NAME

HTTP::Server::Simple::Mason - An abstract baseclass for a standalone mason server

VERSION

This document describes HTTP::Server:Simple::Mason version 0.02

SYNOPSIS

	my $server = MyApp::Server->new();
	
	$server->run;
	
	package MyApp::Server;
	use base qw/HTTP::Server::Simple::Mason/;
	
	sub handler_config {
	    my $self = shift;
	    return ( $self->SUPER::handler_config, comp_root => '/tmp/mason-pages' );
	}

    1;

DESCRIPTION

INTERFACE

See HTTP::Server::Simple and the documentation below.

handle_request CGI

Called with a CGI object. Invokes mason and runs the request

mason_config

Subclass-defined mason handler configuration

default_mason_config

Default mason handler configuration

escape_utf8 SCALARREF

does a css-busting but minimalist escaping of whatever html you're passing in.

escape_uri SCALARREF

Escapes URI component according to RFC2396

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

For most configuration, see HTTP::Server::Simple.

You can (and must) configure your mason CGI handler by subclassing this module and overriding the subroutine 'handler_config'. It's most important that you set a component root (where your pages live) by adding

comp_root => '/some/absolute/path'

DEPENDENCIES

HTTP::Server::Simple HTML::Mason

INCOMPATIBILITIES

None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-http-server-simple-mason@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

AUTHOR

Jesse Vincent <jesse@bestpractical.com>

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2001-2005, Jesse Vincent <jesse@bestpractical.com>. All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

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