[cgiapp] Comments requested

[Clint Moore <suppressed>]

	Several months ago, I wrote about how I was using pluggable mini 
applications with CGI::App in an application I was developing.  Since 
then i have decided to write, if for no one besides myself, a module to 
handle this.  I welcome any comments and suggestions.

	There is one glaring issue that I need to figure out an elegant 
solution for and that is how to get a form to the main application from 
a plugin.  At the moment I am using a terribly ugly hack (see 
'plugin_button' below) to demonstrate the module.  Any comments on this 
are certainly welcome.

	Here is a quick overview of the module and how it is used.  If the 
formatting of this email is garbled, go to 
http://hydo.hellyeah.org/?CGIAppPluginAnnounce . I will copy this email 
there.


In Ye Olde 'MyApp.pm'

package 'CGI::Application::Plugin';
sub setup {
	my $self = shift;
	$self->start_mode( 'menu' );

	$self->plugin_init( '/www/plugins/for/this/app' );

	$self->run_modes( { menu => 'main' } );
}


A plugin for MyApp:

package Plugin1;
sub new {
	my $class = shift;
	bless {
		_run_modes => {
			'plugin1_menu' => 'Plugin1::menu(\$self)',
		}, $class;
}

sub get_modes {
	return $_[0]->{_run_modes};
}

sub plugin_button {
	my $self = shift;
	return <<'';
<form method="POST" action="app.cgi">
<input type="hidden" name="rm" value="plugin1_menu">
<input type="submit" value="load plugin">
</form>

}

sub menu {
	return <<'';
<h1>This method is inside Plugin.pm

}


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