uk.org.ury.backend.server
Class AbstractRequestHandler

java.lang.Object
  uk.org.ury.backend.server.AbstractRequestHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.apache.http.protocol.HttpRequestHandler

Direct Known Subclasses:

HttpHandler, LibraryRequestHandler

public abstract class AbstractRequestHandler
extends java.lang.Object
implements org.apache.http.protocol.HttpRequestHandler

An abstract request handler for HttpCore, providing basic functionality such as uniform error response.

Author:

Matt Windsor

Constructor Summary

AbstractRequestHandler(Server server, java.lang.String mount)
Constructs a new AbstractRequestHandler.

Method Summary

void	handle(org.apache.http.HttpRequest request, org.apache.http.HttpResponse response, org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext context) Begins handling of a HTTP request.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AbstractRequestHandler

public AbstractRequestHandler(Server server,
                              java.lang.String mount)

Constructs a new AbstractRequestHandler. Obviously, this class cannot be instantiated directly.

Parameters:

server - The instance of the URY server responsible for the request.

mount - The directory to which this handler is to be mounted.

Method Detail

handle

public void handle(org.apache.http.HttpRequest request,
                   org.apache.http.HttpResponse response,
                   org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext context)
            throws org.apache.http.HttpException,
                   java.io.IOException

Begins handling of a HTTP request.

Specified by:

handle in interface org.apache.http.protocol.HttpRequestHandler

Parameters:

request - The HTTP request.

response - The response that the handler will populate during the handling of the request.

context - The HTTP context.

Throws:

org.apache.http.HttpException

java.io.IOException