Net::S...:Local(3pm)

💖 Net::SIP::NATHelper::Local — the vibe 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to Net::S...:Local(3pm) ✨ (that's the name on the tin, and also on the very last line of this page — we love a full-circle moment 🎀). It lives in the User Contributed Perl Documentation, it's a 3pm page, and it's giving very niche but very essential. Let's get into it 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

Net::SIP::NATHelper::Local — handle NAT/RTP forwarding in local event loop. 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So here's the tea ☕: this module is a wrapper around Net::SIP::NATHelper::Base 🫶, and what it does is handle the RTP forwarding within the local event loop that the rest of Net::SIP uses. That's it. That's the whole assignment. And it ate. 👑

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🎀 CONSTRUCTOR 🎀

• new ( LOOP ) — creates the object and tells it to use LOOP as the event loop 🌈. It also creates a Net::SIP::NATHelper::Base object, which gets used internally. iykyk 🧚

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💜 METHODS 💜

• allocate_sockets ( ... ) — calls allocate_sockets of the local Net::SIP::NATHelper::Base object. Takes and returns the same arguments. no notes, it's a relay, she's a middlewoman 💫
• activate_session ( ... ) — calls activate_session of the local Net::SIP::NATHelper::Base object. Takes the same arguments and returns 1 if the session was newly activated, -1 if it was activated before, and false if activation failed 😭. Also updates callbacks into the event loop. periodt. ✨
• close_session ( ... ) — calls activate_session of the local Net::SIP::NATHelper::Base object 👀 (yes bestie, the page literally says activate_session right here — not me re-reading it three times, I'm just the messenger 🙈). Takes the same arguments and returns the number of closed sessions. Updates callbacks into the event loop. 💅
• expire ( ... ) — calls expire of the local Net::SIP::NATHelper::Base object. Takes the same arguments and returns the number of expired sessions. Updates callbacks into the event loop if necessary. lowkey the cleanup queen 🧹🌸

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fr fr bestie, every one of these methods is just passing the work along to the local Net::SIP::NATHelper::Base object — that's the whole bit, and honestly? iconic. 💖

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and that's the page!! 🦋 one last thing before you go — this was documented for perl v5.40.1, dated 2025-12-07, and the footer signs off as Net::S...:Local(3pm). slay, bye bestie!! 🎀✨💅🫶