Package org.refcodes.rest

Interface RestEndpoint

All Superinterfaces:

org.refcodes.net.HttpMethodAccessor, RestRequestObserver

All Known Subinterfaces:

RestEndpointBuilder

All Known Implementing Classes:

RestEndpointBuilderImpl

public interface RestEndpoint
extends RestRequestObserver, org.refcodes.net.HttpMethodAccessor

An RestEndpoint subscribes to a RestServer ( HttpRestServer) and defines the target for a REST request. Therefore the RestEndpoint describes the HttpMethod, the locator (pattern) to which to respond as well as a RestRequestObserver responsible for processing the request. The RestRequestObserver is invoked as soon as a request with the given HttpMethod for a locator matching the given Locator-Pattern is being processed by the RestServer ( HttpRestServer). The locator for which an RestEndpoint is responsible for is defined by the RestEndpoint's Locator-Pattern: A single asterisk ("*") matches zero or more characters within a locator name. A double asterisk ("**") matches zero or more characters across directory levels. A question mark ("?") matches exactly one character within a locator name. The single asterisk ("*"), the double asterisk ("**") and the question mark ("?") we refer to as wildcard: You get an array with the substitutes of the wildcards using the RestRequestEvent's method WildcardSubstitutes.getWildcardReplacements() inside the RestRequestObserver.onRequest(RestRequestEvent, org.refcodes.net.HttpServerResponse) method. You may name a wildcard by prefixing it with "{someWildcardName}". For example a named wildcard may look as follows: "{arg1}*" or "{arg2}**" or "{arg3}?".

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.refcodes.net.HttpMethodAccessor

org.refcodes.net.HttpMethodAccessor.HttpMethodBuilder<B extends org.refcodes.net.HttpMethodAccessor.HttpMethodBuilder<B>>, org.refcodes.net.HttpMethodAccessor.HttpMethodMutator, org.refcodes.net.HttpMethodAccessor.HttpMethodProperty

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getLocatorPattern()	Retrieves the resource Locator-Pattern this endpoint has been registered to.

Methods inherited from interface org.refcodes.net.HttpMethodAccessor

getHttpMethod

Methods inherited from interface org.refcodes.rest.RestRequestObserver

onRequest

Method Detail

getLocatorPattern

String getLocatorPattern()

Retrieves the resource Locator-Pattern this endpoint has been registered to. The Locator-Pattern may contain wildcards as known from file-systems as follows: A single asterisk ("*") matches zero or more characters within a locator name. A double asterisk ("**") matches zero or more characters across directory levels. A question mark ("?") matches exactly one character within a locator name. The single asterisk ("*"), the double asterisk ("**") and the question mark ("?") we refer to as wildcard: You get an array with the substitutes of the wildcards using the RestRequestEvent's method WildcardSubstitutes.getWildcardReplacements() inside the RestRequestObserver.onRequest(RestRequestEvent, org.refcodes.net.HttpServerResponse) method. You may name a wildcard by prefixing it with "{someWildcardName}". For example a named wildcard may look as follows: "{arg1}*" or "{arg2}**" or "{arg3}?". The RestRequestEvent lets you access the wildcard substitutes either by index or by name.