Documentation for stream API

README.md

@@ -291,6 +291,83 @@ echo 'a';
 
 See also [example #3](examples).
 
+### addReadStream()
+
+The `addReadStream(resource $stream, callable $callback): void` method can be used to
+register a listener to be notified when a stream is ready to read.
+
+The listener callback function MUST be able to accept a single parameter,
+the stream resource added by this method or you MAY use a function which
+has no parameters at all.
+
+The listener callback function MUST NOT throw an `Exception`.
+The return value of the listener callback function will be ignored and has
+no effect, so for performance reasons you're recommended to not return
+any excessive data structures.
+
+If you want to access any variables within your callback function, you
+can bind arbitrary data to a callback closure like this:
+
+```php
+$loop->addReadStream($stream, function ($stream) use ($name) {
+    echo $name . ' said: ' . fread($stream);
+});
+```
+
+See also [example #11](examples).
+
+You can invoke [`removeReadStream()`](#removereadstream) to remove the
+read event listener for this stream.
+
+The execution order of listeners when multiple streams become ready at
+the same time is not guaranteed.
+
+### addWriteStream()
+
+The `addWriteStream(resource $stream, callable $callback): void` method can be used to
+register a listener to be notified when a stream is ready to write.
+
+The listener callback function MUST be able to accept a single parameter,
+the stream resource added by this method or you MAY use a function which
+has no parameters at all.
+
+The listener callback function MUST NOT throw an `Exception`.
+The return value of the listener callback function will be ignored and has
+no effect, so for performance reasons you're recommended to not return
+any excessive data structures.
+
+If you want to access any variables within your callback function, you
+can bind arbitrary data to a callback closure like this:
+
+```php
+$loop->addWriteStream($stream, function ($stream) use ($name) {
+    fwrite($stream, 'Hello ' . $name);
+});
+```
+
+See also [example #12](examples).
+
+You can invoke [`removeWriteStream()`](#removewritestream) to remove the
+write event listener for this stream.
+
+The execution order of listeners when multiple streams become ready at
+the same time is not guaranteed.
+
+### removeReadStream()
+
+The `removeReadStream(resource $stream): void` method can be used to
+remove the read event listener for the given stream.
+
+### removeWriteStream()
+
+The `removeWriteStream(resource $stream): void` method can be used to
+remove the write event listener for the given stream.
+
+### removeStream()
+
+The `removeStream(resource $stream): void` method can be used to
+remove all listeners for the given stream.
+
 ## Install
 
 The recommended way to install this library is [through Composer](http://getcomposer.org).

src/LoopInterface.php

@@ -9,6 +9,32 @@ interface LoopInterface
     /**
      * Register a listener to be notified when a stream is ready to read.
      *
+     * The listener callback function MUST be able to accept a single parameter,
+     * the stream resource added by this method or you MAY use a function which
+     * has no parameters at all.
+     *
+     * The listener callback function MUST NOT throw an `Exception`.
+     * The return value of the listener callback function will be ignored and has
+     * no effect, so for performance reasons you're recommended to not return
+     * any excessive data structures.
+     *
+     * If you want to access any variables within your callback function, you
+     * can bind arbitrary data to a callback closure like this:
+     *
+     * ```php
+     * $loop->addReadStream($stream, function ($stream) use ($name) {
+     *     echo $name . ' said: ' . fread($stream);
+     * });
+     * ```
+     *
+     * See also [example #11](examples).
+     *
+     * You can invoke [`removeReadStream()`](#removereadstream) to remove the
+     * read event listener for this stream.
+     *
+     * The execution order of listeners when multiple streams become ready at
+     * the same time is not guaranteed.
+     *
      * @param resource $stream   The PHP stream resource to check.
      * @param callable $listener Invoked when the stream is ready.
      */
@@ -17,6 +43,32 @@ public function addReadStream($stream, callable $listener);
     /**
      * Register a listener to be notified when a stream is ready to write.
      *
+     * The listener callback function MUST be able to accept a single parameter,
+     * the stream resource added by this method or you MAY use a function which
+     * has no parameters at all.
+     *
+     * The listener callback function MUST NOT throw an `Exception`.
+     * The return value of the listener callback function will be ignored and has
+     * no effect, so for performance reasons you're recommended to not return
+     * any excessive data structures.
+     *
+     * If you want to access any variables within your callback function, you
+     * can bind arbitrary data to a callback closure like this:
+     *
+     * ```php
+     * $loop->addWriteStream($stream, function ($stream) use ($name) {
+     *     fwrite($stream, 'Hello ' . $name);
+     * });
+     * ```
+     *
+     * See also [example #12](examples).
+     *
+     * You can invoke [`removeWriteStream()`](#removewritestream) to remove the
+     * write event listener for this stream.
+     *
+     * The execution order of listeners when multiple streams become ready at
+     * the same time is not guaranteed.
+     *
      * @param resource $stream   The PHP stream resource to check.
      * @param callable $listener Invoked when the stream is ready.
      */