[cgiapp] Re: Calling CGI::Application::Plugin::ConfigAuto from cgiapp_init

[Mark Stosberg <suppressed>]

On 2004-12-13, Sergej Zoubok <suppressed> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> In further generalizing the structure of a C::A app I thought to use 
> CGI::Application::Plugin::ConfigAuto. Since I'm already using some 
> other plugins (DBH and Session) I'd like to be able to use the 
> configuration parameters from the parsed config file to initialize 
> those plugins in cgiap_init; making it easier to reuse my app via 
> multiple instance scripts.
>
> I realized too late that in:
>
> # In my instance script
> my $app = WebApp->new();
> $app->cfg_file('config.pl');
> $app->run();
>
> cgiapp_init is called before the config file is parsed; causing the 
> plugin to die.
>
> C-A-P-ConfigAuto seems very convenient for accessing config 
> parameters in run modes but not in cgiapp_init or setup. I could go 
> back to passing a %config around but I'm wondering if I'm missing 
> something about the use of the plugin.

Sergej,

As the author of the plug-in, I ran into the same issue. I'll prioritize
a new release to address it.

    Mark


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