NAME

"Net::BGP::Transport" - Class encapsulating BGP-4 transport session state and functionality

SYNOPSIS

    use Net::BGP::Transport;
    $trans = Net::BGP::Transport->new(
        Start                => 1,
        Parent               => Net::BGP::Peer->new(),
        ConnectRetryTime     => 300,
        HoldTime             => 60,
        KeepAliveTime        => 20
    );
    $version = $trans->version();
    $trans->start();
    $trans->stop();
    $trans->update($update);
    $trans->refresh($refresh);

DESCRIPTION

This module encapsulates the state and functionality associated with a BGP transport connection. Each instance of a "Net::BGP::Transport" object corresponds to a TCP session with a distinct peer. It should not be used by itself, but encapsulated in a Net::BGP::Peer object.

CONSTRUCTOR

new() - create a new "Net::BGP::Transport" object

This is the constructor for "Net::BGP::Transport" objects. It returns a reference to the newly created object. The following named parameters may be passed to the constructor. Once the object is created, the information can not be changed.

renew() - fetch the existing Net::BGP::Peer object from the "object string".

This "reconstructor" returns a previously constructed object from the perl generated string-context scalar of the object, e.g. Net::BGP::Transport=HASH(0x820952c).

ACCESSOR METHODS

version()

start()

stop()

update()

refresh()

is_established()

These methods do the actual work for the methods of the same name in Net::BGP::Peer.

SEE ALSO

Net::BGP::Peer, Net::BGP, Net::BGP::Update, Net::BGP::Refresh

AUTHOR

Stephen J. Scheck <sscheck@cpan.org> in original Peer.pm form Martin Lorensen <lorensen@cpan.org> separated into Transport.pm