Some bug fixes:

* An important bug fix in reconnection logic.  Previously, reply callbacks would be invoked twice after
  a reconnect.
* Changed error callback argument to be an actual Error object.

New feature:

* Add friendly syntax for HMSET using an object.

README.md

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ The performance of `node_redis` improves dramatically with pipelining.
 
 ## Usage
 
-Simple example, included as `example.js`:
+Simple example, included as `examples/simple.js`:
 
     var redis = require("redis"),
         client = redis.createClient();
@@ -195,6 +195,44 @@ want to do this:
 `client.end()` is useful for timeout cases where something is stuck or taking too long and you want 
 to start over.
 
+## Friendlier hash commands
+
+Most Redis commands take a single String or an Array of Strings as arguments, and replies are sent back as a single String or an Array of Strings.  When dealing with hash values, there are a couple of useful exceptions to this.
+
+### client.hgetall(hash)
+
+The reply from an HGETALL command will be converted into a JavaScript Object by `node_redis`.  That way you can interact 
+with the responses using JavaScript syntax.
+
+Example:
+
+    client.hmset("hosts", "mjr", "1", "another", "23", "home", "1234");
+    client.hgetall("hosts", function (err, obj) {
+        console.dir(obj);
+    });
+
+Output:
+
+    { mjr: '1', another: '23', home: '1234' }
+
+### client.hmset(hash, obj, [callback])
+
+Multiple values in a hash can be set by supplying an object:
+
+    client.HMSET(key2, {
+        "0123456789": "abcdefghij",
+        "some manner of key": "a type of value"
+    });
+
+The properties and values of this Object will be set as keys and values in the Redis hash.
+
+### client.hmset(hash, key1, val1, ... keyn, valn, [callback])
+
+Multiple values may also be set by supplying a list:
+
+    client.HMSET(key1, "0123456789", "abcdefghij", "some manner of key", "a type of value");
+
+
 ## Publish / Subscribe
 
 Here is a simple example of the API for publish / subscribe.  This program opens two

changelog.md

@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+## v0.5.0 - December 29, 2010
+
+Some bug fixes:
+
+* An important bug fix in reconnection logic.  Previously, reply callbacks would be invoked twice after
+  a reconnect.
+* Changed error callback argument to be an actual Error object.
+
+New feature:
+
+* Add friendly syntax for HMSET using an object.
+
 ## v0.4.1 - December 8, 2010
 
 Remove warning about missing hiredis.  You probably do want it though.

index.js

@@ -77,6 +77,18 @@ function RedisClient(stream, options) {
         return_buffers: self.options.return_buffers || false
     });
 
+    // "reply error" is an error sent back by redis
+    self.reply_parser.on("reply error", function (reply) {
+        self.return_error(new Error(reply));
+    });
+    self.reply_parser.on("reply", function (reply) {
+        self.return_reply(reply);
+    });
+    // "error" is bad.  Somehow the parser got confused.  It'll try to reset and continue.
+    self.reply_parser.on("error", function (err) {
+        self.emit("error", new Error("Redis reply parser error: " + err.stack));
+    });
+
     this.stream.on("connect", function () {
         if (exports.debug_mode) {
             console.log("Stream connected");
@@ -86,18 +98,6 @@ function RedisClient(stream, options) {
         self.command_queue = new Queue();
         self.emitted_end = false;
 
-        // "reply error" is an error sent back by redis
-        self.reply_parser.on("reply error", function (reply) {
-            self.return_error(reply);
-        });
-        self.reply_parser.on("reply", function (reply) {
-            self.return_reply(reply);
-        });
-        // "error" is bad.  Somehow the parser got confused.  It'll try to reset and continue.
-        self.reply_parser.on("error", function (err) {
-            self.emit("error", new Error("Redis reply parser error: " + err.stack));
-        });
-
         self.retry_timer = null;
         self.retry_delay = 250;
         self.stream.setNoDelay();
@@ -196,7 +196,10 @@ RedisClient.prototype.connection_gone = function (why) {
         console.log("Retry conneciton in " + self.retry_delay + " ms");
     }
     self.attempts += 1;
-    self.emit("reconnecting", "delay " + self.retry_delay + ", attempt " + self.attempts);
+    self.emit("reconnecting", {
+        delay: self.retry_delay,
+        attempt: self.attempts
+    });
     self.retry_timer = setTimeout(function () {
         if (exports.debug_mode) {
             console.log("Retrying connection...");
@@ -233,16 +236,16 @@ RedisClient.prototype.return_error = function (err) {
     if (command_obj && typeof command_obj.callback === "function") {
         try {
             command_obj.callback(err);
-        } catch (err) {
+        } catch (callback_err) {
             // if a callback throws an exception, re-throw it on a new stack so the parser can keep going
             process.nextTick(function () {
-                throw err;
+                throw callback_err;
             });
         }
     } else {
-        console.log("no callback to send error: " + util.inspect(err));
+        console.log("node_redis: no callback to send error: " + util.inspect(err));
         // this will probably not make it anywhere useful, but we might as well throw
-        throw new Error(err);
+        throw err;
     }
 };
 
