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Zend Framework: Zend_Daemon Component Proposal

Table of Contents

1. Overview

Zend_Daemon is a component to create Nix* system daemon.

2. References

• Nix* Daemon

3. Component Requirements, Constraints, and Acceptance Criteria

Basic requirements:

• This component will help forking main process to background
• This component will handle pid/pid file to ensure that only one daemon is running
• This component will chroot jail
• This component will allow running the daemon as non priviliged user
• This component will help building daemon socket based server (chat server, xml sockets,...)

4. Dependencies on Other Framework Components

• Zend_Exception
• Zend_Logger
• pcntl extension
• posix extension
• sockets extension

5. Theory of Operation

The component is an abstract class. You must extends it and override the method "main"

6. Milestones / Tasks

• Milestone 1: design notes will be published here
• Milestone 2: Working prototype [DONE]
• Milestone 3: Submit for review
• Milestone 4: Resolving the different issues and modification proposals by the community
• Milestone 5: Unit tests exist, work, and are checked into SVN.
• Milestone 6: Initial documentation exists.

If a milestone is already done, begin the description with "[DONE]", like this:

• Milestone #: [DONE] Unit tests ...

7. Class Index

• Zend_Daemon_Exception
• Zend_Daemon_Abstract
• Zend_Daemon_Socket

8. Use Cases

9. Class Skeletons