play.http

Class DefaultHttpRequestHandler

java.lang.Object

play.http.DefaultHttpRequestHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

HttpRequestHandler

public class DefaultHttpRequestHandler
extends java.lang.Object
implements HttpRequestHandler

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DefaultHttpRequestHandler(play.api.http.JavaCompatibleHttpRequestHandler underlying)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
HandlerForRequest	handlerForRequest(Http.RequestHeader request) Get a handler for the given request.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface play.http.HttpRequestHandler

asScala

Constructor Detail

DefaultHttpRequestHandler

@Inject
public DefaultHttpRequestHandler(play.api.http.JavaCompatibleHttpRequestHandler underlying)

Method Detail

handlerForRequest

public HandlerForRequest handlerForRequest(Http.RequestHeader request)

Description copied from interface: HttpRequestHandler

Get a handler for the given request.

In addition to retrieving a handler for the request, the request itself may be modified - typically it will be tagged with routing information. It is also acceptable to simply return the request as is. Play will switch to using the returned request from this point in in its request handling.

The reason why the API allows returning a modified request, rather than just wrapping the Handler in a new Handler that modifies the request, is so that Play can pass this request to other handlers, such as error handlers, or filters, and they will get the tagged/modified request.

Specified by:

handlerForRequest in interface HttpRequestHandler

Parameters:

request - The request to handle

Returns:

The possibly modified/tagged request, and a handler to handle it