make the send happen
+       $sub = "before_send_$class";
+       return unless $thing->can($sub) && $thing->$sub($dxchan);
+       
+       # generate the protocol line which may (or not) be cached
        my $ref;
        unless ($ref = $thing->{class}) {
-               no strict 'refs';
-               my $sub = "gen_$class";
+               $sub = "gen_$class";
                $ref = $thing->$sub($dxchan) if $thing->can($sub);
        }
        $dxchan->send(ref $ref ? @$ref : $ref) if $ref;
+
+       # after send
+       if ($thing->can('after_send_all')) {
+               $thing->after_send_all($dxchan);
+       } else {
+               $sub = "after_send_$class";
+               $thing->$sub($dxchan) if $thing->can($sub);
+       }
 }
 
 # broadcast to all except @_