Re: [mp2] how to automap modules in httpd.conf?

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Yup. Apache::Dispatch is what I'm looking for! Thanks for the reminder.

Even though I can't find Apache2::Dispatch (Dispatch for Apache2?), it 
gives me an idea on how to implement it internally.

Thanks Stas.

Stas Bekman wrote:

> Foo Ji-Haw wrote:
>
>> Hello guys,
>>
>> I have been happily developing apps with MP2. Some hiccups, but 
>> mostly all due to my bad coding. But generally MP2 is a great 
>> platform and I will like to be a better MP2 guy. :)
>>
>> For one of my applications, I have a bunch of modules that I wrote, 
>> each actually maps to unique directory paths. For example:
>>
>> app::module1 => http://www.domain.com/module1/
>> app::module2 => http://www.domain.com/module2/
>>
>> I can do this by creating an exhaustive list in httpd.conf with:
>> <Location /module1>
>>        SetHandler perl-script
>>        PerlResponseHandler app::module1
>> </Location>
>> <Location /module2>
>>        SetHandler perl-script
>>        PerlResponseHandler app::module2
>> </Location>
>> ...
>>
>> But if I have a really long list of modules all with similar package 
>> names, is there a way to do autoloading at the httpd.conf level? I 
>> thought I read about it before, but now I just can't seem to find it 
>> on the Web again...
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> Foo Ji-Haw, please take a look at Geoff's:
> http://search.cpan.org/dist/Apache-Dispatch/
> I'm not sure if was ported to mp2, but it should be an easy thing to do.
>
> Also take a look at:
> http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/api/Apache2/PerlSections.html
>