NAME
       Async::Chain - The right way to convert nested callback in plain struct
       or just the syntax sugar for guy who do not like deep indent.

VERSION
       Version 0.05

SYNOPSIS
       Every subroutine in the chain receive callable object as first argument
       followed by arguments of object call. You can break chain in every sub,
       just do not call $next.

       You can skip some subroutins using "skip" or "jump" method.

           use Async::Chain;

           # with chain call

           chain
               sub {
                   my next = shift;
                   AnyEvent::HTTP::http_get('http://perldoc.perl.org/', $next);
               },
               sub {
                   my next = shift;
                   return $next->jump('log')->(0, "not a 200 response");
                   ...
                   $db->async_insert(..., cb => $next);
               },
               sub {
                   my next = shift;
                   ...
                   $next->($status, $message);
               },
               log => sub {
                   my next = shift;
                   my ($status, $message) = @_;
                   ...
                   log(...);
               };

RATIONALE
       A asynchronous code often have deep nested callbacks, therefore it is
       tangled and hard to change. This module help to converta a code like
       following to some more readable form. Also, with "chain" you can easily
       skip some unneeded steps in this thread. For example jump to log step
       after the first failed query in the chain.

       without chain:

           sub f {
               ...
               some_anync_call @args, cb => sub {
                   ...
                   some_other_anync_call @args, cb => sub {
                   ...
                       ...
                           ...
                               yet_another_anync_call @args, cb => sub {
                                   ...
                               }
                   }
               }
           }

       using chain:

           chain
               sub {
                   my next = shift;
                   ...
                   some_anync_call @args, cb => sub { $next->(@arg) }
               },
               sub {
                   my next = shift;
                   ...
                   some_other_anync_call @args, cb => sub { $next->(@arg) }
               },
               sub {
                   my next = shift;
                   ...
               },
               ...
               sub {
                   ...
                   yet_another_anync_call @args, cb => sub { $next->(@arg) }
               },
               sub {
                   ...
               };

       If you don't need to skip or hitch links, you can use 'kseq' function
       from CPS module, that slightly faster.

SUBROUTINES/METHODS
   new
       The Asyn::Chain object constructor. Arguments are list of subroutine
       optionaly leaded by mark.

   chain
       Only one exported subroutine. Create and call Anync::Chain object.
       Return empty list.

   skip
       Skip one or more subroutine. Skipe one if no argument given. Return
       Anync::Chain object.

   jump
       Skip subroutines for first entry of named mark. Return Anync::Chain object.

   hitch
       Move named link to beginning of the chain. When link with given name not
       exists or first in chain, method has no effect. Return Anync::Chain object.

AUTHOR
       Anton Reznikov, "<anton.n.reznikov at gmail.com>"

BUGS
       Please report any bugs or feature requests, or through GitHub web
       interface at <https://github.com/17e/Async-Chain>.

SUPPORT
       You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

           perldoc Async::Chain

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
           Mons Anderson - The original idia of chain and it first implementation.

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2014 Anton Reznikov.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
       Free Software Foundation; version 2 dated June, 1991 or at your option
       any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
       Public License for more details.

       A copy of the GNU General Public License is available in the source tree;
       if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
       Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA