RFC: new module: Apache::FakeEnv

[Thomas Klausner <do...@zsi.at>]

Hi!

I am currently working on a module that generates a Fake Apache 
Request Object like Apache::FakeRequest does, but that also 
parses the Apache Configuration and enables the user to access 
values set with PerlSetVar (i.e. fake $r->dir_config).

This Request Object can than be used in mod_perl modules, when 
running from the command line.

I have a first (sort of) working version at:
http://domm.zsi.at/source_code/Apache-FakeEnv.pm
and the documentation at:
http://domm.zsi.at/Apache-FakeEnv.html
or embedded in Apache-FakeEnv.pm in pod-format

This module has some limitations (see Section Limitations in the 
doc) that I would like to remove, but I'm not sure how, so ...

* Is it possible to subclass mod_perl or Apache::Request from 
outside of Apache (i.e. in a plain perl environment) ?

* If not (which it seems to be), what would be the best way to 
implement all (more or less..) mod_perl methods and subclasses 
(Apache::Request et.al) ? Can one use the C code that mod_perl 
is based on? (Well, I guess I can't because I've never done any real 
C coding ...) ?

* Does a parser for the Apache Conifg Files exist somewhere 
(Parse::ReDescent or similar) or can one use the Apache Source 
Code or Apache itself to parse the config  ?

* Do you think that this module could be of interest to others 
(Should I put it on CPAN) ?

Thanks for your attention !


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Re: RFC: new module: Apache::FakeEnv

[darren chamberlain <dl...@users.sourceforge.net>]

Thomas Klausner (domm@zsi.at) said something to this effect on 06/20/2001:
> Hi!
> 
> I am currently working on a module that generates a Fake Apache 
> Request Object like Apache::FakeRequest does, but that also 
> parses the Apache Configuration and enables the user to access 
> values set with PerlSetVar (i.e. fake $r->dir_config).
>
*snip*
>
> * Does a parser for the Apache Conifg Files exist somewhere 
> (Parse::ReDescent or similar) or can one use the Apache Source 
> Code or Apache itself to parse the config  ?

Don't know about the rest, but I saw Config::General, which will
parse an Apache config file into a hash. Very useful, and very
well done.

(darren)

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