Maypole::Application supports Maypole::HTTPD (which needs a patch).

[maypole.git] / lib / Maypole / Application.pm

diff --git a/lib/Maypole/Application.pm b/lib/Maypole/Application.pm
index 60542f987eefed9e5a4b058fc0cbe22026a7867c..ae95bb7ee3447df5524c2925adbc7b193d4c0bdc 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Maypole/Application.pm
+++ b/lib/Maypole/Application.pm
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package Maypole::Application;
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+
 use UNIVERSAL::require;
 use Maypole;
 use Maypole::Config;
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ sub import {
     
     my $frontend = 'Apache::MVC' if $ENV{MOD_PERL};
     
+    $frontend = 'Maypole::HTTPD::Frontend' if $ENV{MAYPOLE_HTTPD};
+    
     my $masonx;
     if ( grep { /^MasonX$/ } @plugins )
     {
@@ -30,30 +33,31 @@ sub import {
     my $autosetup=0;
     my $autoinit=0;
     my @plugin_modules;
+
+    foreach (@plugins) 
     {
-        foreach (@plugins) {
-            if    (/^\-Setup$/) { $autosetup++; }
-            elsif (/^\-Init$/)  { $autoinit++ }
-            elsif (/^\-Debug(\d*)$/) {
-                my $d = $1 || 1;
-                no strict 'refs';
-                *{"$caller\::debug"} = sub { $d };
-                warn "Debugging (level $d) enabled for $caller";
-            }
-            elsif (/^-.*$/) { warn "Unknown flag: $_" }
-            else {
-                my $plugin = "Maypole::Plugin::$_";
-                if ($plugin->require) {
-                    push @plugin_modules, "Maypole::Plugin::$_";
-                    warn "Loaded plugin: $plugin for $caller"
-                        if $caller->can('debug') && $caller->debug;
-                } else {
-                    die qq(Loading plugin "$plugin" for $caller failed: )
-                        . $UNIVERSAL::require::ERROR;
-                }
+        if    (/^\-Setup$/) { $autosetup++; }
+        elsif (/^\-Init$/)  { $autoinit++ }
+        elsif (/^\-Debug(\d*)$/) {
+            my $d = $1 || 1;
+            no strict 'refs';
+            *{"$caller\::debug"} = sub { $d };
+            warn "Debugging (level $d) enabled for $caller";
+        }
+        elsif (/^-.*$/) { warn "Unknown flag: $_" }
+        else {
+            my $plugin = "Maypole::Plugin::$_";
+            if ($plugin->require) {
+                push @plugin_modules, "Maypole::Plugin::$_";
+                warn "Loaded plugin: $plugin for $caller"
+                    if $caller->can('debug') && $caller->debug;
+            } else {
+                die qq(Loading plugin "$plugin" for $caller failed: )
+                    . $UNIVERSAL::require::ERROR;
             }
         }
     }
+    
     no strict 'refs';
     push @{"${caller}::ISA"}, @plugin_modules, $frontend;
     $caller->config(Maypole::Config->new);
@@ -84,8 +88,18 @@ Maypole::Application - Universal Maypole Frontend
 
 This is a universal frontend for mod_perl1, mod_perl2, HTML::Mason and CGI.
 
-You can omit the Maypole::Plugin:: prefix from plugins.
-So Maypole::Plugin::Config::YAML becomes Config::YAML.
+Automatically determines the appropriate frontend for your environment (unless
+you want to use L<MasonX::Maypole>, in which case include C<MasonX> in the
+arguments).
+
+Loads plugins supplied in the C<use> statement. 
+
+Responds to flags supplied in the C<use> statement. 
+
+Initializes the application's configuration object. 
+
+You can omit the Maypole::Plugin:: prefix from plugins. So
+Maypole::Plugin::Config::YAML becomes Config::YAML.
 
     use Maypole::Application qw(Config::YAML);
 
@@ -93,10 +107,23 @@ You can also set special flags like -Setup, -Debug and -Init.
 
     use Maypole::Application qw(-Debug Config::YAML -Setup);
 
-The position of plugins and flags in the chain is important,
-because they are loaded/executed in the same order they appear.
+The position of plugins in the chain is important, because they are
+loaded/executed in the same order they appear.
+
+=head1 FRONTEND
+
+Under mod_perl (1 or 2), selects L<Apache::MVC>. 
+
+Otherwise, selects L<CGI::Maypole>.
 
-=head2 -Setup
+If C<MasonX> is specified, sets L<MasonX::Maypole> as the frontend. This
+currently also requires a mod_perl environment.
+
+=head1 FLAGS
+
+=over
+
+=item -Setup
 
     use Maypole::Application qw(-Setup);
 
@@ -109,7 +136,7 @@ Note that no options are passed to C<setup()>. You must ensure that the
 required model config parameters are set in C<MyApp-E<gt>config>. See
 L<Maypole::Config> for more information.
 
-=head2 -Init
+=item -Init
 
     use Maypole::Application qw(-Setup -Init);
     
@@ -128,7 +155,7 @@ Note that you must supply all the config data to your app before calling
 C<setup> and C<init>, probably by using one of the C<Maypole::Plugin::Config::*> 
 plugins.
 
-=head2 -Debug
+=item -Debug
 
     use Maypole::Application qw(-Debug);
 
@@ -139,6 +166,8 @@ is equivalent to
 
 You can specify a higher debug level by saying C<-Debug2> etc. 
 
+=back
+
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
 Sebastian Riedel, C<sri@oook.de>