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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