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To open a connection to the handlersocket plugin, you need to
create a Net::HandlerSocket object.

  use Net::HandlerSocket;
  my $args = { host => 'localhost', port => 9998 };
  my $hs = new Net::HandlerSocket($args);

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Before executing table operations, you need to open an index to
work with.

  my $err = $hs->open_index(3, 'database1', 'table1', 'PRIMARY',
    'f1,f2');
  die $hs->get_error() if $res->[0] != 0;

The first argument for open_index is an integer value which is
used to identify an open table, which is only valid within the
same Net::HandlerSocket object. The 4th argument is the name of
index to open. If 'PRIMARY' is specified, the primary index is
open. The 5th argument is a comma-separated list of column names.

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To read a record from a table using an index, call the
execute_single method.

  my $res = $hs->execute_single(3, '=', [ 'foo' ], 1, 0);
  die $hs->get_error() if $res->[0] != 0;
  shift(@$res);

The first argument must be an integer which has specified as the
first argument for open_index on the same Net::HandlerSocket
object. The second argument specifies the search operation. The
current version of handlersocket supports '=', '>=', '<=', '>',
and '<'. The 3rd argument specifies the key to find, which must
an arrayref whose length is equal to or smaller than the number
of key columns of the index. The 4th and the 5th arguments
specify the maximum number of records to be retrieved, and the
number of records skipped before retrieving records. The columns
to be retrieved are specified by the 5th argument for the
corresponding open_index call.

The execute_single method always returns an arrayref. The first
element is the error code, which is 0 when no error is occured.
The remaining are the field values. If more than one record is
returned, it is flatten to an 1-dimensional array. For example,
when 5 records that have 3 columns are returned, you can retrieve
values using the following code.

  die $hs->get_error() if $res->[0] != 0;
  shift(@$res);
  for (my $row = 0; $row < 5; ++$row) {
    for (my $col = 0; $col < 3; ++$col) {
      my $value = $res->[$row * 5 + $col];
      # ...
    }
  }

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To update or delete records, you need to specify more arguments
for the execute_single method. Note that the Net::HandlerSocket
object must be connected to a handlersocket worker for write
operations, which is port 9999 by default.
(For safety, the port 9998 only allows read operations, and the
port 9999 allows write operations also. The port 9999 allows
read operations too, but slower than 9998 because of record
locking etc.. Port numbers can be changed using the
'handlersocket_port' and the 'handlersocket_port_wr'
configuration options of mysqld.)

  my $args = { host => 'localhost', port => 9999 };
  my $hs = new Net::HandlerSocket($args);

  my $res = $hs->execute_single(3, '=', [ 'bar' ], 1, 0, 'U',
    [ 'fubar', 'hoge' ]);
  die $hs->get_error() if $res->[0] != 0;
  my $num_updated_rows = $res->[1];

  my $res = $hs->execute_single(3, '=', [ 'baz' ], 1, 0, 'D');
  die $hs->get_error() if $res->[0] != 0;
  my $num_deleted_rows = $res->[1];

The 6th argument for execute_single specifies the modification
operation. The current version supports 'U' and 'D'. For the 'U'
operation, the 7th argument specifies the new value for the row.
The columns to be modified are specified by the 5th argument for
the corresponding open_index call. For the 'D' operation, the
7th argument can be omitted.

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The execute_single method can be used for inserting records also.

  my $res = $hs->execute_single(3, '+', [ 'foo', 'bar', 'baz' ]);
  die $hs->get_error() if $res->[0] != 0;

The 3rd argument must be an arrayref whose elements correspond to
the 5th argument for the corresponding open_index call. If there
is a column which is not appeared in the 5th argument for the
open_index, the default value for the column is set.

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Multiple operations can be executed in a single call. Executing
multiple operations in a single call is much faster than
executing them separatedly. 

  my $rarr = $hs->execute_multi([
    [ 0, '>=', [ 'foo' ], 5, 0 ],
    [ 2, '=', [ 'bar' ], 1, 0 ],
    [ 4, '<', [ 'baz' ], 10, 5 ],
  ]);
  for my $res (@$rarr) {
    die $hs->get_error() if $res->[0] != 0;
    shift(@$res);
    # ...
  }

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If handlersocket is configured to authenticate client connections
(ie., handlersocket_plain_secret or handlersocket_plain_secret_wr
is set), a client must call 'auth' method before any other
methods.

  my $res = $hs->auth('password');
  die $hs->get_error() if $res->[0] != 0;

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When an error is occured, the first element of the returned
arrayref becomes a non-zero value. A negative value indicates
that an I/O error is occured and the Net::HandlerSocket object
should be disposed. A positive value means that the connection is
still active and the Net::HandlerSocket object can be reused
later.

