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GnuPG::Interface is a Perl interface to GnuPG.

SYNOPSIS

# A simple example
use IO::Handle;
use GnuPG::Interface;

# settting up the situation
my $gnupg = GnuPG::Interface->new();
$gnupg->options->hash_init( armor => 1,
homedir => /home/foobar );

# Note you can set the recipients even if you arent encrypting!
$gnupg->options->push_recipients( ftobin@cpan.org );
$gnupg->options->meta_interactive( 0 );

# how we create some handles to interact with GnuPG
my $input = IO::Handle->new();
my $output = IO::Handle->new();
my $handles = GnuPG::Handles->new( stdin => $input,
stdout => $output );

# Now well go about encrypting with the options already set
my @plaintext = ( foobar );
my $pid = $gnupg->encrypt( handles => $handles );

# Now we write to the input of GnuPG
print $input @plaintext;
close $input;

# now we read the output
my @ciphertext = ;
close $output;

waitpid $pid, 0;

GnuPG::Interface and its associated modules are designed to provide an object-oriented method for interacting with GnuPG, being able to perform functions such as but not limited to encrypting, signing, decryption, verification, and key-listing parsing.

How Data Member Accessor Methods are Created

Each module in the GnuPG::Interface bundle relies on Class::MethodMaker to generate the get/set methods used to set the objects data members. This is very important to realize. This means that any data member which is a list has special methods assigned to it for pushing, popping, and clearing the list.

Understanding Bidirectional Communication

It is also imperative to realize that this package uses interprocess communication methods similar to those used in IPC::Open3 and "Bidirectional Communication with Another Process" in perlipc, and that users of this package need to understand how to use this method because this package does not abstract these methods for the user greatly. This package is not designed to abstract this away entirely (partly for security purposes), but rather to simply help create proper, clean calls to GnuPG, and to implement key-listing parsing. Please see "Bidirectional Communication with Another Process" in perlipc to learn how to deal with these methods.

Using this package to do message processing generally invovlves creating a GnuPG::Interface object, creating a GnuPG::Handles object, setting some options in its options data member, and then calling a method which invokes GnuPG, such as clearsign. One then interacts with with the handles appropriately, as described in "Bidirectional Communication with Another Process" in perlipc.

Class::Interfaces is a Per module for defining interface classes inline.

SYNOPSIS

# define some simple interfaces
use Class::Interfaces (
Serializable => [ pack, unpack ],
Printable => [ toString ],
Iterable => [ iterator ],
Iterator => [ hasNext, next ]
);

# or some more complex ones ...

# interface can also inherit from
# other interfaces using this form
use Class::Interfaces (
BiDirectionalIterator => {
isa => Iterator,
methods => [ hasPrev, prev ]
},
ResetableIterator => {
isa => Iterator,
methods => [ reset ]
},
# we even support multiple inheritance
ResetableBiDirectionalIterator => {
isa => [ ResetableIterator, BiDirectionalIterator ]
}
);

# it is also possible to create an
# empty interface, sometimes called
# a marker interface
use Class::Interfaces (
JustAMarker => undef
);

This module provides a simple means to define abstract class interfaces, which can be used to program using the concepts of interface polymorphism.

Imager::interface.pod decribes the C level virtual image interface.

The Imager virtual interface aims to allow image types to be created for special purposes, both to allow consistent access to images with different sample sizes, and organizations, but also to allow creation of synthesized or virtual images.
This is a C level interface rather than Perl.

GNOME Interface for YUM is a graphical frame-program for easier use and setup the YUM install program.

Displays the accessible packages on the package service sites with filter. Manage the settings of package services.

Manage the cache used by YUM: free up disk space, manual install and transfer of downloaded packages. Displays detailed package information about the installed packages or package files. Displays the files in the packages with a program chosen by user.

