Uttu::Framework - inheritable module providing basic framework support
package Uttu::Framework::Sample;
use Uttu::Framework;
use vars qw{ @ISA };
@ISA = qw{ Uttu::Framework };
1;
This provides basic configuration support for frameworks. All Perl modules whose names begin with the name of the framework (i.e., Uttu::Framework::Sample::*) will be loaded during server configuration time if the global_framework configuration option is set to the name of the framework (e.g., Sample for the above framework).
$framework -> init();
This defines any configuration variables available for the framework. The default method supplied by this module will search for any packages with the name of the framework (e.g., Uttu::Framework::Uttu->init() will search for Uttu::Framework::Uttu::*).
If this function returns a non-true value or throws an exception, the framework is considered invalid.
$framework -> init_config($app_config);
This may be defined to set reasonable defaults for configuration variables. This is called after init(). An example of a configuration setting that might be set in this call is the global_content_handler since a framework usually has a pretty good idea if it needs HTML::Mason, the Template Toolkit, or some other handler.
If this function returns a non-true value or throws an exception, the framework is considered invalid.
James G. Smith <jsmith@cpan.org>
Copyright (C) 2002 Texas A&M University. All Rights Reserved.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
