NAME

Gantry::Server - HTTP::Server::Simple::CGI subclass providing stand alone server

SYNOPSIS

            

              
              
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use Gantry::Server;
use lib '/home/myhome/lib';
use YourApp qw{ -Engine=CGI -TemplateEngine=Default };
my $cgi_engine = Gantry::Engine::CGI->new();
$cgi_engine->add_location( '/', 'YourApp' );
my $server = Gantry::Server->new();
# pass a port number to the above constructor if you don't want 8080.
$server->set_engine_object( $cgi_engine );
$server->run();
            
          

DESCRIPTION

This module subclasses HTTP::Server::Simple::CGI to provide a stand alone server for any Gantry app. Pretend you are deploying to a CGI environment, but replace

            

              
              
$cgi_engine->dispatch();
            
          

with

            

              
              
use Gantry::Server;
my $server = Gantry::Server->new();
$server->set_engine_object( $cgi_engine );
$server->run();
            
          

Note that you must call set_engine_object before calling run, and you must pass it a valid Gantry::Engine::CGI object with the proper locations and config definitions.

By default, your server will start on port 8080. If you want a different port, pass it to the constructor. You can generate the above script, with port control, in bigtop by doing this in your config section:

            

              
              
config {
    engine CGI;
    CGI    Gantry { with_server 1; }
    #...
}
app YourApp {
    #...
}
            
          

METHODS

set_engine_object

You must call this before calling run. Pass it a Gantry::Engine::CGI object.

run

This starts the server and never returns.

handler

This method overrides the parent version to avoid taking form parameters prematurely.

handle_request

This method functions as a little web server processing http requests (but it leans heavily on HTTP::Server::Simple::CGI).

handle_request_test

This method pretends to be a web server, but only handles a single request before returning. This is useful for testing your Gantry app without having to use sockets.

handle_request_test_post

This is the same as handle_request_test, but it treats the request as a POST. This is mainly used for form testing.

handle_request_test_xml

This method is like handle_request_test, but for SOAP packets. Call it with the location you want to hit and the XML packet to PUT there. Returns whatever the server returns.

net_server

Retrieves the defined Net::Sever engine type

set_net_server

optionaly you can set a Net::Sever engine type ( see Net::Server ).

            

              
              
$server->set_net_server( 'Net::Server::PreForkSimple' );
            
          

setup_server_url

Builds and sets the SERVER_URL environment variable.

AUTHOR

Phil Crow <philcrow2000@yahoo.com>

COPYRIGHT and LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2006, Phil Crow.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.6 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.