MasonX::Request::WithApacheSession(3pm)

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NAME

6       MasonX::Request::WithApacheSession - Add a session to the Mason Request
7       object
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SYNOPSIS

10       In your httpd.conf file:
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12         PerlSetVar  MasonRequestClass            MasonX::Request::WithApacheSession
13         PerlSetVar  MasonSessionCookieDomain     .example.com
14         PerlSetVar  MasonSessionClass            Apache::Session::File
15         PerlSetVar  MasonSessionDirectory        /tmp/sessions/data
16         PerlSetVar  MasonSessionLockDirectory    /tmp/sessions/locks
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18       Or when creating an ApacheHandler object:
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20         my $ah =
21             HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler->new
22                 ( request_class => 'MasonX::Request::WithApacheSession',
23                   session_cookie_domain  => '.example.com',
24                   session_class          => 'Apache::Session::File',
25                   session_directory      => '/tmp/sessions/data',
26                   session_lock_directory => '/tmp/sessions/locks',
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29       In a component:
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31         $m->session->{foo} = 1;
32         if ( $m->session->{bar}{baz} > 1 ) { ... }
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DESCRIPTION

35       This module integrates "Apache::Session" into Mason by adding methods
36       to the Mason Request object available in all Mason components.
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38       Any subrequests created by a request share the same session.
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USAGE

41       To use this module you need to tell Mason to use this class for
42       requests.  This can be done in one of two ways.  If you are configuring
43       Mason via your httpd.conf file, simply add this:
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45         PerlSetVar  MasonRequestClass  MasonX::Request::WithApacheSession
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47       If you are using a handler.pl file, simply add this parameter to the
48       parameters given to the ApacheHandler constructor:
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50         request_class => 'MasonX::Request::WithApacheSession'
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METHODS

53       This class adds two methods to the Request object.
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55       ·   session
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57           This method returns a hash tied to the "Apache::Session" class.
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59       ·   delete_session
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61           This method deletes the existing session from persistent storage.
62           If you are using the built-in cookie mechanism, it also deletes the
63           cookie in the browser.
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CONFIGURATION

66       This module accepts quite a number of parameters, most of which are
67       simply passed through to "Apache::Session::Wrapper".  For this reason,
68       you are advised to familiarize yourself with the
69       "Apache::Session::Wrapper" documentation before attempting to configure
70       this module.
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72       If you are creating your own Interp/ApacheHandler/CGIHandler object in
73       a script or module, you should pass this object the parameters intended
74       for "Apache::Session::Wrapper", prefixed with "session_".  So to set
75       the "class" parameter for "Apache::Session::Wrapper", you pass in a
76       "session_class" parameter.
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78       If you are configuring Mason via your httpd.conf file, you should pass
79       the "StudlyCaps" version of the name, prefixed by "MasonSession".  So
80       the "class" parameter would be "MasonSessionClass".
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82       A few examples:
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84       ·   class becomes session_class / MasonSessionClass
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86       ·   always_write becomes session_always_write / MasonSessionAlwaysWrite
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88       When running under ApacheHandler or CGIHandler, this module takes care
89       of passing the "header_object" and "param_object" parameters to
90       "Apache::Session::Wrapper".  These will be the "Apache::Request" or
91       "CGI.pm" objects, as applicable.
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93       The "cookie_name" parameter defaults to "MasonX-Request-
94       WithApacheSession-cookie" when you use this module, instead of "Apache-
95       Session-Wrapper-cookie".
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97       Finally, for backwards compatiblity, this module accepts a
98       "session_args_param" parameter, which corresponds to the "param_name"
99       parameter for "Apache::Session::Wrapper".
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SUPPORT

102       As can be seen by the number of parameters above, "Apache::Session" has
103       way too many possibilities for me to test all of them.  This means
104       there are almost certainly bugs.
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106       Bug reports and requests for help should be sent to the mason-users
107       list.  See http://www.masonhq.com/resources/mailing_lists.html for more
108       details.
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AUTHOR

111       Dave Rolsky, <autarch@urth.org>
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MAINTAINER

114       Brad Lhotsky, <blhotsky@cpan.org>
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