An apache module will hide this kind of functionality from the user. An HttpModule must be registered in the web.config file, thus forcing every application that needs to handle this to add that line.
Putting this code at the Apache module level removes the need to add the configuration to the web.config file. After all, it seems logical that in Windows almost no one will use it and if they do it will be in a very different way. Why make them some extra job of removing lines from the web.config? After all, it is not imperative to have such functionality in Windows (even on Apache on Windows). Regarding the path parser, it is a good idea to use a regular expression and perhaps even allow writing a 3rd party add-on to enable very smart parsing of the URL (if it will be needed). I think that it is important to implement multiple paths per Application Host. This kind of behavior will probably be required by users that will be familiar with IIS 6. It might also be necessary to allow the host to run on a different user (if this it is possible). For enhanced security we will need to run the host on different credentials so the Application Host we have very limited access to resources. Eran -----Original Message----- From: Steinar Herland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 9:33 PM To: Eran Sandler; Daniel Lopez; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SV: [Mono-list] mod_mono and userdir If it's HttpModule or an Apache module "doesn't matter". The request will have to be handled / rewritten on every request anyway. I believe a HttpModule is preferred because it's a pure C# solution, and because of the simplicity: if(Request.Path.IndexOf("~")>0){ //Use a RegEx here? //Do something HttpContext.Current.RewritePath("MyNewPath"); } //Done... Steinar -----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra: Eran Sandler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 12. mars 2003 16:17 Til: Daniel Lopez; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: RE: [Mono-list] mod_mono and userdir Hi Daniel, ? You can write an HttpModule that upon initalization hooks to the BeginRequest event and it can parse the request URL and perform server redirect or directly write to the response. ? I've done such things for different reasons (not the ones that you want) but you should bare in mind that on EVERY request that comes to that application it will pass through your module so except a decrease in performance. ? I think you should try to resolve it at the apache module level. Perhaps by doing what I have suggested in my previous post (I'm not sure how to do that since I don't know Apache that well). ? If you can redirect a request at the Apache?module level it seems like the most reasonable place to do that. ? Eran -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Lopez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: ד 12/03/2003 14:55 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Subject: Re: [Mono-list] mod_mono and userdir Yes, I already looked at the HttpApplication events and in the System.Web namespace and could not find a path resolve event? Should I be looking somwehre else? The current place I am thinking on hooking is in BeginRequest > There is a event that is called during path resolve, that could resolve that > path into another physical path (just change it). I don't have time to make > a poc now but take a look in MSDN. > > Cheers, >? Patrik > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Daniel Lopez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 12:35 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [Mono-list] mod_mono and userdir > > > > > > > > I believe part of what I want can be accomplished with > > > > HttpContext.RewritePath() > > > > Not currently implemented in Mono, I´ll look into implementing it. > > This can then be called from an HttpModule > > > > Cheers > > > > Daniel > > _______________________________________________ > > Mono-list maillist? -? [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list > > _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist? -? [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
