Version 3.0 of CGI::Application is now available via CPAN!
Download site for CGI::Application: http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/J/JE/JERLBAUM/ CHANGES SINCE VERSION 2.5: - Changed the run() method to use Perl's built-in dynamic method call for all run modes, whether by name or by code ref. This is intended to improve run-time performance somewhat. Thanks to Darin McBride for this patch. - Added new override-able method cgiapp_get_query(). This method is called when CGI::Application first needs access to the CGI query object. By default, this is a CGI.pm object. It is possible to override the cgiapp_get_query() method to return an object of some other module besides CGI.pm, providing that it is sufficiently compatible. Thanks to Eric Andreychek for the suggestion and his help troubleshooting the code. - Changed run_modes() method to allow list of run-modes to be designated via an array reference. This will automatically create a run-modes table which maps from a run-mode to a run-mode method of the same name. Bumped major revision number to reflect this significant change in functionality. - Clarified license for module (GPL or Artistic). Included licenses in distribution package. Read the recent "Using CGI::Application" article on Perl.com for an overview of this module and its usage: http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/06/05/cgi.html CGI::Application is intended to make it easier to create sophisticated, reusable web-based applications. This module implements a methodology which, if followed, will make your web software easier to design, easier to document, easier to write, and easier to evolve. CGI::Application builds on standard, non-proprietary technologies and techniques, such as the Common Gateway Interface and Lincoln D. Stein's excellent CGI.pm module. CGI::Application judiciously avoids employing technologies and techniques which would bind a developer to any one set of tools, operating system or web server. The guiding philosophy behind CGI::Application is that a web-based application can be organized into a specific set of "Run-Modes." Each Run-Mode is roughly analogous to a single screen (a form, some output, etc). All the Run-Modes are managed by a single "Application Module" which is a Perl module. In your web server's document space there is an "Instance Script" which is called by the web server as a CGI (or an Apache::Registry script if you're using Apache + mod_perl). CGI::Application is an Object-Oriented Perl module which implements an Abstract Class. It is not intended that this package be instantiated directly. Instead, it is intended that your Application Module will be implemented as a Sub-Class of CGI::Application. If you have any questions, comments, bug reports or feature suggestions, post them to the support mailing list! To join the mailing list, simply send a blank message to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
