I've been trying to use Apache::Singleton::Request under the assumption that
you're right about Class::Singleton being the crux of the issue.
Unfortunately, I can't get it working under Apache2. Is there a different
module for mp2/apache2 ? Thanks for your patience. --JAK
On 9/23/07, jk jk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 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.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Philippe M. Chiasson GPG: F9BFE0C2480E7680 1AE53631CB32A107 88C3A5A5
> > http://gozer.ectoplasm.org/ m/gozer\@(apache|cpan|ectoplasm)\.org/
> >
> >
> >
>
