org.mortbay.http
Interface HttpHandler

All Superinterfaces:

LifeCycle, java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractHttpHandler

public interface HttpHandler

extends LifeCycle, java.io.Serializable

HTTP handler. The HTTP Handler interface is implemented by classes that wish to receive and handle requests from the HttpServer. The handle method is called for each request and the handler may ignore, modify or handle the request. Examples of HttpHandler instances include:

• org.mortbay.http.handler.ResourceHandler
• org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler

Version:

$Id: HttpHandler.java,v 1.7 2002/08/05 13:47:53 gregwilkins Exp $

Author:

Greg Wilkins (gregw)

See Also:

HttpServer, HttpContext

Method Summary

HttpContext	getHttpContext()
java.lang.String	getName() Get the name of the handler.
void	handle(java.lang.String pathInContext, java.lang.String pathParams, HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response) Handle a request.
void	initialize(HttpContext context)

Methods inherited from interface org.mortbay.util.LifeCycle

isStarted, start, stop

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Get the name of the handler.

Returns:

The name of the handler used for logging and reporting.

getHttpContext

public HttpContext getHttpContext()

initialize

public void initialize(HttpContext context)

handle

public void handle(java.lang.String pathInContext,
                   java.lang.String pathParams,
                   HttpRequest request,
                   HttpResponse response)
            throws HttpException,
                   java.io.IOException

Handle a request. Note that Handlers are tried in order until one has handled the request. i.e. until request.isHandled() returns true. In broad terms this means, either a response has been commited or request.setHandled(true) has been called.

Parameters:

pathInContext - The context path

pathParams - Path parameters such as encoded Session ID

request - The HttpRequest request

response - The HttpResponse response

HttpException

java.io.IOException