@@ -439,9 +442,8 @@ function Multi(client, args) {
     }
 }
 
-
+// Official source is: http://redis.io/commands.json
-// Official source is: http://code.google.com/p/redis/wiki/CommandReference 
+// This list needs to be updated, and perhaps auto-updated somehow.
-// This list is taken from src/redis.c
 [
     // string commands
     "get", "set", "setnx", "setex", "append", "substr", "strlen", "del", "exists", "incr", "decr", "mget", 
@@ -453,7 +455,7 @@ function Multi(client, args) {
     "zadd", "zincrby", "zrem", "zremrangebyscore", "zremrangebyrank", "zunionstore", "zinterstore", "zrange", "zrangebyscore", "zrevrangebyscore", 
     "zcount", "zrevrange", "zcard", "zscore", "zrank", "zrevrank",
     // hash commands
-    "hset", "hsetnx", "hget", "hmset", "hmget", "hincrby", "hdel", "hlen", "hkeys", "hgetall", "hexists", "incrby", "decrby",
+    "hset", "hsetnx", "hget", "hmget", "hincrby", "hdel", "hlen", "hkeys", "hgetall", "hexists", "incrby", "decrby",
     // misc
     "getset", "mset", "msetnx", "randomkey", "select", "move", "rename", "renamenx", "expire", "expireat", "keys", "dbsize", "auth", "ping", "echo",
     "save", "bgsave", "bgwriteaof", "shutdown", "lastsave", "type", "sync", "flushdb", "flushall", "sort", "info", 
@@ -476,6 +478,47 @@ function Multi(client, args) {
     Multi.prototype[command.toUpperCase()] = Multi.prototype[command];
 });
 
+RedisClient.prototype.hmset = function () {
+    var args = to_array(arguments), tmp_args;
+    if (args.length >= 2 && typeof args[0] === "string" && typeof args[1] === "object") {
+        tmp_args = [ "hmset", args[0] ];
+        Object.keys(args[1]).map(function (key) {
+            tmp_args.push(key);
+            tmp_args.push(args[1][key]);
+        });
+        if (args[2]) {
+            tmp_args.push(args[2]);
+        }
+        args = tmp_args;
+    } else {
+        args.unshift("hmset");
+    }
+
+    this.send_command.apply(this, args);
+};
+RedisClient.prototype.HMSET = RedisClient.prototype.hmset;
+
+Multi.prototype.hmset = function () {
+    var args = to_array(arguments), tmp_args;
+    if (args.length >= 2 && typeof args[0] === "string" && typeof args[1] === "object") {
+        tmp_args = [ "hmset", args[0] ];
+        Object.keys(args[1]).map(function (key) {
+            tmp_args.push(key);
+            tmp_args.push(args[1][key]);
+        });
+        if (args[2]) {
+            tmp_args.push(args[2]);
+        }
+        args = tmp_args;
+    } else {
+        args.unshift("hmset");
+    }
+
+    this.queue.push(args);
+    return this;
+};
+Multi.prototype.HMSET = Multi.prototype.hmset;
+
 Multi.prototype.exec = function (callback) {
     var self = this;
 

package.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {   "name" : "redis",
-    "version" : "0.4.2",
+    "version" : "0.5.0",
     "description" : "Redis client library",
     "author": "Matt Ranney <mjr@ranney.com>",
     "contributors": [

