On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Sapan Bhatia wrote:
> Hello,
> This is a change I'm making in my little Apache-variant, which I guess could
>be included in the actualy server as well...
> This is probably the first of umpteen related problems...
>
> problem:
> There's a function called ap_method_number_of in http_protocol.c. Now, if I
>need to add some extra-http functionality outside the http modules, I'd need to add
>all the methods in this function itself, which means that I can't make it an
>independent module...
>
> soln?
> I'm going to keep a global hash table, which 2 new modules, mod_http_methods
>and mod_myproto_methods will register all their methods in [at post_config?]. And
>basically, a corresponding function [ap_method_number_of] in protocol.c, which'll
>return the method number...
>
>
> Comments? Also... any pitfalls / precautions I'd have to take?
While this is a GREAT idea, in practice it is very complicated. A lot of
the current modules use hard-coded method numbers, so some of the methods
will need to keep their current value. Ken Coar did some work to make
method extensible a while ago, but it doesn't currently work perfectly.
Take a look through the code for method_list. That should be a good
starting place.
Ryan
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