NAME

HTTP::Server::Simple::Mason - An abstract baseclass for a standalone mason server

SYNOPSIS

        my $server = MyApp::Server->new();
        
        $server->run;
        
        package MyApp::Server;
        use base qw/HTTP::Server::Simple::Mason/;
        
        sub mason_config {
            return ( comp_root => '/tmp/mason-pages' );
        }

DESCRIPTION

INTERFACE

See HTTP::Server::Simple and the documentation below.

mason_handler

Returns the server's HTML::Mason::CGIHandler object. The first time this method is called, it creates a new handler by calling new_handler.

handle_request CGI

Called with a CGI object. Invokes mason and runs the request

handle_error ERROR

If the call to handle_request dies, handle_error is called with the exception (that is, $@). By default, it does nothing; it can be overriden by your subclass.

new_handler

Creates and returns a new HTML::Mason::CGIHandler, with configuration specified by the default_mason_config and mason_config methods. You don't need to call this method yourself; mason_handler will automatically call it the first time it is called.

handler_class

Returns the name of the Mason handler class invoked in new_handler. Defaults to HTML::Mason::CGIHandler, but in your subclass you may wish to change it to a subclass of HTML::Mason::CGIHandler.

setup_escapes $handler

Sets up the Mason escapes for the handler $handler. For example, the h in

  <% $name | h %>

By default, sets h to HTTP::Server::Simple::Mason::escape_utf8 and u to HTTP::Server::Simple::Mason::escape_uri, but you can override this in your subclass.

mason_config

Returns a subclass-defined mason handler configuration; you almost certainly want to override it and specify at least comp_root.

default_mason_config

Returns the default mason handler configuration (which can be overridden by entries in mason_config).

escape_utf8 SCALARREF

does a css-busting but minimalist escaping of whatever html you're passing in.

escape_uri SCALARREF

Escapes URI component according to RFC2396

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

For most configuration, see HTTP::Server::Simple.

You can (and must) configure your mason CGI handler by subclassing this module and overriding the subroutine mason_config. It's most important that you set a component root (where your pages live) by adding

    comp_root => '/some/absolute/path'

See the Synopsis section or ex/sample_server.pl in the distribution for a complete example.

DEPENDENCIES

HTTP::Server::Simple HTML::Mason

INCOMPATIBILITIES

None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-http-server-simple-mason@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

AUTHOR

Jesse Vincent <jesse@bestpractical.com>

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2001-2005, Jesse Vincent <jesse@bestpractical.com>. All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

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cpanm HTTP::Server::Simple::Mason

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install HTTP::Server::Simple::Mason