Frank Maas wrote: >> but the thing about output filters is they should do something like >> >> return DECLINED unless $r->content_type =~ m/something_I_can_handle/; >> >> so your xml filter should decline (or better, remove itself) from the >> filter chain if it's not xml you're being asked to process. > > > yup, I'll tell the maintainer of this output filter (it's not my module, > I am still steering away from writing my own filter ;-) ).
it's not all that hard... although the code here is kinda old (pre-2.0-rename) the concepts are still relevant http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2003/04/17/filters.html HTH --Geoff