Apache2::RequestIO - Perl API for Apache request record IO
use Apache2::RequestIO ();
$rc = $r->discard_request_body();
$r->print("foo", "bar");
$r->puts("foo", "bar"); # same as print, but no flushing
$r->printf("%s $d", "foo", 5);
$r->read($buffer, $len);
$r->rflush();
$r->sendfile($filename);
$r->write("foobartarcar", 3, 5);
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NAME
Apache2::RequestIO - Perl API for Apache request record IO
Synopsis
use Apache2::RequestIO ();
$rc = $r->discard_request_body();
$r->print("foo", "bar");
$r->puts("foo", "bar"); # same as print, but no flushing
$r->printf("%s $d", "foo", 5);
$r->read($buffer, $len);
$r->rflush();
$r->sendfile($filename);
$r->write("foobartarcar", 3, 5);
Description
"Apache2::RequestIO" provides the API to perform IO on the Apache
request object.
API
"Apache2::RequestIO" provides the following functions and/or methods:
"discard_request_body"
In HTTP/1.1, any method can have a body. However, most GET handlers
wouldn't know what to do with a request body if they received one.
This helper routine tests for and reads any message body in the
request, simply discarding whatever it receives. We need to do this
because failing to read the request body would cause it to be
interpreted as the next request on a persistent connection.
$rc = $r->discard_request_body();
obj: $r ( "Apache2::RequestRec object" )
The current request
ret: $rc ( integer )
"APR::Const status constant" if request is malformed,
"Apache2::Const::OK" otherwise.
since: 2.0.00
Since we return an error status if the request is malformed, this
routine should be called at the beginning of a no-body handler, e.g.,
use Apache2::Const -compile => qw(OK);
$rc = $r->discard_request_body;
return $rc if $rc != Apache2::Const::OK;
"print"
Send data to the client.
$cnt = $r->print(@msg);
obj: $r ( "Apache2::RequestRec object" )
arg1: @msg ( ARRAY )
Data to send
ret: $cnt ( number )
How many bytes were sent (or buffered). If zero bytes were sent,
"print" will return 0E0, or "zero but true," which will still
evaluate to 0 in a numerical context.
excpt: "APR::Error"
since: 2.0.00
The data is flushed only if STDOUT stream's $| is true. Otherwise it's
buffered up to the size of the buffer, flushing only excessive data.
"printf"
Format and send data to the client (same as "printf").
$cnt = $r->printf($format, @args);
obj: $r ( "Apache2::RequestRec object" )
arg1: $format ( string )
Format string, as in the Perl core "printf" function.
arg2: @args ( ARRAY )
Arguments to be formatted, as in the Perl core "printf" function.
ret: $cnt ( number )
How many bytes were sent (or buffered)
excpt: "APR::Error"
since: 2.0.00
The data is flushed only if STDOUT stream's $| is true. Otherwise it's
buffered up to the size of the buffer, flushing only excessive data.
"puts"
Send data to the client
$cnt = $r->puts(@msg);
obj: $r ( "Apache2::RequestRec object" )
arg1: @msg ( ARRAY )
Data to send
ret: $cnt ( number )
How many bytes were sent (or buffered)
excpt: "APR::Error"
since: 2.0.00
"puts()" is similar to "print()", but it won't attempt to flush data,
no matter what the value of STDOUT stream's $| is. Therefore assuming
that STDOUT stream's $| is true, this method should be a tiny bit
faster than "print()", especially if small strings are printed.
"read"
Read data from the client.
$cnt = $r->read($buffer, $len);
$cnt = $r->read($buffer, $len, $offset);
obj: $r ( "Apache2::RequestRec object" )
arg1: $buffer ( SCALAR )
The buffer to populate with the read data
arg2: $len ( number )
How many bytes to attempt to read
opt arg3: $offset ( number )
If a non-zero $offset is specified, the read data will be placed at
that offset in the $buffer.
