6.6. Handlers as GemPluginsHandlers can also be GemPlugins, and they are the preferred way to distribute your handlers. If we take our UserAgentRemover handler and turn it into a GemPlugin, the code would be: class UserAgentRemover < GemPlugin::Plugin "/handlers" include Mongrel::HttpHandlerPlugin def process(req, resp) if req.params.delete "HTTP_USER_AGENT" STDERR.puts "Removed a user agent" end end end uri "/dumped", :handler => plugin("/handlers/useragentremover") The only change made to the code was to do the usual GemPlugin::Plugin voodoo, include the HttpHandlerPlugin module, and then use the Configurator#plugin function to set the :handler => plugin() setting. 6.6.1. More ExamplesThe Mongrel RubyForge project Files section has several other examples of using the GemPlugin system to create distributions of your handlers and commands. You should take a look at mongrel_upload_progress as a full example of implementing a useful set of handlers as GemPlugins. |