Why is that? Class::Singleton is modperl compatible, Apache::Singleton is
the same thing with a few more features. Its purpose to simplify singleton
application creation. My understanding was it would only allow a single
instance of the object to be created for each request, not forever. Please
explain your reasoning. Thanks. --JAK
On 9/23/07, Philippe M. Chiasson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> jk jk wrote:
> > I'm trying to port a preexisting CGI app to mod_perl2 and could use some
> > help.
> >
> > Here goes a test case that should illustrate my problem:
> >
> > The code pasted below loads the page properly the first time it's
> > accessed. However, upon multiple reloads in firefox, the headers either
> > disappear altogether or the page is downloaded in the download manager.
> > I assume this is because the wrong $r object is being accessed by the
> > request? In any case, I'm at a loss and would really appreciate some
> > input. Thanks in advance.
> > [...]
> >
> > =============
> > File: testme/testmod.pm
> > =============
> >
> > package testme::testmod;
> >
> > use Apache2::RequestUtil;
> > use strict;
> >
> > use base qw /Class::Singleton/;
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> From the documentation of Class::Singleton:
>
> # this only gets called the first time instance() is called
>
> > sub _new_instance{
> >
> > my ( $class, $r ) = @_;
> >
> > my $self = {};
> >
> > bless $self, $class;
> >
> > $self->{r} = $r;
> >
> > return ( $self );
> >
> > }
>
> So effectively, your code will capture the $r (once for each child)
> from the first request and keep it forever. Trying to use it for
> subsequent
> requests will cause the kind of problems you've seen.
>
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