Re: Using a handler other than 'handler'

Hi.

You can use

PerlAuthenhandler Your::Module->special

See http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/user/coding/coding.html#Techniques



Cédric Bertolini wrote:
> @Michel,
> 
> Thanks for the reply. As far as I know, Apache2::RequestRec is a module that
> provides several functions to manage the $request object provided by
> mod_perl (http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/api/Apache2/RequestRec.html). It's
> not really a handler, though most handlers use this module one way or
> another. I just want to use a different handler than usual, but from the
> same file, If that's possible.
> 
> @Nico
> 
> Thanks for the reply. Deciding on a behavior based on $r->uri or
> $r->filename in the handler is what I was doing previously, but I'd love to
> have a solution based the config file instead of the handler itself, for
> robustness. I will have to stick to this solution if mod_perl doesn't let me
> provide the name of the handler, though.
> 
> 
> 
> 2010/9/27 Nico Coetzee <[email protected]>
> 
>> I had a similar requirement. My solution: based on the value of $r->uri() I
>> would call the different subs from the main handler() sub. All the other
>> subs take $r as the first argument and then the rest of the parameters
>> follow.
>>
>> Probably not the best solution, but it worked for me.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Nico
>>
>> 2010/9/27 Cédric Bertolini <[email protected]>
>>
>> Hello,
>>> I apologize for such a trivial question, but I'd like to use a function
>>> other than "handler" as a perl handler. According to the doc, it was
>>> possible in mod_perl 1, but I can't manage to get it to work under mod_perl
>>> 2.
>>>
>>>
>>> Here is an example of my code:
>>>
>>> file Authen.pm
>>>
>>>> sub handler {
>>>>   // regular handling
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> sub special {
>>>>   // special case
>>>> }
>>> file httpd.conf
>>>
>>>> <Location /perl/>
>>>>    PerlAuthenHandler  /lib/Authen
>>>> </Location>
>>>> <Location /perl/special-case/>
>>>>   # I want to override the regular case by using "special" instead of
>>> "handler" in /lib/Authen.pm
>>>> </Location>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Cédric Bertolini
>>>
>>>
>