[mod_python] get_options() in apache module

the apache._server.get_config() works fine

Thanks,
Alex.

On 8/9/06, Graham Dumpleton <grahamd at dscpl.com.au> wrote:
>
> On 09/08/2006, at 5:28 PM, Alex Greif wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > in the docs I only find req.get_options()
> >
> > But I need access to the options before the first request.
> > Is there a similar method in the  apache object? Unfortunately I did
> > not find one
> >
> > <Directory ...>
> >  SetHandler mod_python
> >  PythonHandler mod_python.publisher
> >  PythonOption key "value"                       <---- this one
> > </Directory>
> >
> > The workaround I use now is to start apache with a -D and then call
> > apache.exists_config_define()
> > But for my needs this is a smelling workaround :((
> >
> > So a apache.get_options() would be the best because the options are
> > global anyway, so I dont understand why access to them is only
> > possible through the request object
>
> When you use req.get_options() the result is the combination of all
> options
> from global scope, through VirtualHost, Directory/Location/Files
> and .htaccess
> files which are relevant to the target of the request.
>
> Thus req.get_options() would already return the specific PythonOption
> your
> mail points at when executed from within a handler.
>
> There is also req.connection.base_server.get_options() which equates to
> the combination of options down to VirtualHost level. This will not
> contain
> any overrides for specific options inside of Directory/Location/Files
> directives
> or .htaccess file relevant to the specific request.
>
> In mod_python 3.2.10, there is also req.server.get_options(). This is
> similar to req.get_options(), but returns only the options defined at
> global
> scope within the Apache configuration. That is, outside of the
> context of
> any VirtualHost, Location, Directory or Files directives.
>
> In mod_python 3.3, one will also be able to access the main server
> object
> through apache.main_server. Thus apache.main_server.get_options() will
> return the same as req.server.get_options() except that since it is
> in the apache
> module it can be used at global scope within modules at the time they
> are
> being imported.
>
> The apache.main_server object in mod_python 3.3 did exist in mod_python
> 3.2.10, but was called apache._server and wasn't officially part of
> the public
> API at that point.
>
> Thus apache.main_server may be what you want if you mean to be able to
> access it outside of any handler (before a request arrives), but your
> PythonOption
> must be at global scope, not within the Directory directive as you
> have it.
>
> Graham
>