The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List:
modid: CGI::ManageSession
DSLIP: cdpOa
description: Base class for managing CGI state
userid: RRWO (Robert Rothenberg)
chapterid: 15 (World_Wide_Web_HTML_HTTP_CGI)
communities:
similar:
CGI::Persistent
rationale:
Originally called CGI::Session, but I'm told it's been registered
by ZED already.
This module is descendent class of CGI. It adds additional methods
for managing state.
This module differs from CGI::Persistent in that (1) it uses
cookies, but later versions may use cookies or URLs transparently
(2) it is a base class (includes CGI::Session::Storable which uses
Storable so as to be fully-functional but also as an example)... one
could adapt the module to use DBI, ObjectStores, FreezeThaw, etc.
(3) it merely provides an object that one can use for saving state
through hash variables; other methods attempt to save all form
input, which is not appropriate (4) it makes some common-sense
security checks on the session (ie, comparing REMOTE_HOST) (5)
CGI::Persistent hasn't been updated since 1999 (ok, not necessarily
a bad thing, but the web and Perl have evolved a lot since then)
enteredby: RRWO (Robert Rothenberg)
enteredon: Tue Jul 10 22:39:41 2001 GMT
The resulting entry would be:
CGI::
::ManageSession cdpOa Base class for managing CGI state RRWO
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