Re: Session Alias

On 03/19/10 05:36, Tony Cook wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 04:44:55AM -0500, John R. wrote:
>> Basic question here but I can't seem to find the answer (I am looking
>> for)...
>>
>> How do I determine the alias of the session that sent and event?  For
>> example, in this handler:
>>
>> sub scanning {
>>     $_[HEAP]->{speed_sel}->setSelectedIndex( 0 );
>> }
>>
>> I want the SENDER's alias.  However, sessions do not have an obvious way
>> of coughing up their alias (no public method).  What am I missing?
> 
>   my @aliases = $poe_kernel->alias_list($_[SENDER]);
> 
> But realize that a session might have zero or many aliases.
> 
> If you want a general session id that is always there you can use the
> ID method:
> 
>   my $id = $_[SENDER]->ID;
> 
> Tony

Thanks for the information and heads up on use of alias.