NAME HTTP::WebTest::Plugin::Apache - Plugin for local web file tests DESCRIPTION This plugin adds support for local web file test mode to HTTP::WebTest. In this mode Apache is started on a private/dynamic port with a configuration file in a temporary directory and HTTP::WebTest runs its tests against local web files using this temporary local instance of Apache. Data flow diagram for "HTTP::WebTest" using a local web file: -------------- --------------------- | | | | | Input | | Web page code | | parameters | | (Perl/HTML/etc.) | | | | | -------------- --------------------- | | | ----------------------------- | | V V ------------------------ ------------- | | | |---------->| Temporary Apache | | WebTest | | directories (htdocs, | | |<----------| conf, logs) | ------------- | | | ^ ------------------------ | | | ^ V | V | ------------ ---------------------- | | request | | | HTTP |------------>| Temporary local | | user | | instance of Apache | | agent |<------------| | | | response ---------------------- ------------ RESTRICTIONS / BUGS Local file test mode unlikely to work on Win32 systems (at least it have never been tested by authors there and nobody confirmed it to work). AUTHORS Richard Anderson wrote HTTP::WebTest 1.xx, using some ideas from the CPAN Monkeywrench module. Ilya Martynov implemented the plug-in concept, the extended API and completely rewrote HTTP::WebTest. Later this plugin module was removed from HTTP::WebTest distribution and released separately. Please don't email authors directly. Use the SourceForge "HTTP::WebTest" mail list (see SUPPORT, next section). SUPPORT Please email bug reports, suggestions, questions, etc. to the SourceForge "HTTP::WebTest" maillist. You can sign up at http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/http-webtest-general . The email address is "http-webtest-general@lists.sourceforge.net". COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2000-2001 Richard Anderson. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Ilya Martynov. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.