Multi-Simulator Interface, in shrot MSI, is a simulation interconnection engine. In other words it is a program that connects simulations together by synchronizing their clocks and data. Multi-Simulation Interface serves the same purpose as HLA and supports most of HLAs functionality (and more).
The MSI is an HLA alternative. The major motivating factors in the design of the MSI are speed, interoperability, and ease of use.
The MSI was written as a cutting edge distributed simulation component to connect multiple instances of ATLs premiere simulation software, CSIM, and it can be used to interface any compatible simulations.
How does the MSI compare to HLA?
The MSI was originally created to be just a light weight HLA RTI. However, as it was written, limitations in HLA were discovered. The MSI is an improvement on both the design and implementation of HLA. Some highlights include:
A 1,536 to 1 reduction in size over the publicly available (until late 2002) HLA RTI.
At least one order of magnitude of bandwidth consumption less than the publicly available (until late 2002) HLA RTI.
The ability to subscribe to an object name in addition to a type.
Time synchronization that allows for proper causality when used with discrete event simulators.
Support for systems-of-systems (SoS) and hierarchically organized simulations.
Availability for many platforms.
MSI Concept - A Synchronized Data Broker
The concept behind MSI is the synchronized data broker. There are many connected software systems that posses state data that changes over the life of that system. In the case where these systems need to exchange this changing data with other systems and the other systems will exhibit the effects of this data on their own state, the synchronization of this data may need to be managed.
Historically the management of this data has been as simple as tagging it with the time of its release. If there is any conflict in the data the most recent version of the data is used. If the data is late an extrapolation can potentially be used. In SQL relational databases transactions and locking are used to ensure data integrity. Most data brokering services offer little or no sychronization, only delivery.
MSI Setup and Use
The MSI uses a XML stream through a direct socket connection for communications. This enables the MSI to be used from any programming language that can use sockets (C, C++, Java, Ada, Lisp, Perl, etc.). Also, the MSI was written with cross-platform libraries that make it portable to all the major OS platforms (Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, IRIX, HPUX, etc.).
The MSI is a single executable file and is distributed with example code for the simulator/federate side interface.
MSI Time Synchronization
The MSI time synchronizer can mix unconstrained with time constrained simulations. Each constrained simulation reports the time of the next event that will occur in that simulation/federate. This time may be artificially inflated to cause loose synchronization (less overhead but less guarantee of accuracy). The simulations/federates will advance to the announced time.
MSI Data Synchronization
The MSI implements a publish/subscribe data broker. The MSI is presently not validating, therefore it does not require a separate data format specification (like the HLA FOM). When data format validation is implemented, it will be an optional feature and not written in Lisp. This greatly reduces MSIs setup time. Also, not being locked to a predetermined data format allows for dynamic data types.
There are five commands associated with the MSI data broker: publish, subscribe, update, unsubscribe, destroy (destroy is not implemented yet). Simulations/federates may subscribe to object names in addition to object types. This allows simulations to subscribe to specific objects of a type without needing to receive updates of all objects of that type. The update command is both an incoming and outgoing command. When a simulation/federate receives an update command, it is expected to reflect the new values of that object.
The MSI has a very flexible publish and subscribe system. A federate may subscribe to an object type or an object name. In addition a federate may specify particular attributes of an object or object type. For example, if an object has attributes name, x, y, and z, a federate that only considers two dimensions may choose to subscribe only to name, x, and y.
The MSI also supports systems of systems and object hierarchy in simulations. A publishing federate may designate a parent object. Subscribers may then subscribe to the objects children.
MSI Messaging
The MSI allows simulations/federates to send messages (interactions in HLA) to each other. These messages can contain multiple attributes and be multicast to a specific group of simulations.
Recently Added Features
Removed external library dependencies to improve the portability and fragility of the MSI.
Added a better client library.
Improved documentation.
Enhancements:
- An XML parsing bug in the utilities library was fixed.
- The socket library was enhanced with more protocols, Win32 tricks, and the ability to key off of addresses as well as names.
- The --wait-for command line argument was added.
- Several internal bugs were fixed.
- More of the client library and the CSIM interface were flushed out.
- All standard functionality was tested.

Java GForge SOAP Interface (or JaGoSI for short) is an approach to access the GForge collaboration platform via Java. This can be used to put other applications on top of JaGoSI. It may be integrated with other applications like the former MyLar project.
Enhancements:
- A complete working file distribution is available for the GForge platform via an Ant task.
- Many bugs were fixed.
- The Maven build was fixed, so compiling with sub components is working.
- The project structure was changed.
- JUnit was updated to version 4.

Pandorabots Chat Bot Interface project is a learning tool for implementing AJAX to communicate between the browser and a server. The chat bot interface communicates via XML with a free chat bot you create and host at pandorabots.com. The client script controlls a div that records your ongoing conversation. The final product is an embedded chat bot in your Web sit

An AI chat bot is nothing more than a computer program which has been trained to interact with humans using common communication languages. Some have the ability to learn on the fly, others have a "trainer" that tells them what to say for keywords, etc.