# Net::Server::MultiType - phpMan

## NAME
    [Net::Server::MultiType] - [Net::Server] personality

## SYNOPSIS
        use base qw([Net::Server::MultiType]);

        sub process_request {
            #...code...
        }

        my @types = qw(PreFork Fork Single);

        [Net::Server::MultiType]->run(server_type => \@types);

## DESCRIPTION
    Please read the pod on [Net::Server] first. This module is a personality,
    or extension, or sub class, of the [Net::Server] module.

    This personality is intended to allow for easy use of multiple
    [Net::Server] personalities. Given a list of server types,
    [Net::Server::MultiType] will require one at a time until it finds one
    that is installed on the system. It then adds that package to its @ISA,
    thus inheriting the methods of that personality.

## ARGUMENTS
    In addition to the command line arguments of the [Net::Server] base class,
    [Net::Server::MultiType] contains one other configurable parameter.

        Key               Value            Default
        server_type       'server_type'    'Single'

    server_type
        May be called many times to build up an array or possible
        server_types. At execution, [Net::Server::MultiType] will find the
        first available one and then inherit the methods of that personality

## CONFIGURATION FILE
    "[Net::Server::MultiType]" allows for the use of a configuration file to
    read in server parameters. The format of this conf file is simple key
    value pairs. Comments and white space are ignored.

        #-------------- file test.conf --------------

        ### multi type info
        ### try PreFork first, then go to Single
        server_type PreFork
        server_type Single

        ### server information
        min_servers   20
        max_servers   80
        spare_servers 10

        max_requests  1000

        ### user and group to become
        user        somebody
        group       everybody

        ### logging ?
        log_file    /var/log/server.log
        log_level   3
        pid_file    /tmp/server.pid

        ### access control
        allow       .+\.(net|com)
        allow       domain\.com
        deny        a.+

        ### background the process?
        background  1

        ### ports to bind
        host        127.0.0.1
        port        localhost:20204
        port        20205

        ### reverse lookups ?
        # reverse_lookups on

        #-------------- file test.conf --------------

## PROCESS FLOW
    See [Net::Server]

## HOOKS
    There are no additional hooks in [Net::Server::MultiType].

## TO DO
    See [Net::Server]

## AUTHOR
    Paul T. Seamons <paul@seamons.com>

## SEE ALSO
    Please see also [Net::Server::Fork], [Net::Server::INET],
    [Net::Server::PreFork], [Net::Server::MultiType], [Net::Server::Single]