diff -r cfc898fd62f1 -r 9c3e112933ae lib/Quancom/Result.pm
--- a/lib/Quancom/Result.pm	Tue Dec 16 16:08:43 2008 +0100
+++ b/lib/Quancom/Result.pm	Wed Dec 17 23:31:39 2008 +0100
@@ -5,7 +5,23 @@
 
 sub new {
     my $class = ref $_[0] ? ref shift : shift;
-    return bless {} => $class;
+    my $self = bless {} => $class;
+    my $r = shift;
+    $r = s/\s*$//;    # should match any \r or \n too
+
+    # decode the status
+    if (($self->{error_code}) = $r =~ /^E(.)/) {
+        $self->{ok} = 0;
+    }
+    elsif (my ($jobid, $data, $csum) = $r =~ /^[DO](..)(.*)(..)$/) {
+        $self->{ok} = 1;
+        $self->{data} = defined $data ? $data : "";
+    }
+    else {
+        die "unknown response $r";
+    }
+
+    return $self;
 }
 
 sub ok {
@@ -13,7 +29,7 @@
     return $self->{ok};
 }
 
-sub result {
+sub data {
     my $self = shift;
     return undef if not $self->{ok};
     return $self->{result};
@@ -21,8 +37,7 @@
 
 sub error {
     my $self = shift;
-    return undef if $self->{ok};
-    return $self->{error_code};
+    return $self->{ok} ? undef : $self->{error_code};
 }
 
 sub error_message {
@@ -46,34 +61,44 @@
 
     use Quancom;
 
-    my $q = new Quancom 172.16.0.22;
-    my $r = $q->cmd("xxxxxx") 
-	or die $r->error_message;
+    my $quancom = new Quancom 172.16.0.22;
+    my $result = $q->cmd("xxxxxx");
+
+    if ($result->error) { die $result->error_message }
+    else { print $result->data, "\n" }
 
 =head1 METHODS
 
 =over
 
-=item B<ok> ( )
+=item constructor B<new> ( )
 
-Use this method to query the last operations status.
+Probably you'll never use this.
 
-=item B<result> ( )
+=item B<data> ( )
 
 Returns the last result. This is valid only if the last status is ok,
 otherwise you'll get "undef".
 
+=item B<error> ( )
+
+Returns the error code - if any - or 'undef' if there was no error.
+
 =item B<error_message> ( [I<error code>] )
 
 Returns a message describing the last error. Of if you pass an error
 code it will the return the associated message.
 
-=item B<error> ( )
+=item B<ok> ( )
 
-Returns the last error code (numerical).
+Use this method to query the last operations status.
 
 =back
 
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<Quancom>
+
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
     Maik Schueller