test.js

@@ -211,13 +211,19 @@ tests.MULTI_6 = function () {
 
     client.multi()
         .hmset("multihash", "a", "foo", "b", 1)
+        .hmset("multihash", {
+            extra: "fancy",
+            things: "here"
+        })
         .hgetall("multihash")
         .exec(function (err, replies) {
             assert.strictEqual(null, err);
             assert.equal("OK", replies[0]);
-            assert.equal(Object.keys(replies[1]).length, 2);
+            assert.equal(Object.keys(replies[2]).length, 4);
-            assert.equal("foo", replies[1].a.toString());
+            assert.equal("foo", replies[2].a);
-            assert.equal("1", replies[1].b.toString());
+            assert.equal("1", replies[2].b);
+            assert.equal("fancy", replies[2].extra);
+            assert.equal("here", replies[2].things);
             next(name);
         });
 };
@@ -237,6 +243,30 @@ tests.WATCH_MULTI = function () {
   }
 };
 
+tests.reconnect = function () {
+    var name = "reconnect";
+
+    client.set("recon 1", "one");
+    client.set("recon 2", "two", function (err, res) {
+        // Do not do this in normal programs. This is to simulate the server closing on us.
+        // For orderly shutdown in normal programs, do client.quit()
+        client.stream.destroy();
+    });
+    
+    client.on("reconnecting", function on_recon(params) {
+        client.on("connect", function on_connect() {
+            client.select(test_db_num, require_string("OK", name));
+            client.get("recon 1", require_string("one", name));
+            client.get("recon 1", require_string("one", name));
+            client.get("recon 2", require_string("two", name));
+            client.get("recon 2", require_string("two", name));
+            client.removeListener("connect", on_connect);
+            client.removeListener("reconnecting", on_recon);
+            next(name);
+        });
+    });
+};
+
 tests.HSET = function () {
     var key = "test hash",
         field1 = new Buffer("0123456789"),
@@ -257,17 +287,30 @@ tests.HSET = function () {
     client.HSET(key, field2, value2, last(name, require_number(0, name)));
 };
 
+
 tests.HMGET = function () {
-    var key = "test hash", name = "HMGET";
+    var key1 = "test hash 1", key2 = "test hash 2", name = "HMGET";
+
+    // redis-like hmset syntax
+    client.HMSET(key1, "0123456789", "abcdefghij", "some manner of key", "a type of value", require_string("OK", name));
 
-    client.HMSET(key, "0123456789", "abcdefghij", "some manner of key", "a type of value", require_string("OK", name));
+    // fancy hmset syntax
+    client.HMSET(key2, {
+        "0123456789": "abcdefghij",
+        "some manner of key": "a type of value"
+    }, require_string("OK", name));
 
-    client.HMGET(key, "0123456789", "some manner of key", function (err, reply) {
+    client.HMGET(key1, "0123456789", "some manner of key", function (err, reply) {
+        assert.strictEqual("abcdefghij", reply[0].toString(), name);
+        assert.strictEqual("a type of value", reply[1].toString(), name);
+    });
+
+    client.HMGET(key2, "0123456789", "some manner of key", function (err, reply) {
         assert.strictEqual("abcdefghij", reply[0].toString(), name);
         assert.strictEqual("a type of value", reply[1].toString(), name);
     });
     
-    client.HMGET(key, "missing thing", "another missing thing", function (err, reply) {
+    client.HMGET(key1, "missing thing", "another missing thing", function (err, reply) {
         assert.strictEqual(null, reply[0], name);
         assert.strictEqual(null, reply[1], name);
         next(name);
@@ -1014,7 +1057,10 @@ function run_next_test() {
 
 console.log("Using reply parser " + client.reply_parser.name);
 
-client.on("connect", function () {
+client.on("connect", function start_tests() {
+    // remove listener so we don't restart all tests on reconnect
+    client.removeListener("connect", start_tests);
+
     // Fetch and stash info results in case anybody needs info on the server we are using.
     client.info(function (err, reply) {
         var obj = {};
@@ -1055,8 +1101,8 @@ client3.on("error", function (err) {
     process.exit();
 });
 
-client.on("reconnecting", function (msg) {
+client.on("reconnecting", function (params) {
-    console.log("reconnecting: " + msg);
+    console.log("reconnecting: " + util.inspect(params));
 });
 
 process.on('uncaughtException', function (err) {