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authorJoshua Slive <slive@apache.org>2000-12-02 21:39:03 +0000
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@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ REL="Help"
problems running their ISAPI extention. <STRONG>Please <EM>do not</EM>
post such problems to Apache's lists or bug reporting pages.</STRONG></P>
+<H2>Directives</H2>
+<UL>
+<LI><A HREF="#isapifilecache">ISAPIFileCache</A>
+<LI><A HREF="#isapireadaheadbuffer">ISAPIReadAheadBuffer</A>
+<LI><A HREF="#isapilognotsupported">ISAPILogNotSupported</A>
+<LI><A HREF="#isapiappendlogtoerrors">ISAPIAppendLogToErrors</A>
+<LI><A HREF="#isapiappendlogtoquery">ISAPIAppendLogToQuery</A>
+</UL>
+
<H2>Usage</H2>
<P>In the server configuration file, use the AddHandler directive to
@@ -60,7 +69,7 @@ REL="Help"
following line:</P>
<PRE>
- AddHandler isapi-isa dll
+ AddHandler isapi-isa .dll
</PRE>
<P>There is no capability within the Apache server to leave a requested
@@ -80,14 +89,101 @@ REL="Help"
<A HREF="#journal">Programmer's Journal</A> for additional details and
clarification of the specific ISAPI support offered by mod_isapi.</P>
-<H2>Directives</H2>
-<UL>
-<LI><A HREF="#isapifilecache">ISAPIFileCache</A>
-<LI><A HREF="#isapireadaheadbuffer">ISAPIReadAheadBuffer</A>
-<LI><A HREF="#isapilognotsupported">ISAPILogNotSupported</A>
-<LI><A HREF="#isapiappendlogtoerrors">ISAPIAppendLogToErrors</A>
-<LI><A HREF="#isapiappendlogtoquery">ISAPIAppendLogToQuery</A>
-</UL>
+<H2><A NAME="notes">Additional Notes</A></H2>
+
+<P>Apache's ISAPI implementation conforms to all of the ISAPI 2.0
+ specification, except for some "Microsoft-specific" extensions dealing
+ with asynchronous I/O. Apache's I/O model does not allow asynchronous
+ reading and writing in a manner that the ISAPI could access. If an ISA
+ tries to access unsupported features, including async I/O, a message is
+ placed in the error log to help with debugging. Since these messages
+ can become a flood, the directive <CODE>ISAPILogNotSupported Off</CODE>
+ exists to quiet this noise.</P>
+
+<P>Some servers, like Microsoft IIS, load the ISAPI extension into the server
+ and keep it loaded until memory usage is too high, or unless configuration
+ options are specified. Apache currently loads and unloads the ISAPI
+ extension each time it is requested, unless the ISAPICacheFile directive
+ is specified. This is inefficient, but Apache's memory model makes this
+ the most effective method. Many ISAPI modules are subtly incompatible
+ with the Apache server, and unloading these modules helps to ensure the
+ stability of the server.</P>
+
+<P>Also, remember that while Apache supports ISAPI Extensions, it
+ <STRONG>does not support ISAPI Filters.</STRONG> Support for filters may
+ be added at a later date, but no support is planned at this time.</P>
+
+<H2><A NAME="journal">Programmer's Journal</A></H2>
+
+<P>If you are programming Apache 2.0 mod_isapi modules, you must limit your
+ calls to ServerSupportFunction to the following directives:</P>
+
+<DL>
+ <DT>HSE_REQ_SEND_URL_REDIRECT_RESP
+ <DD>Redirect the user to another location.<BR>
+ This must be a fully qualified URL (e.g. http://server/location).
+ <DT>HSE_REQ_SEND_URL
+ <DD>Redirect the user to another location.<BR>
+ This cannot be a fully qualified URL, you are not allowed
+ to pass the protocol or a server name (e.g. simply /location).<BR>
+ This redirection is handled by the server, not the browser.<BR>
+ <STRONG>Warning:</STRONG> in their recent documentation, Microsoft
+ appears to have abandoned the distinction between the two
+ HSE_REQ_SEND_URL functions. Apache continues to treat them as two
+ distinct functions with different requirements and behaviors.
