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Apache2::Module (3)

Name

Apache2::Module - Perl API for creating and working with Apache modules

Synopsis

use Apache2::Module ();

#Define a configuration directive
my @directives = (
{
name => 'MyDirective',
}
);

Apache2::Module::add(__PACKAGE__, \@directives);

# iterate over the whole module list
for (my $modp = Apache2::Module::top_module(); $modp; $modp = $modp->next) {
my $name                  = $modp->name;
my $index                 = $modp->module_index;
my $ap_api_major_version  = $modp->ap_api_major_version;
my $ap_api_minor_version  = $modp->ap_api_minor_version;
my $commands              = $modp->cmds;
}

# find a specific module
my $module = Apache2::Module::find_linked_module('mod_ssl.c');

# remove a specific module
$module->remove_loaded_module();

# access module configuration from a directive
sub MyDirective {
my ($self, $parms, $args) = @_;
my  $srv_cfg = Apache2::Module::get_config($self, $parms->server);
[...]
}

# test if an Apache module is loaded
if (Apache2::Module::loaded('mod_ssl.c')) {
[...]
}

# test if a Perl module is loaded
if (Apache2::Module::loaded('Apache2::Status')) {
[...]
}

Description

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                                 build::sparcv9::docs::api::Apache2::Module(3)



NAME
       Apache2::Module - Perl API for creating and working with Apache modules

Synopsis
         use Apache2::Module ();

         #Define a configuration directive
         my @directives = (
             {
                 name => 'MyDirective',
             }
         );

         Apache2::Module::add(__PACKAGE__, \@directives);

         # iterate over the whole module list
         for (my $modp = Apache2::Module::top_module(); $modp; $modp = $modp->next) {
             my $name                  = $modp->name;
             my $index                 = $modp->module_index;
             my $ap_api_major_version  = $modp->ap_api_major_version;
             my $ap_api_minor_version  = $modp->ap_api_minor_version;
             my $commands              = $modp->cmds;
         }

         # find a specific module
         my $module = Apache2::Module::find_linked_module('mod_ssl.c');

         # remove a specific module
         $module->remove_loaded_module();

         # access module configuration from a directive
         sub MyDirective {
             my ($self, $parms, $args) = @_;
             my  $srv_cfg = Apache2::Module::get_config($self, $parms->server);
             [...]
         }

         # test if an Apache module is loaded
         if (Apache2::Module::loaded('mod_ssl.c')) {
             [...]
         }

         # test if a Perl module is loaded
         if (Apache2::Module::loaded('Apache2::Status')) {
             [...]
         }

Description
       "Apache2::Module" provides the Perl API for creating and working with
       Apache modules

       See Apache Server Configuration Customization in Perl.

API
       "Apache2::Module" provides the following functions and/or methods:

   "add"
       Add a module's custom configuration directive to Apache.

         Apache2::Module::add($package, $cmds);

       arg1: $package ( string )
           the package of the module to add

       arg2: $cmds ( ARRAY of HASH refs )
           the list of configuration directives to add

       ret: no return value
       since: 2.0.00

       See also Apache Server Configuration Customization in Perl.

   "ap_api_major_version"
       Get the httpd API version this module was build against, not the
       module's version.

         $major_version = $module->ap_api_major_version();

       obj: $module ( "Apache2::Module object" )
       ret: $major_version ( integer )
       since: 2.0.00

       This methid is used to check that module is compatible with this
       version of the server before loading it.

   "ap_api_minor_version"
       Get the module API minor version.

         $minor_version = $module->ap_api_minor_version();

       obj: $module ( "Apache2::Module object" )
       ret: $minor_version ( integer )
       since: 2.0.00

       "ap_api_minor_version()" provides API feature milestones.

       It's not checked during module init.

   "cmds"
       Get the "Apache2::Command" object, describing all of the directives
       this module defines.

         $command = $module->cmds();

       obj: $module ( "Apache2::Module object" )
       ret: $command ( "Apache2::Command object" )
       since: 2.0.00

   "get_config"
       Retrieve a module's configuration. Used by configuration directives.

