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