+=item redirect_request
+
+=cut
+
+# FIXME: use headers_in to gather host and other information?
+sub redirect_request
+{
+ my $r = shift;
+ my $redirect_url = $_[0];
+ my $status = "302";
+ if ($_[1]) {
+ my %args = @_;
+ if ($args{url}) {
+ $redirect_url = $args{url};
+ } else {
+ my $path = $args{path} || $r->path;
+ my $host = $args{domain} || $r->ar->hostname;
+ my $protocol = $args{protocol} || $r->get_protocol;
+ $redirect_url = "${protocol}://${host}/${path}";
+ }
+ $status = $args{status} if ($args{status});
+ }
+
+ $r->headers_out->set('Status' => $status);
+ $r->headers_out->set('Location' => $redirect_url);
+ return OK;
+}
+
+=item get_protocol
+
+=cut
+
+sub get_protocol {
+ my $self = shift;
+ my $protocol = ( $self->ar->protocol =~ m/https/i ) ? 'https' : 'http' ;
+ return $protocol;
+}
+
+=item send_output
+
+=cut
+
+sub send_output {
+ my $r = shift;
+ $r->ar->content_type(
+ $r->content_type =~ m/^text/
+ ? $r->content_type . "; charset=" . $r->document_encoding
+ : $r->content_type
+ );
+ $r->ar->headers_out->set(
+ "Content-Length" => do { use bytes; length $r->output }
+ );
+
+ foreach ($r->headers_out->field_names) {
+ next if /^Content-(Type|Length)/;
+ $r->ar->headers_out->set($_ => $r->headers_out->get($_));
+ }
+
+ $MODPERL2 || $r->ar->send_http_header;
+ $r->ar->print( $r->output );
+}
+
+=item get_template_root
+
+=cut
+
+sub get_template_root {
+ my $r = shift;
+ $r->ar->document_root . "/" . $r->ar->location;
+}
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+#########################################################
+# private / internal methods and subs
+
+
+sub _mod_perl_args {
+ my ( $self, $apr ) = @_;
+ my %args;
+ if ($apr->isa('Apache::Request')) {
+ foreach my $key ( $apr->param ) {
+ my @values = $apr->param($key);
+ $args{$key} = @values == 1 ? $values[0] : \@values;
+ }
+ } else {
+ my $body = $self->_prepare_body($apr);
+ %args = %{$body->param};
+ }
+ return %args;