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package Apache::MVC;
our $VERSION = '2.09';
use strict;
use base 'Maypole';
use constant APACHE2 => $mod_perl::VERSION >= 1.99;
if (APACHE2) {
require Apache2;
require APR::URI;
}
else { require Apache }
sub get_request {
my ( $self, $r ) = @_;
$self->{ar} = Apache::Request->new($r);
}
sub parse_location {
my $self = shift;
# Reconstruct the request headers
$self->headers_in(Maypole::Headers->new);
my %headers;
if (APACHE2) { %headers = %{$self->{ar}->headers_in};
} else { %headers = $self->{ar}->headers_in; }
for (keys %headers) {
$self->headers_in->set($_, $headers{$_});
}
$self->{path} = $self->{ar}->uri;
my $loc = $self->{ar}->location;
no warnings 'uninitialized';
$self->{path} .= '/' if $self->{path} eq $loc;
$self->{path} =~ s/^($loc)?\///;
$self->parse_path;
$self->parse_args;
}
sub parse_args {
my $self = shift;
$self->{params} = { $self->_mod_perl_args( $self->{ar} ) };
$self->{query} = { $self->_mod_perl_args( $self->{ar} ) };
}
sub send_output {
my $r = shift;
$r->{ar}->content_type(
$r->{content_type} =~ m/^text/
? $r->{content_type} . "; charset=" . $r->{document_encoding}
: $r->{content_type}
);
$r->{ar}->headers_out->set(
"Content-Length" => do { use bytes; length $r->{output} }
);
foreach ($r->headers_out->field_names) {
next if /^Content-(Type|Length)/;
$r->{ar}->headers_out->set($_ => $r->headers_out->get($_));
}
APACHE2 || $r->{ar}->send_http_header;
$r->{ar}->print( $r->{output} );
}
sub get_template_root {
my $r = shift;
$r->{ar}->document_root . "/" . $r->{ar}->location;
}
sub _mod_perl_args {
my ( $self, $apr ) = @_;
my %args;
foreach my $key ( $apr->param ) {
my @values = $apr->param($key);
$args{$key} = @values == 1 ? $values[0] : \@values;
}
return %args;
}
1;
=head1 NAME
Apache::MVC - Apache front-end to Maypole
=head1 SYNOPSIS
package BeerDB;
use base 'Apache::MVC';
BeerDB->setup("dbi:mysql:beerdb");
BeerDB->config->uri_base("http://your.site/");
BeerDB->config->display_tables([qw[beer brewery pub style]]);
# Now set up your database:
# has-a relationships
# untaint columns
1;
=head1 DESCRIPTION
A mod_perl platform driver for Maypole. Your application can inherit from
Apache::MVC directly, but it is recommended that you use
L<Maypole::Application>.
=head1 INSTALLATION
Create a driver module like the one above.
Put the following in your Apache config:
<Location /beer>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler BeerDB
</Location>
Copy the templates found in F<templates/factory> into the
F<beer/factory> directory off the web root. When the designers get
back to you with custom templates, they are to go in
F<beer/custom>. If you need to do override templates on a
database-table-by-table basis, put the new template in
F<beer/I<table>>.
This will automatically give you C<add>, C<edit>, C<list>, C<view> and
C<delete> commands; for instance, a list of breweries, go to
For more information about how the system works and how to extend it,
see L<Maypole>.
=head1 Implementation
This class overrides a set of methods in the base Maypole class to provide it's
functionality. See L<Maypole> for these:
=over
=item get_request
=item get_template_root
=item parse_args
=item parse_location
=item send_output
=back
=head1 AUTHOR
Simon Cozens, C<simon@cpan.org>
Marcus Ramberg, C<marcus@thefeed.no>
Screwed up by Sebastian Riedel, C<sri@oook.de>
=head1 LICENSE
You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.
=cut