CGI::Application::Plugin::REST 0.2

REST stands for REpresentational State Transfer. It is an architecture for web applications that tries to leverage the existing infrastructure of the World Wide Web such as URIs, MIME media types, and HTTP instead of building up protocols and functions on top of them.<br /><br />This plugin contains a number of functions to support the various REST concepts. They try to use existing CGI::Application functionality wherever possible.<br /><br />use'ing this plugin will intercept CGI::Application's standard dispatch mechanism. Instead of being selected based on a query parameter like rm, the run mode will be determined by comparing URI patterns defined in your app with the rest_route() method. (Referred from here on, as "routes".) Optionally, specific HTTP methods or MIME media types can be defined in a route too. One by one, each entry in the reverse asciibetically sorted table of defined routes is compared to the incoming HTTP request and the first successful match is selected. The run mode mapped to that route is then called.<br /><br />This is done via overriding CGI::Application's mode_param() function so it should be compatible with other CGI::Application plugins.

Requirements:	No special requirements
Platforms:	*nix, Linux
Keyword:	Asciibetically,  Cgiapplication,  Defined,  Entry,  Existing,  Functions,  Media,  Methods,  Optionally,  Plugin,  Representational,  Rest Route,  Reverse,  Route,  Selected,  Sorted,  State,  Table,  Types
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