net.officefloor.plugin.web.http.resource

Interface HttpResourceFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractHttpResourceFactory, ClasspathHttpResourceFactory, DirectHttpResourceFactory, SourceHttpResourceFactory, WarHttpResourceFactory

public interface HttpResourceFactory

Factory to create a HttpResource.

Author:

Daniel Sagenschneider

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addHttpFileDescriber(HttpFileDescriber httpFileDescriber) Adds a HttpFileDescriber to describe the HttpFile instances.
HttpResource	createHttpResource(String applicationCanonicalPath) Creates the HttpResponse.

Method Detail

addHttpFileDescriber

void addHttpFileDescriber(HttpFileDescriber httpFileDescriber)

Adds a HttpFileDescriber to describe the HttpFile instances.

The HttpFileDescriber instances are to be used in the order added. Once a HttpFileDescription is provided, the remaining HttpFileDescriber instances will not be used.

Parameters:

httpFileDescriber - HttpFileDescriber to describe the HttpFile.

createHttpResource

HttpResource createHttpResource(String applicationCanonicalPath)
                         throws IOException

Creates the HttpResponse.

Parameters:

applicationCanonicalPath - Application canonical path to the HttpResource. See the HttpApplicationLocation for obtaining this path from the HttpRequest request URI.

Returns:

HttpResource.

Throws:

IOException - If failure in finding the HttpResource.