Cro Module Structure

Cro is split into a number of modules, which may be installed independently. This means that containers for services can be kept smaller, for example by only including the parts of Cro that they are using. It also allows for any modules depending on Cro to depend on just the parts they need.

Cro::Core

The Cro::Core package contains key Cro infrastructure:

• The key Cro roles (Cro::Source, Cro::Transform, and so forth)

• The Cro composer along with its default connection manager

• The Cro::Uri and Cro::MediaType value types

• The Cro::TCP module, providing TCP support

All other Cro modules ultimately depend on this.

Cro::TLS

The Cro::TLS package contains the Cro::TLS module, which provides TLS support.

Cro::HTTP

This module includes:

• Cro::HTTP::Client (for making HTTP requests)

• Cro::HTTP::Server and Cro::HTTP::Router (for building HTTP services)

• HTTP message body parsers and serializers for multipart/form-data, application/x-www-form-urlencoded, and JSON

• HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 request/response parsers and serializers

• HTTP version selection and connection management infrastructure

It depends on Cro::Core and Cro::TLS.

Cro::WebSocket

This module includes:

• Cro::WebSocket::Client

• Cro::HTTP::Router::WebSocket (Cro::HTTP::Router plugin for web sockets)

• Web socket protocol parsers and serializers

It depends on Cro::HTTP.

Cro::ZeroMQ

This module provides support for ZeroMQ pipelines in Cro.

cro

The Cro development tools. Includes:

• The cro command line tool

• The cro web web interface for Cro development

It depends on Cro::WebSocket, and thus Cro::HTTP, Cro::TLS, and Cro::Core. Therefore, it always provides support for stubbing HTTP services. If Cro::ZeroMQ is installed then it will provide the option to stub ZeroMQ services also.