NAME

       MasonX::Request::WithApacheSession - Add a session to the Mason Request object

SYNOPSIS

       In your httpd.conf file:

         PerlSetVar  MasonRequestClass            MasonX::Request::WithApacheSession
         PerlSetVar  MasonSessionCookieDomain     .example.com
         PerlSetVar  MasonSessionClass            Apache::Session::File
         PerlSetVar  MasonSessionDirectory        /tmp/sessions/data
         PerlSetVar  MasonSessionLockDirectory    /tmp/sessions/locks

       Or when creating an ApacheHandler object:

         my $ah =
             HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler->new
                 ( request_class => 'MasonX::Request::WithApacheSession',
                   session_cookie_domain  => '.example.com',
                   session_class          => 'Apache::Session::File',
                   session_directory      => '/tmp/sessions/data',
                   session_lock_directory => '/tmp/sessions/locks',
                 );

       In a component:

         $m->session->{foo} = 1;
         if ( $m->session->{bar}{baz} > 1 ) { ... }

DESCRIPTION

       This module integrates "Apache::Session" into Mason by adding methods to the Mason Request
       object available in all Mason components.

       Any subrequests created by a request share the same session.

USAGE

       To use this module you need to tell Mason to use this class for requests.  This can be
       done in one of two ways.  If you are configuring Mason via your httpd.conf file, simply
       add this:

         PerlSetVar  MasonRequestClass  MasonX::Request::WithApacheSession

       If you are using a handler.pl file, simply add this parameter to the parameters given to
       the ApacheHandler constructor:

         request_class => 'MasonX::Request::WithApacheSession'

METHODS

       This class adds two methods to the Request object.

       •   session

           This method returns a hash tied to the "Apache::Session" class.

       •   delete_session

           This method deletes the existing session from persistent storage.  If you are using
           the built-in cookie mechanism, it also deletes the cookie in the browser.

CONFIGURATION

       This module accepts quite a number of parameters, most of which are simply passed through
       to "Apache::Session::Wrapper".  For this reason, you are advised to familiarize yourself
       with the "Apache::Session::Wrapper" documentation before attempting to configure this
       module.

       If you are creating your own Interp/ApacheHandler/CGIHandler object in a script or module,
       you should pass this object the parameters intended for "Apache::Session::Wrapper",
       prefixed with "session_".  So to set the "class" parameter for "Apache::Session::Wrapper",
       you pass in a "session_class" parameter.

       If you are configuring Mason via your httpd.conf file, you should pass the "StudlyCaps"
       version of the name, prefixed by "MasonSession".  So the "class" parameter would be
       "MasonSessionClass".

       A few examples:

       •   class becomes session_class / MasonSessionClass

       •   always_write becomes session_always_write / MasonSessionAlwaysWrite

       When running under ApacheHandler or CGIHandler, this module takes care of passing the
       "header_object" and "param_object" parameters to "Apache::Session::Wrapper".  These will
       be the "Apache::Request" or "CGI.pm" objects, as applicable.

       The "cookie_name" parameter defaults to "MasonX-Request-WithApacheSession-cookie" when you
       use this module, instead of "Apache-Session-Wrapper-cookie".

       Finally, for backwards compatiblity, this module accepts a "session_args_param" parameter,
       which corresponds to the "param_name" parameter for "Apache::Session::Wrapper".

SUPPORT

       As can be seen by the number of parameters above, "Apache::Session" has way too many
       possibilities for me to test all of them.  This means there are almost certainly bugs.

       Bug reports and requests for help should be sent to the mason-users list.  See
       http://www.masonhq.com/resources/mailing_lists.html for more details.

AUTHOR

       Dave Rolsky, <autarch@urth.org>

SEE ALSO

       HTML::Mason