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# MirrorDirectory

This resource class allows you to mirror any existing site. It works by using the caching module of Jigsaw and by using a different lookup strategy for the cached resource. It will handle redirections too, so that if the origin server emits a redirection to an URL that it holds, then the mirror resource will rewrite the redirection and hand it out as being the target of the relocation.

Warning: because this resource really does what it claims to do, it should always be used in conjunction with the VirtualHostResource. As Jigsaw will mirror a given site, it will no longer export the `Admin` directory, hence were you not to use the virtual host handling the configuration would no longer be accessible.

## Inherits

The MirrorDirectory class inherits from the following classes:

- ForwardDirectory

## Attributes description

The MirrorDirectory defines the following attributes:

- mirrors

`mirrors`

semantics
  The base URL of the site to mirror. This is typically of the form http://host:port, eg http://www.w3.org.
type
  This attribute is a computed StringAttribute
default value
  This attribute has no default value, but is madatory for the mirroring to take place.

Anselm Baird-Smith
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