Nice idea.
Please check, before adding dependencies on internal data of
mod_status, if APR_OPTIONAL_HOOK can help here;
mod_status.c defines a status_hook, and maybe it can be used to help.
Brian Akins wrote:
>
> I think this has been proposed before, but I wanted to see if there was
> interest before I started coding.
>
> Currently, there is a static list of "states" that mod_status can
> report. What if we extended this so modules could add there own state.
> Perhaps use something similar to calls to "ap_get_request_note"?
>
> Pseudo code:
>
> mod_foo has the foo state:
>
> in it's post_config:
>
> int foo_state;
>
> foo_state = ap_register_state("Doing foo");
>
> then in it's handler (or filter, or wherever):
>
> ap_set_state(foo_state).
>
> Then mod_status would have an array (or hash) of int's to strings and
> report them:
>
> 5494 in state: "Doing foo"
>
> The catch is we expect there to be a one character state.
>
> This would allow a module to have multiple states (like a handler and a
> filter). This would also make the state registration/setting voluntary.
>
> Thoughts?
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