NAME
    Message::Inform - Intelligently distribute messages over time

SYNOPSIS
        use Message::Inform;

        sub a1 {
            my %args = @_;
            #$args{message}
            #$args{action}
            #$args{inform_instance}
            #$args{inform_instance_name}
            #$args{interval_time}
        }
        my $inform = Message::Inform->new;
        $inform->config({
            informs => [
                {   inform_name => 'i1',
                    match => { x => 'y' },
                    close_match => { x => 'y', level => 'OK' },
                    instance => ' specials/"i1:$message->{a}"',
                    intervals => {
                        '0' => [    #right away
                            {   action_type => 'open',
                                action_name => 'a1',
                            },{ action_type => 'close',
                                action_name => 'a1',
                            }
                        ],
                        '2' => [   #2 seconds
                            {   action_type => 'open',
                                action_name => 'a1',
                            },{ action_type => 'intermediate',
                                action_name => 'a1',
                            }
                        ],
                    }
                }
            ],
            action_map => {
                a1 => 'main::a1',
            },
        });

        $inform->message({x => 'y', a => 'b'});
        #main::a1() calls with this message immediately.
        for (1..4) {
            $inform->message();
            sleep 1;
        }
        #main::a1() calls with the previous message as an 'open' in 2
        #seconds
        $inform->message({x => 'y', a => 'b', something => 'else'});
        #main::a1() immediately calls as an 'intermediate'
        $inform->message({x => 'y', a => 'b', level => 'OK'});
        #main::a1() immediately calls as a 'close'

DESCRIPTION
    This module obviously has some 'deep' and 'subtle' behaviour; this 0.1
    release won't describe that, but future releases certainly will.

SUBROUTINES/METHODS
  new(state => $previous_state)
    Typical constructor. Pass in the output from get_state() to resume
    operations as they were at that time.

  config($config)
    Set initial config or update running config at any time.

  get_message_configs($message)
    Returns all of the merged configs that will apply to the passed in
    message.

  get_relevant_informs($message)
    Returns all of the informs that would apply to the passed in message.

  message($message)
    Send a message into Inform. This can be called with no arguments to
    trigger timed Inform fires if there's no other messages to be sent.

  get_state()
    Called with no argument, this returns the necessary state to be passed
    into a future constructor. The module will then continue to function in
    exactly the same state as it was when get_state() was called.

  fire_action($message, $action)
    This might not want to be a public method, but it is for now.

AUTHOR
    Dana M. Diederich, "diederich@gmail.com"

BUGS
    Please report any bugs or feature requests through
    <https://github.com/dana/perl-Message-Inform/issues>. I will be
    notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your
    bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT
    You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

        perldoc Message::Inform

    You can also look for information at:

    *   Report bugs here:

        <https://github.com/dana/perl-Message-Inform/issues>

    *   AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

        <http://annocpan.org/dist/Message-Inform>

    *   CPAN Ratings

        <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Message-Inform>

    *   Search CPAN

        <https://metacpan.org/module/Message::Inform>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
    Copyright 2013 Dana M. Diederich.

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    under the terms of the the Artistic License (2.0). You may obtain a copy
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