play.api.mvc

Action

trait Action[A] extends EssentialAction

An action is essentially a (Request[A] => Result) function that handles a request and generates a result to be sent to the client.

For example,

val echo = Action { request =>
Ok("Got request [" + request + "]")
}
A

the type of the request body

Source
Action.scala
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EssentialAction, Handler, (RequestHeader) ⇒ Iteratee[Array[Byte], SimpleResult], AnyRef, Any
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Type Members

  1. type BODY_CONTENT = A

    Type of the request body.

Abstract Value Members

  1. abstract def apply(request: Request[A]): Future[SimpleResult]

    Invokes this action.

    Invokes this action.

    request

    the incoming HTTP request

    returns

    the result to be sent to the client

  2. abstract def parser: BodyParser[A]

    Body parser associated with this action.

    Body parser associated with this action.

    See also

    BodyParser

Concrete Value Members

  1. final def !=(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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  2. final def !=(arg0: Any): Boolean

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  3. final def ##(): Int

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  4. final def ==(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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  5. final def ==(arg0: Any): Boolean

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  6. def andThen[A](g: (Iteratee[Array[Byte], SimpleResult]) ⇒ A): (RequestHeader) ⇒ A

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    Function1
    Annotations
    @unspecialized()
  7. def apply(): Action[A]

    Returns itself, for better support in the routes file.

    Returns itself, for better support in the routes file.

    returns

    itself

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    ActionEssentialAction
  8. def apply(rh: RequestHeader): Iteratee[Array[Byte], SimpleResult]

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    Action → Function1
  9. final def asInstanceOf[T0]: T0

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  10. def clone(): AnyRef

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    protected[java.lang]
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    @throws( ... )
  11. def compose[A](g: (A) ⇒ RequestHeader): (A) ⇒ Iteratee[Array[Byte], SimpleResult]

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    @unspecialized()
  12. final def eq(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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  13. def equals(arg0: Any): Boolean

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  14. def executionContext: ExecutionContext

    The execution context to run this action in

    The execution context to run this action in

    returns

    The execution context to run the action in

  15. def finalize(): Unit

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    @throws( classOf[java.lang.Throwable] )
  16. final def getClass(): Class[_]

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  17. def hashCode(): Int

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  18. final def isInstanceOf[T0]: Boolean

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  19. final def ne(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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  20. final def notify(): Unit

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  21. final def notifyAll(): Unit

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  22. final def synchronized[T0](arg0: ⇒ T0): T0

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  23. def toString(): String

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  24. final def wait(): Unit

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    @throws( ... )
  25. final def wait(arg0: Long, arg1: Int): Unit

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  26. final def wait(arg0: Long): Unit

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Inherited from EssentialAction

Inherited from Handler

Inherited from (RequestHeader) ⇒ Iteratee[Array[Byte], SimpleResult]

Inherited from AnyRef

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