Net::Server::MultiType(3)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				 Net::Server::MultiType(3)

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

	 use Net::Server::MultiType;
	 @ISA = 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

perl v5.12.1							    2007-02-02						 Net::Server::MultiType(3)