+ <DT>HSE_REQ_SEND_RESPONSE_HEADER
+ <DD>Apache accepts a response body following the header if it follows
+ the blank line (two consecutive newlines) in the headers string
+ argument. This body cannot contain NULLs, since the headers
+ argument is NULL terminated.
+ <DT>HSE_REQ_DONE_WITH_SESSION
+ <DD>Apache considers this a no-op, since the session will be finished
+ when the ISAPI returns from processing.
+ <DT>HSE_REQ_MAP_URL_TO_PATH
+ <DD>Apache will translate a virtual name to a physical name.
+ <DT>HSE_APPEND_LOG_PARAMETER
+ <DD>This logged message may be captured in any of the following logs:
+ <UL>
+ <LI>in the \"%{isapi-parameter}n\" component in a CustomLog directive
+ <LI>in the %q log component with the ISAPIAppendLogToQuery On directive
+ <LI>in the error log with the ISAPIAppendLogToErrors On directive
+ </UL>
+ The first option, the %{isapi-parameter}n component, is always available
+ and prefered.
+ <DT>HSE_REQ_IS_KEEP_CONN
+ <DD>Will return the negotiated Keep-Alive status.
+ <DT>HSE_REQ_SEND_RESPONSE_HEADER_EX
+ <DD>Will behave as documented, although the fKeepConn flag is ignored.
+ <DT>HSE_REQ_IS_CONNECTED
+ <DD>Will report false if the request has been aborted.
+</DL>
+
+<P>Apache returns FALSE to any unsupported call to ServerSupportFunction, and
+ sets the GetLastError value to ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER.</P>
+
+<P>ReadClient retrieves the request body exceeding the initial buffer
+ (defined by ISAPIReadAheadBuffer). Based on the ISAPIReadAheadBuffer
+ setting (number of bytes to buffer prior to calling the ISAPI handler)
+ shorter requests are sent complete to the extension when it is invoked.
+ If the request is longer, the ISAPI extension must use ReadClient to
+ retrieve the remaining request body.</P>
+
+<P>WriteClient is supported, but only with the HSE_IO_SYNC flag or
+ no option flag (value of 0). Any other WriteClient request will
+ be rejected with a return value of FALSE, and a GetLastError
+ value of ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER.</P>
+
+<P>GetServerVariable is supported, although extended server variables do not
+ exist (as defined by other servers.) All the usual Apache CGI environment
+ variables are available from GetServerVariable, as well as the ALL_HTTP
+ and ALL_RAW values.</P>
+
+<P>Apache 2.0 mod_isapi supports additional features introduced in later
+ versions of the ISAPI specification, as well as limited emulation of
+ async I/O and the TransmitFile semantics. Apache also supports preloading
+ ISAPI .dlls for performance, neither of which were not available under
+ Apache 1.3 mod_isapi.</P>
+
<HR>
<H2><A NAME="isapifilecache">ISAPIFileCache directive</A></H2>
@@ -274,102 +370,7 @@ REL="Help"
Record HSE_APPEND_LOG_PARAMETER requests from ISAPI extentions
to the query field (appended to the CustomLog %q component).
<P>
-<HR>
-
-<H2><A NAME="notes">Additional Notes</A></H2>
-
-<P>Apache's ISAPI implementation conforms to all of the ISAPI 2.0
- specification, except for some "Microsoft-specific" extensions dealing
- with asynchronous I/O. Apache's I/O model does not allow asynchronous
- reading and writing in a manner that the ISAPI could access. If an ISA
- tries to access unsupported features, including async I/O, a message is
- placed in the error log to help with debugging. Since these messages
- can become a flood, the directive <CODE>ISAPILogNotSupported Off</CODE>
- exists to quiet this noise.</P>
-
-<P>Some servers, like Microsoft IIS, load the ISAPI extension into the server
- and keep it loaded until memory usage is too high, or unless configuration
- options are specified. Apache currently loads and unloads the ISAPI
- extension each time it is requested, unless the ISAPICacheFile directive
- is specified. This is inefficient, but Apache's memory model makes this
- the most effective method. Many ISAPI modules are subtly incompatible
- with the Apache server, and unloading these modules helps to ensure the
- stability of the server.</P>
-
-<P>Also, remember that while Apache supports ISAPI Extensions, it
- <STRONG>does not support ISAPI Filters.</STRONG> Support for filters may
- be added at a later date, but no support is planned at this time.</P>
-<H2><A NAME="journal">Programmer's Journal</A></H2>
-
-<P>If you are programming Apache 2.0 mod_isapi modules, you must limit your
- calls to ServerSupportFunction to the following directives:</P>
-
-<DL>
- <DT>HSE_REQ_SEND_URL_REDIRECT_RESP
- <DD>Redirect the user to another location.<BR>
- This must be a fully qualified URL (e.g. http://server/location).
