h1. evdispatch

h1. → 'evdispatch'


h2. What


h2. Installing

<pre syntax="ruby">sudo gem install evdispatch</pre>

h2. The basics


h2. Demonstration of usage

require 'evdispatch'

# create a new dispatch loop
d = Evdispatch::Loop.new

# start the event loop thread
d.start

# send a dispatch http request and store a handle to the request
google_id = d.request_http("http://www.google.com/")

# do some processing and later on check for the response
response = d.response( google_id )

puts response[:response_time]
puts response[:body]

# sometime later you can stop the event loop
d.stop


h2. Forum

"http://groups.google.com/group/evdispatch":http://groups.google.com/group/evdispatch

h2. How to submit patches

Read the "8 steps for fixing other people's code":http://drnicwilliams.com/2007/06/01/8-steps-for-fixing-other-peoples-code/ and for section "8b: Submit patch to Google Groups":http://drnicwilliams.com/2007/06/01/8-steps-for-fixing-other-peoples-code/#8b-google-groups, use the Google Group above.

The trunk repository is <code>svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/evdispatch/trunk</code> for anonymous access.

h2. License

This code is free to use under the terms of the MIT license. 

h2. Contact

Comments are welcome. See the "forum":http://groups.google.com/group/evdispatch