MasonX/ApacheHandler/WithCallbacks version 1.01 =============================================== MasonX::ApacheHandler::WithCallbacks subclasses HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler in order to provide a Mason callback system. Callbacks may be either code references provided to the new() constructor, or methods defined in subclasses of MasonX::CallbackHandler. Callbacks are triggered either for every request or by specially named keys in the Mason request arguments, and all callbacks are executed at the beginning of a request, just before Mason creates and executes the request component stack. The idea behind this module is to provide a sort of plugin architecture for Mason. Mason then executes code before executing any components. This approach allows you to carry out logical processing of data submitted from a form, to affect the contents of the Mason request arguments (and thus the %ARGS hash in components), and even to redirect or abort the request before Mason handles it. INSTALLATION To install this module type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install Note that if you run `make test`, you will need a working Apache/mod_perl server. Set the $APACHE or $APXS environment variable to point to your Apache/mod_perl server. DEPENDENCIES This module requires these other modules and libraries: HTML::Mason 1.10 or later mod_perl 1.22 or later The object-oriented callback interface requires Perl 5.6 or later and these other modules and libraries: Attribute::Handlers 0.77 or later Clas::ISA The test suite requires the following modules: Apache::Test 1.03 or later Test::Simple 0.17 or later COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Copyright (C) 2003 David Wheeler This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.