Version 3.1 of CGI::Application is now available via CPAN!
Download site for CGI::Application: http://search.cpan.org/dist/CGI-Application/ CHANGES SINCE VERSION 3.0: - Changed dump_html default run-mode to be referenced by name instead of sub-ref. This allows dump_html() to be overridden in sub-class. - Added current run-mode to output of dump() and dump_html(). (Thanks to Mark Stosberg for the suggestion.) - Added example of doing an HTTP redirect (suggested by Sam Tregar) - Fixed bug where non-CGI.pm query objects couldn't be set at initialization time via the new() method. (Thanks to Steve Hay for the catch.) - Added header_type("none") to suppress HTTP header output. (Thanks to Steve Comrie for the suggestion.) - Numerous typos corrected in POD. - Added cgiapp_postrun() hook. This hook allows run-mode output to be "pipelined" through optional filters, modifying the content and HTTP headers if so desired. Read the article "Using CGI::Application" on Perl.com for an overview of this module and its usage: http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/06/05/cgi.html CGI::Application is intended to make it easier to create sophisticated, reusable web-based applications. This module implements a methodology which, if followed, will make your web software easier to design, easier to document, easier to write, and easier to evolve. CGI::Application builds on standard, non-proprietary technologies and techniques, such as the Common Gateway Interface and Lincoln D. Stein's excellent CGI.pm module. CGI::Application judiciously avoids employing technologies and techniques which would bind a developer to any one set of tools, operating system or web server. The guiding philosophy behind CGI::Application is that a web-based application can be organized into a specific set of "Run-Modes." Each Run-Mode is roughly analogous to a single screen (a form, some output, etc). All the Run-Modes are managed by a single "Application Module" which is a Perl module. In your web server's document space there is an "Instance Script" which is called by the web server as a CGI (or an Apache::Registry script if you're using Apache + mod_perl). CGI::Application is an Object-Oriented Perl module which implements an Abstract Class. It is not intended that this package be instantiated directly. Instead, it is intended that your Application Module will be implemented as a Sub-Class of CGI::Application. If you have any questions, comments, bug reports or feature suggestions, post them to the support mailing list! To join the mailing list, simply send a blank message to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". -- Jesse Erlbaum The Erlbaum Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 212-684-6161 Fax: 212-684-6226
