Re: Advice needed on custom webapp framework

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Thanks!

Right now, I should have been more clear, though -- I'm am kinda doing 
a bit of each approach you mentioned -- but i am in need of a little 
more help.

I think what i want is more of your second approach right now...

  Let me elaborate for a moment....

WebAppFramework::DB.pm
	Base Class
	Users Apache:DBI
	Package handles all DB abstraction and connections

Website1::DB.pm
	SubClass of WebAppFramework::DBI.pm
	Package has configuration information (host/port/user/pass/etc)

Website2::DB.pm
	SubClass of WebAppFramework::DBI.pm
	Package has configuration information (host/port/user/pass/etc)
	Website1/Website2 are different package directories that subclass the 
framework
	I'm showing Website1/Website2 just to illustrate the namespace

In the example on my last post, my handle does this:

package Website1;
my  $DB = new Website1::DB();
	# make a new ref for the website
sub handler
{
	my 	$r 		= shift;
	my 	$user 	= new Website::User( \$r, \$DB );
  	my 	$page 	= new Website::Page( \$user , \$DB );
	my 	$html 	= $page->processRequest();
}

what i would like is:
sub handler
{
	my 	$r 		= shift;
	my 	$user 	= new Website::User( \$r );
  	my 	$page 	= new Website::Page( \$user );
	my 	$html 	= $page->processRequest();
}

now, i guess what i'm trying to do within
	Website1::User
	Website1::Page
is access the
	$DB in the base of Website1 that i define just before the handler
BUT
	I'm trying to do so in a way that both:
		Website1::PackageName
		Website2::PackageName
		WebAppFramework::PackageName
	Will all retreive the correct DB from the script that defines the 
handler

I've tried this a few different ways, but I've often ended up reading  
WebAppFramework::$DB instead of Website1::$DB
I guess I'm trying to figure out a way for the baseclasses to access 
information in the subclasses - which sounds wrong, stupid and 
impossible.

Does that make more sense?  Does your suggestion still apply?

Sorry, I'm just very confused by all this myself, and I fear that i'm 
not asking the right questions.



On Nov 17, 2004, at 12:11 PM, Michael Schout wrote:

> There are many ways to solve this problem.  I'll show you 2 ways.  I'll
> focus just on the database part to keep this as short as possible, but
> the same ideas apply to the user object...


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