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NAME
       Apache2::compat -- 1.0 backward compatibility functions deprecated in 2.0

Synopsis
         # either add at the very beginning of startup.pl
         use Apache2::compat;
         # or httpd.conf
         PerlModule Apache2::compat

         # override and restore compat functions colliding with mp2 API
         Apache2::compat::override_mp2_api('Apache2::Connection::local_addr');
         my ($local_port, $local_addr) = sockaddr_in($c->local_addr);
         Apache2::compat::restore_mp2_api('Apache2::Connection::local_addr');

Description
       "Apache2::compat" provides mod_perl 1.0 compatibility layer and can be used to smooth the
       transition process to mod_perl 2.0.

       It includes functions that have changed their API or were removed in mod_perl 2.0. If your
       code uses any of those functions, you should load this module at the server startup, and
       everything should work as it did in 1.0. If it doesn't please report the bug, but before
       you do that please make sure that your code does work properly under mod_perl 1.0.

       However, remember, that it's implemented in pure Perl and not C, therefore its
       functionality is not optimized and it's the best to try to port your code not to use
       deprecated functions and stop using the compatibility layer.

Compatibility Functions Colliding with mod_perl 2.0 API
       Most of the functions provided by Apache2::compat don't interfere with mod_perl 2.0 API.
       However there are several functions which have the same name in the mod_perl 1.0 and
       mod_perl 2.0 API, accept the same number of arguments, but either the arguments themselves
       aren't the same or the return values are different. For example the mod_perl 1.0 code:

         require Socket;
         my $sockaddr_in = $c->local_addr;
         my ($local_port, $local_addr) = Socket::sockaddr_in($sockaddr_in);

       should be adjusted to be:

         require Apache2::Connection;
         require APR::SockAddr;
         my $sockaddr = $c->local_addr;
         my ($local_port, $local_addr) = ($sockaddr->port, $sockaddr->ip_get);

       to work under mod_perl 2.0.

       As you can see in mod_perl 1.0 API local_addr() was returning a SOCKADDR_IN object (see
       the Socket perl manpage), in mod_perl 2.0 API it returns an "APR::SockAddr" object, which
       is a totally different beast. If Apache2::compat overrides the function "local_addr()" to
       be back-compatible with mod_perl 1.0 API. Any code that relies on this function to work as
       it should under mod_perl 2.0 will be broken. Therefore the solution is not to override
       "local_addr()" by default. Instead a special API is provided which overrides colliding
       functions only when needed and which can be restored when no longer needed. So for example
       if you have code from mod_perl 1.0:

         my ($local_port, $local_addr) = Socket::sockaddr_in($c->local_addr);

       and you aren't ready to port it to to use the mp2 API:

         my ($local_port, $local_addr) = ($c->local_addr->port,
                                          $c->local_addr->ip_get);

       you could do the following:

         Apache2::compat::override_mp2_api('Apache2::Connection::local_addr');
         my ($local_port, $local_addr) = Socket::sockaddr_in($c->local_addr);
         Apache2::compat::restore_mp2_api('Apache2::Connection::local_addr');

       Notice that you need to restore the API as soon as possible.

       Both "override_mp2_api()" and "restore_mp2_api()" accept a list of functions to operate
       on.

   Available Overridable Functions
       At the moment the following colliding functions are available for overriding:

       Apache2::RequestRec::notes
       Apache2::RequestRec::filename
       Apache2::RequestRec::finfo
       Apache2::Connection::local_addr
       Apache2::Connection::remote_addr
       Apache2::Util::ht_time
       Apache2::Module::top_module
       Apache2::Module::get_config
       APR::URI::unparse

Use in CPAN Modules
       The short answer: Do not use "Apache2::compat" in CPAN modules.

       The long answer:

       "Apache2::compat" is useful during the mod_perl 1.0 code porting. Though remember that
       it's implemented in pure Perl. In certain cases it overrides mod_perl 2.0 methods, because
       their API is very different and doesn't map 1:1 to mod_perl 1.0. So if anything, not under
       user's control, loads "Apache2::compat" user's code is forced to use the potentially
       slower method. Which is quite bad.

       Some users may choose to keep using "Apache2::compat" in production and it may perform
       just fine. Other users will choose not to use that module, by porting their code to use
       mod_perl 2.0 API. However it should be users' choice whether to load this module or not
       and not to be enforced by CPAN modules.

       If you port your CPAN modules to work with mod_perl 2.0, you should follow the porting
       Perl and XS module guidelines.

       Users that are stuck with CPAN modules preloading "Apache2::compat", can prevent this from
       happening by adding

         $INC{'Apache2/compat.pm'} = __FILE__;

       at the very beginning of their startup.pl. But this will most certainly break the module
       that needed this module.

API
       You should be reading the mod_perl 1.0 API docs for usage of the methods and functions in
       this package, since what this module is doing is providing a backwards compatibility and
       it makes no sense to duplicate documentation.

       Another important document to read is: Migrating from mod_perl 1.0 to mod_perl 2.0 which
       covers all mod_perl 1.0 constants, functions and methods that have changed in mod_perl
       2.0.

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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