         $cfg = Apache2::Module::get_config($class, $server, $dir_config);
         $cfg = Apache2::Module::get_config($class, $server);
         $cfg =          $self->get_config($server, $dir_config);
         $cfg =          $self->get_config($server);

       obj: $module ( "Apache2::Module object" )
       arg1: $class ( string )
           The Perl package this configuration is for

       arg2: $server ( "Apache2::ServerRec object" )
           The current server, typically "$r->server" or "$parms->server".

       opt arg3: $dir_config ( "Apache2::ConfVector object" )
           By default, the configuration returned is the server level one. To
           retrieve the per directory configuration, use "$r->per_dir_config"
           as a last argument.

       ret: $cfg (HASH reference)
           A reference to the hash holding the module configuration data.

       since: 2.0.00

       See also Apache Server Configuration Customization in Perl.

   "find_linked_module"
       Find a module based on the name of the module

         $module = Apache2::Module::find_linked_module($name);

       arg1: $name ( string )
           The name of the module ending in ".c"

       ret: $module ( "Apache2::Module object" )
           The module object if found, "undef" otherwise.

       since: 2.0.00

       For example:

         my $module = Apache2::Module::find_linked_module('mod_ssl.c');

   "loaded"
       Determine if a certain module is loaded

         $loaded = Apache2::Module::loaded($module);

       name: $module ( string )
           The name of the module to search for.

           If $module ends with ".c", search all the modules, statically
           compiled and dynamically loaded.

           If $module ends with ".so", search only the dynamically loaded
           modules.

           If $module doesn't contain a ".", search the loaded Perl modules
           (checks %INC).

       ret: $loaded ( boolean )
           Returns true if the module is loaded, false otherwise.

       since: 2.0.00

       For example, to test if this server supports ssl:

         if (Apache2::Module::loaded('mod_ssl.c')) {
             [...]
         }

       To test is this server dynamically loaded mod_perl:

         if (Apache2::Module::loaded('mod_perl.so')) {
             [...]
         }

       To test if "Apache2::Status" is loaded:

         if (Apache2::Module::loaded('Apache2::Status')) {
             [...]
         }

   "module_index"
       Get the index to this modules structures in config vectors.

         $index = $module->module_index();

       obj: $module ( "Apache2::Module object" )
       ret: $index ( integer )
       since: 2.0.00

   "name"
       Get the name of the module's .c file

         $name = $module->name();

       obj: $module ( "Apache2::Module object" )
       ret: $name ( string )
       since: 2.0.00

       For example a mod_perl module, will return: mod_perl.c.

   "next"
       Get the next module in the list, "undef" if this is the last module in
       the list.

         $next_module = $module->next();

       obj: $module ( "Apache2::Module object" )
       ret: $next_module ( "Apache2::Module object" )
       since: 2.0.00

   "remove_loaded_module"
       Remove a module from the list of loaded modules permanently.

         $module->remove_loaded_module();

       obj: $module ( "Apache2::Module object" )
       ret: no return value
       since: 2.0.00

   "top_module"
       Returns the first module in the module list. Usefull to start a module
       iteration.

         $module = Apache2::Module::top_module();

       ret: $module ( "Apache2::Module object" )
       since: 2.0.00

See Also
       mod_perl 2.0 documentation.

Copyright
       mod_perl 2.0 and its core modules are copyrighted under The Apache
       Software License, Version 2.0.

Authors
       The mod_perl development team and numerous contributors.



ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+-----------------------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |            ATTRIBUTE VALUE              |
       +---------------+-----------------------------------------+
       |Availability   | web/server/apache-24/module/apache-perl |
       +---------------+-----------------------------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted                             |
       +---------------+-----------------------------------------+

NOTES
       Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This software was built from source available at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.  The original community
       source was downloaded from
       https://www.apache.org/dist/perl/mod_perl-2.0.12.tar.gz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://perl.apache.org/.



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