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transfer::transmitter(n)				     Data transfer facilities					  transfer::transmitter(n)

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NAME

       transfer::transmitter - Data source

SYNOPSIS

       package require Tcl  8.4

       package require snit  ?1.0?

       package require transfer::copy  ?0.1?

       package require transfer::data::source  ?0.1?

       package require transfer::connect  ?0.1?

       package require transfer::transmitter  ?0.1?

       transfer::transmitter object ?options...?

       object destroy

       object start

       object busy

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DESCRIPTION

       This  package  pulls  data  sources and connection setup together into a combined object for the transmission of information over a socket.
       These objects understand all the options from objects created by the packages transfer::data::source and transfer::connect.

API

       transfer::transmitter object ?options...?
	      This command creates and configures a new transmitter object. The fully qualified name of the object  command  is  returned  as  the
	      result of the command.

	      See  the	packages  transfer::data::source  and transfer::connect for the main options recognized. Here we describe only the options
	      which go beyond the referenced set.

	      -command cmdprefix
		     This option specifies the command to invoke when the transmission of the information in the data source has  been	completed.
		     The arguments given to this command are the same as given to the completion callback of command transfer::copy::do, see pack-
		     age transfer::copy.

	      -blocksize int
		     This option specifies the size of the chunk to be transmitted in one block. It is optional and defaults to 1024.

       object destroy
	      This method destroys the object. Doing so while a transmission is on progress will cause errors later on, when the transmission com-
	      pletes and tries to access the now missing data structures of the destroyed object.

       object start
	      This  method  initiates  the  data  transmission, setting up the connection first and then copying the information.  The method will
	      throw an error if a transmission is already/still in progress. I.e. it is not possible to run two transmissions in parallel, only in
	      sequence. Errors will also be thrown if the configuration of the data source is invalid, or if no completion callback was specified.
	      The result returned by the method the same as the result of method connect, see package transfer::connect.

       object busy
	      This method returns a boolean value telling us whether a transmission is in progress (True), or not (False).

BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK
       This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems.  Please report such in the category transfer
       of the Tcllib SF Trackers [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883].  Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for
       either package and/or documentation.

KEYWORDS

       channel, copy, data source, transfer, transmitter

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2006 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>

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