NAME

Authen::PluggableCaptcha::Render

SYNOPSIS

Base Render Class

There is no constructor. Calling ->new() will die . new() must be subclassed.

"_init PARAMS": base render setup. PARAMS are required name/value pairs. Required PARAMS are:

"challenge_instance TYPE": an instance of an Authen::PluggableCaptcha::Challenge object

It's often easiest for derived classes to call

        Authen::PluggableCaptcha::Render::_init( $self , \%kw_args );

in their constructors

"_challenge_instance TYPE": sets the internal stash of the Authen::PluggableCaptcha::Challenge object. you probably don't want to call this , unless you replace _init_render
"challenge_instance": gets the internal stash of the Authen::PluggableCaptcha::Challenge object.
"is_rendered BOOL": gets/sets a bool if the object is rendered or not
"expired_message TEXT": gets/sets the expired message
"as_string": returns a rendering of the captcha as a string. this MUST be subclassed
"render": runs the render logic. this MUST be subclassed
"init_expired": called by Authen::PluggableCaptcha when initializing a new captcha render object for an expired key
"init_valid": called by Authen::PluggableCaptcha when initializing a new captcha render object for a valid key

Set the Following envelope variables for debugging

        $ENV{'Authen::PluggableCaptcha::Render-DEBUG_FUNCTION_NAME'}

debug messages are sent to STDERR via the ErrorLoggingObject package