NAME

Net::Server::MultiType - Net::Server personality

SYNOPSIS

use base qw(Net::Server::MultiType);
sub process_request {
    #...code...
}
my @types = qw(PreFork Fork Single);
Net::Server::MultiType->run(server_type => \@types);

DESCRIPTION

Please read the pod on Net::Server first. This module is a personality, or extension, or sub class, of the Net::Server module.

This personality is intended to allow for easy use of multiple Net::Server personalities. Given a list of server types, Net::Server::MultiType will require one at a time until it finds one that is installed on the system. It then adds that package to its @ISA, thus inheriting the methods of that personality.

ARGUMENTS

In addition to the command line arguments of the Net::Server base class, Net::Server::MultiType contains one other configurable parameter.

Key               Value            Default
server_type       'server_type'    'Single'

server_type: May be called many times to build up an array or possible server_types. At execution, Net::Server::MultiType will find the first available one and then inherit the methods of that personality

CONFIGURATION FILE

"Net::Server::MultiType" allows for the use of a configuration file to read in server parameters. The format of this conf file is simple key value pairs. Comments and white space are ignored.

#-------------- file test.conf --------------
### multi type info
### try PreFork first, then go to Single
server_type PreFork
server_type Single
### server information
min_servers   20
max_servers   80
spare_servers 10
max_requests  1000
### user and group to become
user        somebody
group       everybody
### logging ?
log_file    /var/log/server.log
log_level   3
pid_file    /tmp/server.pid
### access control
allow       .+\.(net|com)
allow       domain\.com
deny        a.+
### background the process?
background  1
### ports to bind
host        127.0.0.1
port        localhost:20204
port        20205
### reverse lookups ?
# reverse_lookups on
#-------------- file test.conf --------------

PROCESS FLOW

See Net::Server

HOOKS

There are no additional hooks in Net::Server::MultiType.

TO DO

See Net::Server

AUTHOR

Paul T. Seamons paul@seamons.com