<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>6.1.2 The Publishing Algorithm</title> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="6.1.2 The Publishing Algorithm"> <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="node94.html"> <LINK REL="previous" href="hand-pub-intro.html"> <LINK REL="up" href="hand-pub.html"> <LINK REL="next" href="hand-pub-alg-trav.html"> </head> <body> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="hand-pub-intro.html"><img src="icons/previous.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="hand-pub.html"><img src="icons/up.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="hand-pub-alg-trav.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="hand-pub-intro.html">6.1.1 Introduction</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="hand-pub.html">6.1 Publisher Handler</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="hand-pub-alg-trav.html">6.1.2.1 Traversal</A> <br><hr> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H2><A NAME="SECTION008120000000000000000"> </A> <BR> 6.1.2 The Publishing Algorithm </H2> <P> The Publisher handler maps a URI directly to a Python variable or callable object, then, respectively, returns it's string representation or calls it returning the string representation of the return value. <P> <p><hr> <!--Table of Child-Links--> <A NAME="CHILD_LINKS"><STRONG>Subsections</STRONG></a> <UL CLASS="ChildLinks"> <LI><A href="hand-pub-alg-trav.html">6.1.2.1 Traversal</a> <LI><A href="hand-pub-alg-args.html">6.1.2.2 Argument Matching and Invocation</a> <LI><A href="hand-pub-alg-auth.html">6.1.2.3 Authentication</a> </ul> <!--End of Table of Child-Links--> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <p><hr> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="hand-pub-intro.html"><img src="icons/previous.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="hand-pub.html"><img src="icons/up.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="hand-pub-alg-trav.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="hand-pub-intro.html">6.1.1 Introduction</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="hand-pub.html">6.1 Publisher Handler</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="hand-pub-alg-trav.html">6.1.2.1 Traversal</A> <hr> <span class="release-info">Release 3.1.0a, documentation updated on August 26, 2003.</span> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> </BODY> </HTML>