[perlWebSite-devel] steps for OO

[McGreggor, D. <DMc...@gp...>]

This is a repeat, since David hadn't joined yet:

So, I was wondering - what would it take to make this oo?

As an expample, I've got a global variable for the connection to the =3D
database. if I make a wrapper perl mod for all the mods I am using, I =
=3D
could do something like this:

$mySite =3D3D new perlWebSite();

This should read the config file and do the following according to what =
=3D
is setup in there:
	1) establish a connection to the db
	2) start caching
	3) start sessions
	4) etc.

Now, I would assume that this need only be called once during a session, =
=3D
right? So if 5 .cgi's later I want to do this:

$sql =3D3D "SELECT * from users";
@users =3D3D $mySite->SQLResultAsArray($sql);

I can, and it's going to know all about the $dbh connection that I made =
=3D
in new perlWebSite(); But, what are the mechanics behind this? I have to =
=3D
store the object in the session somehow (serialize it? I have to find =
=3D
out if that is done automatically with the module I am thinking about =
=3D
using).=3D20

Any ideas or input?