Re: Apache2 filter

On 02.10.2015 10:19, James Smith wrote:
> perl -cw sometimes throws errors with mod_perl code - as it isn't running in the Apache
> environment...
>
> I get the same warning testing my output filter handler when running with -cw - but it
> works well in Apache...!

This begs for a follow-up question, which probably gets into rather arcane perl internals 
but..

What does the fact of specifying an "attribute" such as
sub handler : FilterRequestHandler {
actually /do/ ?

When I wrote before that this was my first attempt at writing an Apache/mod_perl output 
filter, I was not being entirely accurate.  I did create and run such an output filter 
before, defined as just

sub redir_filter {
..
}

but I was installing it at run-time, from a PerlAccessHandler module, via

$r->add_output_filter(\&redir_filter);

and that did not seem to be a problem.

But in this case, I would need to configure my filter in the Apache configuration, like in 
this other example from the on-line mod_perl documentation :

   PerlModule MyApache2::Underrun
   <Location />
     PerlInputFilterHandler MyApache2::Underrun::filter
     SetHandler modperl
     PerlResponseHandler MyApache2::Underrun::response
   </Location>

So, would the presence/absence of the attribute have any effect on how it has to be 
configured e.g. ?

>
> On 10/1/2015 6:59 PM, A. Warnier wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> I am trying to write an Apache2 request filter.
>> According to the online tutorial
>> (http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/user/handlers/filters.html#Output_Filters). I have this
>> so far :
>>
>> package MyFilter;
>> ...
>> use base qw(Apache2::Filter);
>> ...
>> use constant BUFF_LEN => 4096;
>>
>> sub handler : FilterRequestHandler {
>>     my $f = shift;
>>     my $content = '';
>>
>>     while ($f->read(my $buffer, BUFF_LEN)) {
>>         $content .= $buffer;
>>     }
>> }
>>
>>  but when I compile this :
>>
>> aw@arthur:~/tests$ perl -cw PAGELINKS.pm
>> Invalid CODE attribute: FilterRequestHandler at PAGELINKS.pm line 50.
>> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at PAGELINKS.pm line 50.
>> aw@arthur:~/tests$
>>
>> platform data (from Apache log) :
>> [Tue Sep 01 06:25:10 2015] [notice] Apache/2.2.16 (Debian) DAV/2 SVN/1.6.12
>> mod_jk/1.2.30 mod_apreq2-20090110/2.7.1 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1 configured --
>> resuming normal operations
>>
>> There are already many other mod_perl modules of all kinds running on that same server
>> (but not filters).
>>
>> What I am missing ?
>>
>> André
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