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tcpsocket-wait
= tcpsocket-wait
Adds (monkey patches) the following methods:
TCPSocket::wait_for_service_with_timeout TCPSocket::wait_for_service_termination_with_timeout
Example usage:
server.start(PORT) TCPSocket.wait_for_service_with_timeout :host => "localhost", :port => PORT, :timeout => 5 talk_to_server
Original code was taken from the Selenium and Webrat projects. I extracted it into it's own gem since I found it useful for various other projects.
== Copyright
Copyright (c) 2010 Ben Mabey. See LICENSE for details.
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We found that tcpsocket-wait demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 22 Jan 2010
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