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<refentry xml:id="evwatcher.keepalive" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>EvWatcher::keepalive</refname>
  <refpurpose>Configures whether to keep the loop from returning</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <modifier>public</modifier>
   <type>bool</type>
   <methodname>EvWatcher::keepalive</methodname>
   <methodparam choice="opt">
    <type>bool</type>
    <parameter>value</parameter>
   </methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Configures whether to keep the loop from returning. With keepalive
   <parameter>value</parameter>
   set to &false; the watcher won&apos;t keep
   <methodname>Ev::run</methodname>
   /
   <methodname>EvLoop::run</methodname>
   from returning even though the watcher is active.
  </para>
  <para>
   Watchers have keepalive
   <parameter>value</parameter>
   &true; by default.
  </para>
  <para>
   Clearing keepalive status is useful when returning from
   <methodname>Ev::run</methodname>
   /
   <methodname>EvLoop::run</methodname>
   just because of the watcher is undesirable. It could be a long running UDP
   socket watcher or so.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <variablelist>
   <varlistentry>
    <term>
     <parameter>value</parameter>
    </term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      With keepalive
      <parameter>value</parameter>
      set to &false; the watcher won&apos;t keep
      <methodname>Ev::run</methodname>
      /
      <methodname>EvLoop::run</methodname>
      from returning even though the watcher is active.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
  </variablelist>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns the previous state.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <example>
   <title>Register an I/O watcher for some UDP socket but do not keep the
   event loop from running just because of that watcher.</title>
   <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$udp_socket = ...
$udp_watcher = new EvIo($udp_socket, Ev::READ, function () { /* ... */ });
$udp_watcher->keepalive(FALSE);
?>
]]>
   </programlisting>
  </example>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>
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