<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>5.1.1 Python*Handler Directive Syntax</title> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="5.1.1 Python*Handler Directive Syntax"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="modpython"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <link rel="STYLESHEET" href="modpython.css"> <link rel="first" href="modpython.html"> <link rel="contents" href="contents.html" title="Contents"> <link rel="index" href="genindex.html" title="Index"> <LINK REL="next" href="dir-handlers-prrh.html"> <LINK REL="previous" href="dir-handlers.html"> <LINK REL="up" href="dir-handlers.html"> <LINK REL="next" href="dir-handlers-prrh.html"> </head> <body> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="dir-handlers.html"><img src="icons/previous.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="dir-handlers.html"><img src="icons/up.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="dir-handlers-prrh.html"><img src="icons/next.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Next Page" width="32"></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Mod_python Manual</td> <td><A href="contents.html"><img src="icons/contents.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> <td><img src="icons/blank.png" border="0" height="32" alt="" width="32"></td> <td><A href="genindex.html"><img src="icons/index.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Index" width="32"></A></td> </tr></table> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" href="dir-handlers.html">5.1 Request Handlers</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="dir-handlers.html">5.1 Request Handlers</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="dir-handlers-prrh.html">5.1.2 PythonPostReadRequestHandler</A> <br><hr> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H2><A NAME="SECTION007110000000000000000"> </A> <a name="l2h-211"> </a> <BR> 5.1.1 Python*Handler Directive Syntax </H2> <P> All request handler directives have the following syntax: <P> <code>Python*Handler <i>handler [handler ...] [ | .ext [.ext ...] ] </i> </code> <P> Where <var>handler</var> is a callable object that accepts a single argument - request object, and <var>.ext</var> is a file extension. <P> Multiple handlers can be specified on a single line, in which case they will be called sequentially, from left to right. Same handler directives can be specified multiple times as well, with the same result - all handlers listed will be executed sequentially, from first to last. If any handler in the sequence returns a value other than <code>apache.OK</code>, then execution of all subsequent handlers is aborted. <P> The list of handlers can optionally be followed by a <code>|</code> followed by one or more file extensions. This would restrict the execution of the handler to those file extensions only. This feature only works for handlers executed after the trans phase. <P> A <i>handler</i> has the following syntax: <P> <code>module[::object]</code> <P> Where <var>module</var> can be a full module name (package dot notation is accepted), and the optional <var>object</var> is the name of an object inside the module. <P> Object can also contain dots, in which case it will be resolved from left to right. During resolution, if mod_python encounters an object of type <code><class></code>, it will try instantiating it passing it a single argument, a request object. <P> If no object is specified, then it will default to the directive of the handler, all lower case, with the word "<tt class="samp">python</tt>"removed. E.g. the default object for PythonAuthenHandler would be authenhandler. <P> Example: <P> <dl><dd><pre class="verbatim"> PythonAuthzHandler mypackage.mymodule::checkallowed </pre></dl> <P> For more information on handlers, see Overview of a Handler. <P> Side note: The "<tt class="samp">::</tt>" was chosen for performance reasons. In order for Python to use objects inside modules, the modules first need to be imported. Having the separator as simply a "<tt class="samp">.</tt>", would considerably complicate process of sequentially evaluating every word to determine whether it is a package, module, class etc. Using the (admittedly un-Python-like) "<tt class="samp">::</tt>" takes the time consuming work of figuring out where the module part ends and the object inside of it begins away from mod_python resulting in a modest performance gain. <P> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <p><hr> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="dir-handlers.html"><img src="icons/previous.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="dir-handlers.html"><img src="icons/up.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="dir-handlers-prrh.html"><img src="icons/next.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Next Page" width="32"></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Mod_python Manual</td> <td><A href="contents.html"><img src="icons/contents.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> <td><img src="icons/blank.png" border="0" height="32" alt="" width="32"></td> <td><A href="genindex.html"><img src="icons/index.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Index" width="32"></A></td> </tr></table> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" href="dir-handlers.html">5.1 Request Handlers</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="dir-handlers.html">5.1 Request Handlers</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="dir-handlers-prrh.html">5.1.2 PythonPostReadRequestHandler</A> <hr> <span class="release-info">Release 3.1.0a, documentation updated on August 26, 2003.</span> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> </BODY> </HTML>
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