NAME

       CGI::Application::Server - a simple HTTP server for developing with CGI::Application

VERSION

       version 0.063

SYNOPSIS

         use CGI::Application::Server;
         use MyCGIApp;
         use MyCGIApp::Admin;
         use MyCGI::App::Account::Dispatch;
         use MyCGIApp::DefaultApp;

         my $server = CGI::Application::Server->new();

         # this CGI::Application object will stay persistent, might not be safe to use
         # in this way - your mileage may vary
         # http://www.mail-archive.com/cgiapp@lists.erlbaum.net/msg08997.html
         my $object = MyOtherCGIApp->new(PARAMS => { foo => 1, bar => 2 });

         $server->document_root('./htdocs');
         $server->entry_points({
             '/'          => 'MyCGIApp::DefaultApp',
             '/index.cgi' => 'MyCGIApp',
             '/admin'     => 'MyCGIApp::Admin',
             '/account'   => 'MyCGIApp::Account::Dispatch',
             '/users'     => $object,
             '/static'    => '/usr/local/htdocs',
         });
         $server->run();

DESCRIPTION

       This is a simple HTTP server for for use during development with CGI::Application. At this
       moment, it serves our needs in a very basic way. The plan is to release early and release
       often, and add features when we need them. That said, we welcome any and all patches,
       tests and feature requests (the ones with which are accompanied by failing tests will get
       priority).

METHODS

   new ($port)
       This acts just like "new" for HTTP::Server::Simple, except it will initialize instance
       slots that we use.

   handle_request
       This will check the request uri and dispatch appropriately, either to an entry point, or
       serve a static file (html, jpeg, gif, etc).

   entry_points (?$entry_points)
       This accepts a HASH reference in $entry_points, which maps server entry points (uri) to
       CGI::Application or CGI::Application::Dispatch class names or objects or to directories
       from which static content will be served by HTTP::Server::Simple::Static.  See the
       SYNOPSIS above for examples.

   is_valid_entry_point ($uri)
       This attempts to match the $uri to an entry point.

   document_root (?$document_root)
       This is the server's document root where all static files will be served from.

CAVEATS

       This is a subclass of HTTP::Server::Simple and all of its caveats apply here as well.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       The HTTP response handling was shamelessly stolen from HTTP::Request::AsCGI by chansen

AUTHORS

       •   Stevan Little <stevan@iinteractive.com>

       •   Rob Kinyon <rob.kinyon@iinteractive.com>

       •   Ricardo SIGNES <rjbs@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2006 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
       the Perl 5 programming language system itself.