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package CGI::Maypole;
use base 'Maypole';
use strict;
our $VERSION = '2.09';
sub run {
my $self = shift;
return $self->handler();
}
sub get_request {
shift->{cgi} = CGI::Simple->new();
}
sub parse_location {
my $self = shift;
my $cgi = $self->{cgi};
# Reconstruct the request headers (as far as this is possible)
$self->headers_in(Maypole::Headers->new);
for my $http_header ($cgi->http) {
(my $field_name = $http_header) =~ s/^HTTPS?_//;
$self->headers_in->set($field_name => $cgi->http($http_header));
}
$self->{path} = $cgi->url( -absolute => 1, -path_info => 1 );
my $loc = $cgi->url( -absolute => 1 );
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;
my (%vars) = $self->{cgi}->Vars;
while ( my ( $key, $value ) = each %vars ) {
my @values = split "\0", $value;
$vars{$key} = @values <= 1 ? $values[0] : \@values;
}
$self->{params} = {%vars};
$self->{query} = {%vars};
}
sub send_output {
my $r = shift;
# Collect HTTP headers
my %headers = (
-type => $r->{content_type},
-charset => $r->{document_encoding},
-content_length => do { use bytes; length $r->{output} },
);
foreach ($r->headers_out->field_names) {
next if /^Content-(Type|Length)/;
$headers{"-$_"} = $r->headers_out->get($_);
}
print $r->{cgi}->header(%headers), $r->{output};
}
sub get_template_root {
my $r = shift;
$r->{cgi}->document_root . "/" . $r->{cgi}->url( -relative => 1 );
}
1;
=head1 NAME
CGI::Maypole - CGI-based front-end to Maypole
=head1 SYNOPSIS
package BeerDB;
use base 'CGI::Maypole';
BeerDB->setup("dbi:mysql:beerdb");
BeerDB->config->uri_base("http://your.site/cgi-bin/beer.cgi/");
BeerDB->config->display_tables([qw[beer brewery pub style]]);
BeerDB->config->template_root("/var/www/beerdb/");
# Now set up your database:
# has-a relationships
# untaint columns
1;
## example beer.cgi:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use BeerDB;
BeerDB->run();
Now to access the beer database, type this URL into your browser:
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This is a CGI platform driver for Maypole. Your application can inherit from
CGI::Maypole directly, but it is recommended that you use
L<Maypole::Application>.
=head1 METHODS
=over
=item run
Call this from your CGI script to start the Maypole application.
=back
=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 AUTHORS
Dave Ranney C<dave@sialia.com>
Simon Cozens C<simon@cpan.org>
=cut