NAME

       Net::Server::MultiType - Net::Server personality

SYNOPSIS

           use base qw(Net::Server::MultiType);

           sub process_request {
               #...code...
           }

           my @types = qw(PreFork Fork Single);

           Net::Server::MultiType->run(server_type => \@types);

DESCRIPTION

       Please read the pod on Net::Server first.  This module is a personality, or extension, or
       sub class, of the Net::Server module.

       This personality is intended to allow for easy use of multiple Net::Server personalities.
       Given a list of server types, Net::Server::MultiType will require one at a time until it
       finds one that is installed on the system.  It then adds that package to its @ISA, thus
       inheriting the methods of that personality.

ARGUMENTS

       In addition to the command line arguments of the Net::Server base class,
       Net::Server::MultiType contains one other configurable parameter.

           Key               Value            Default
           server_type       'server_type'    'Single'

       server_type
           May be called many times to build up an array or possible server_types.  At execution,
           Net::Server::MultiType will find the first available one and then inherit the methods
           of that personality

CONFIGURATION FILE

       "Net::Server::MultiType" allows for the use of a configuration file to read in server
       parameters.  The format of this conf file is simple key value pairs.  Comments and white
       space are ignored.

           #-------------- file test.conf --------------

           ### multi type info
           ### try PreFork first, then go to Single
           server_type PreFork
           server_type Single

           ### server information
           min_servers   20
           max_servers   80
           spare_servers 10

           max_requests  1000

           ### user and group to become
           user        somebody
           group       everybody

           ### logging ?
           log_file    /var/log/server.log
           log_level   3
           pid_file    /tmp/server.pid

           ### access control
           allow       .+\.(net|com)
           allow       domain\.com
           deny        a.+

           ### background the process?
           background  1

           ### ports to bind
           host        127.0.0.1
           port        localhost:20204
           port        20205

           ### reverse lookups ?
           # reverse_lookups on

           #-------------- file test.conf --------------

PROCESS FLOW

       See Net::Server

HOOKS

       There are no additional hooks in Net::Server::MultiType.

TO DO

       See Net::Server

AUTHOR

       Paul T. Seamons paul@seamons.com

SEE ALSO

       Please see also Net::Server::Fork, Net::Server::INET, Net::Server::PreFork,
       Net::Server::MultiType, Net::Server::Single