META: negative offset and \0 padding are not supported at the
moment
ret: $cnt ( number )
How many characters were actually read
excpt: "APR::Error"
since: 2.0.00
This method shares a lot of similarities with the Perl core "read()"
function. The main difference in the error handling, which is done via
"APR::Error exceptions"
"rflush"
Flush any buffered data to the client.
$r->rflush();
obj: $r ( "Apache2::RequestRec object" )
ret: no return value
since: 2.0.00
Unless STDOUT stream's $| is false, data sent via "$r->print()" is
buffered. This method flushes that data to the client.
"sendfile"
Send a file or a part of it
$rc = $r->sendfile($filename);
$rc = $r->sendfile($filename, $offset);
$rc = $r->sendfile($filename, $offset, $len);
obj: $r ( "Apache2::RequestRec object" )
arg1: $filename ( string )
The full path to the file (using "/" on all systems)
opt arg2: $offset ( integer )
Offset into the file to start sending.
No offset is used if $offset is not specified.
opt arg3: $len ( integer )
How many bytes to send.
If not specified the whole file is sent (or a part of it, if
$offset if specified)
ret: $rc ( "APR::Const status constant" )
On success, "APR::Const::SUCCESS" is returned.
In case of a failure -- a failure code is returned, in which case
normally it should be returned to the caller.
excpt: "APR::Error"
Exceptions are thrown only when this function is called in the VOID
context. So if you don't want to handle the errors, just don't ask
for a return value and the function will handle all the errors on
its own.
since: 2.0.00
"write"
Send partial string to the client
$cnt = $r->write($buffer);
$cnt = $r->write($buffer, $len);
$cnt = $r->write($buffer, $len, $offset);
obj: $r ( "Apache2::RequestRec object" )
arg1: $buffer ( SCALAR )
The string with data
opt arg2: $len ( SCALAR )
How many bytes to send. If not specified, or -1 is specified, all
the data in $buffer (or starting from $offset) will be sent.
opt arg3: $offset ( number )
Offset into the $buffer string.
ret: $cnt ( number )
How many bytes were sent (or buffered)
excpt: "APR::Error"
since: 2.0.00
Examples:
Assuming that we have a string:
$string = "123456789";
Then:
$r->write($string);
sends:
123456789
Whereas:
$r->write($string, 3);
sends:
123
And:
$r->write($string, 3, 5);
sends:
678
Finally:
$r->write($string, -1, 5);
sends:
6789
TIE Interface
The TIE interface implementation. This interface is used for HTTP
request handlers, when running under "SetHandler perl-script" and Perl
doesn't have perlio enabled.
See the perltie manpage for more information.
"BINMODE"
since: 2.0.00
NoOP
See the binmode Perl entry in the perlfunc manpage
"CLOSE"
since: 2.0.00
NoOP
See the close Perl entry in the perlfunc manpage
"FILENO"
since: 2.0.00
See the fileno Perl entry in the perlfunc manpage
"GETC"
since: 2.0.00
See the getc Perl entry in the perlfunc manpage
"OPEN"
since: 2.0.00
See the open Perl entry in the perlfunc manpage
"PRINT"
since: 2.0.00
See the print Perl entry in the perlfunc manpage
"PRINTF"
since: 2.0.00
See the printf Perl entry in the perlfunc manpage
"READ"
since: 2.0.00
See the read Perl entry in the perlfunc manpage
"TIEHANDLE"
since: 2.0.00
See the tie Perl entry in the perlfunc manpage
"UNTIE"
since: 2.0.00
NoOP
See the untie Perl entry in the perlfunc manpage
"WRITE"
since: 2.0.00
See the write Perl entry in the perlfunc manpage
Deprecated API
The following methods are deprecated, Apache plans to remove those in
the future, therefore avoid using them.
"get_client_block"
This method is deprecated since the C implementation is buggy and we
don't want you to use it at all. Instead use the plain "$r->read()".
"setup_client_block"
This method is deprecated since "$r->get_client_block" is deprecated.
"should_client_block"
This method is deprecated since "$r->get_client_block" is deprecated.
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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