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.