- <DT>HSE_REQ_SEND_URL
- <DD>Redirect the user to another location.<BR>
- This cannot be a fully qualified URL, you are not allowed
- to pass the protocol or a server name (e.g. simply /location).<BR>
- This redirection is handled by the server, not the browser.<BR>
- <STRONG>Warning:</STRONG> in their recent documentation, Microsoft
- appears to have abandoned the distinction between the two
- HSE_REQ_SEND_URL functions. Apache continues to treat them as two
- distinct functions with different requirements and behaviors.
- <DT>HSE_REQ_SEND_RESPONSE_HEADER
- <DD>Apache accepts a response body following the header if it follows
- the blank line (two consecutive newlines) in the headers string
- argument. This body cannot contain NULLs, since the headers
- argument is NULL terminated.
- <DT>HSE_REQ_DONE_WITH_SESSION
- <DD>Apache considers this a no-op, since the session will be finished
- when the ISAPI returns from processing.
- <DT>HSE_REQ_MAP_URL_TO_PATH
- <DD>Apache will translate a virtual name to a physical name.
- <DT>HSE_APPEND_LOG_PARAMETER
- <DD>This logged message may be captured in any of the following logs:
- <UL>
- <LI>in the \"%{isapi-parameter}n\" component in a CustomLog directive
- <LI>in the %q log component with the ISAPIAppendLogToQuery On directive
- <LI>in the error log with the ISAPIAppendLogToErrors On directive
- </UL>
- The first option, the %{isapi-parameter}n component, is always available
- and prefered.
- <DT>HSE_REQ_IS_KEEP_CONN
- <DD>Will return the negotiated Keep-Alive status.
- <DT>HSE_REQ_SEND_RESPONSE_HEADER_EX
- <DD>Will behave as documented, although the fKeepConn flag is ignored.
- <DT>HSE_REQ_IS_CONNECTED
- <DD>Will report false if the request has been aborted.
-</DL>
-
-<P>Apache returns FALSE to any unsupported call to ServerSupportFunction, and
- sets the GetLastError value to ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER.</P>
-
-<P>ReadClient retrieves the request body exceeding the initial buffer
- (defined by ISAPIReadAheadBuffer). Based on the ISAPIReadAheadBuffer
- setting (number of bytes to buffer prior to calling the ISAPI handler)
- shorter requests are sent complete to the extension when it is invoked.
- If the request is longer, the ISAPI extension must use ReadClient to
- retrieve the remaining request body.</P>
-
-<P>WriteClient is supported, but only with the HSE_IO_SYNC flag or
- no option flag (value of 0). Any other WriteClient request will
- be rejected with a return value of FALSE, and a GetLastError
- value of ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER.</P>
-
-<P>GetServerVariable is supported, although extended server variables do not
- exist (as defined by other servers.) All the usual Apache CGI environment
- variables are available from GetServerVariable, as well as the ALL_HTTP
- and ALL_RAW values.</P>
-
-<P>Apache 2.0 mod_isapi supports additional features introduced in later
- versions of the ISAPI specification, as well as limited emulation of
- async I/O and the TransmitFile semantics. Apache also supports preloading
- ISAPI .dlls for performance, neither of which were not available under
- Apache 1.3 mod_isapi.</P>
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