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NAME

       Apache2::Module - Perl API for creating and working with Apache modules

Synopsis
	 use Apache2::Module ();

	 #Define a configuration directive
	 my @directives = (
	     {
		 name => 'MyDirective',
	     }
	 );

	 Apache2::Module::add(__PACKAGE__, @directives);

	 # iterate over the whole module list
	 for (my $modp = Apache2::Module::top_module(); $modp; $modp = $modp->next) {
	     my $name		       = $modp->name;
	     my $index		       = $modp->module_index;
	     my $ap_api_major_version  = $modp->ap_api_major_version;
	     my $ap_api_minor_version  = $modp->ap_api_minor_version;
	     my $commands	       = $modp->cmds;
	 }

	 # find a specific module
	 my $module = Apache2::Module::find_linked_module('mod_ssl.c');

	 # remove a specific module
	 $module->remove_loaded_module();

	 # access module configuration from a directive
	 sub MyDirective {
	     my ($self, $parms, $args) = @_;
	     my  $srv_cfg = Apache2::Module::get_config($self, $parms->server);
	     [...]
	 }

	 # test if an Apache module is loaded
	 if (Apache2::Module::loaded('mod_ssl.c')) {
	     [...]
	 }

	 # test if a Perl module is loaded
	 if (Apache2::Module::loaded('Apache2::Status')) {
	     [...]
	 }

Description
       "Apache2::Module" provides the Perl API for creating and working with Apache modules

       See Apache Server Configuration Customization in Perl.

API

       "Apache2::Module" provides the following functions and/or methods:

   "add"
       Add a module's custom configuration directive to Apache.

	 Apache2::Module::add($package, $cmds);

       arg1: $package ( string )
	   the package of the module to add

       arg2: $cmds ( ARRAY of HASH refs )
	   the list of configuration directives to add

       ret: no return value
       since: 2.0.00

       See also Apache Server Configuration Customization in Perl.

   "ap_api_major_version"
       Get the httpd API version this module was build against, not the module's version.

	 $major_version = $module->ap_api_major_version();

       obj: $module ( "Apache2::Module object" )
       ret: $major_version ( integer )
       since: 2.0.00

       This methid is used to check that module is compatible with this version of the server before loading it.

   "ap_api_minor_version"
       Get the module API minor version.

	 $minor_version = $module->ap_api_minor_version();

       obj: $module ( "Apache2::Module object" )
       ret: $minor_version ( integer )
       since: 2.0.00

       "ap_api_minor_version()" provides API feature milestones.

       It's not checked during module init.

   "cmds"
       Get the "Apache2::Command" object, describing all of the directives this module defines.

	 $command = $module->cmds();

       obj: $module ( "Apache2::Module object" )
       ret: $command ( "Apache2::Command object" )
       since: 2.0.00

   "get_config"
       Retrieve a module's configuration. Used by configuration directives.

	 $cfg = Apache2::Module::get_config($class, $server, $dir_config);
	 $cfg = Apache2::Module::get_config($class, $server);
	 $cfg = 	 $self->get_config($server, $dir_config);
	 $cfg = 	 $self->get_config($server);

       obj: $module ( "Apache2::Module object" )
       arg1: $class ( string )
	   The Perl package this configuration is for

       arg2: $server ( "Apache2::ServerRec object" )
	   The current server, typically "$r->server" or "$parms->server".

       opt arg3: $dir_config ( "Apache2::ConfVector object" )
	   By default, the configuration returned is the server level one. To retrieve the per directory configuration, use "$r->per_dir_config"
	   as a last argument.

       ret: $cfg (HASH reference)
	   A reference to the hash holding the module configuration data.

       since: 2.0.00

       See also Apache Server Configuration Customization in Perl.

   "find_linked_module"
       Find a module based on the name of the module

	 $module = Apache2::Module::find_linked_module($name);

       arg1: $name ( string )
	   The name of the module ending in ".c"

       ret: $module ( "Apache2::Module object" )
	   The module object if found, "undef" otherwise.

       since: 2.0.00

       For example:

	 my $module = Apache2::Module::find_linked_module('mod_ssl.c');

   "loaded"
       Determine if a certain module is loaded

	 $loaded = Apache2::Module::loaded($module);

       name: $module ( string )
	   The name of the module to search for.

	   If $module ends with ".c", search all the modules, statically compiled and dynamically loaded.

	   If $module ends with ".so", search only the dynamically loaded modules.

	   If $module doesn't contain a ".", search the loaded Perl modules (checks %INC).

       ret: $loaded ( boolean )
	   Returns true if the module is loaded, false otherwise.

       since: 2.0.00

       For example, to test if this server supports ssl:

	 if (Apache2::Module::loaded('mod_ssl.c')) {
	     [...]
	 }

       To test is this server dynamically loaded mod_perl:

	 if (Apache2::Module::loaded('mod_perl.so')) {
	     [...]
	 }

       To test if "Apache2::Status" is loaded:

	 if (Apache2::Module::loaded('Apache2::Status')) {
	     [...]
	 }

   "module_index"
       Get the index to this modules structures in config vectors.

	 $index = $module->module_index();

       obj: $module ( "Apache2::Module object" )
       ret: $index ( integer )
       since: 2.0.00

   "name"
       Get the name of the module's .c file

	 $name = $module->name();

       obj: $module ( "Apache2::Module object" )
       ret: $name ( string )
       since: 2.0.00

       For example a mod_perl module, will return: mod_perl.c.

   "next"
       Get the next module in the list, "undef" if this is the last module in the list.

	 $next_module = $module->next();

       obj: $module ( "Apache2::Module object" )
       ret: $next_module ( "Apache2::Module object" )
       since: 2.0.00

   "remove_loaded_module"
       Remove a module from the list of loaded modules permanently.

	 $module->remove_loaded_module();

       obj: $module ( "Apache2::Module object" )
       ret: no return value
       since: 2.0.00

   "top_module"
       Returns the first module in the module list. Usefull to start a module iteration.

	 $module = Apache2::Module::top_module();

       ret: $module ( "Apache2::Module object" )
       since: 2.0.00

See Also
       mod_perl 2.0 documentation.

Copyright
       mod_perl 2.0 and its core modules are copyrighted under The Apache Software License, Version 2.0.

Authors
       The mod_perl development team and numerous contributors.

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