PHTTPServer Class Reference

A TCP/IP socket for the HyperText Transfer Protocol version 1.0. More...

#include <http.h>

Inheritance diagram for PHTTPServer:


Public Member Functions
	PHTTPServer ()
	Create a TCP/IP HTTP protocol socket channel.
	PHTTPServer (const PHTTPSpace &urlSpace)
virtual PString	GetServerName () const
	Get the name of the server.
PHTTPSpace &	GetURLSpace ()
	Get the name space being used by the HTTP server socket.
void	SetURLSpace (const PHTTPSpace &space)
	Use a new URL name space for this HTTP socket.
virtual PBoolean	ProcessCommand ()
	Process commands, dispatching to the appropriate virtual function.
virtual PBoolean	OnGET (const PURL &url, const PMIMEInfo &info, const PHTTPConnectionInfo &conInfo)
	Handle a GET command from a client.
virtual PBoolean	OnHEAD (const PURL &url, const PMIMEInfo &info, const PHTTPConnectionInfo &conInfo)
	Handle a HEAD command from a client.
virtual PBoolean	OnPOST (const PURL &url, const PMIMEInfo &info, const PStringToString &data, const PHTTPConnectionInfo &conInfo)
	Handle a POST command from a client.
virtual PBoolean	OnProxy (const PHTTPConnectionInfo &conInfo)
	Handle a proxy command request from a client.
virtual PString	ReadEntityBody ()
	Read the entity body associated with a HTTP request, and close the socket if not a persistent connection.
virtual PBoolean	OnUnknown (const PCaselessString &command, const PHTTPConnectionInfo &connectInfo)
	Handle an unknown command.
PBoolean	StartResponse (StatusCode code, PMIMEInfo &headers, long bodySize)
	Write a command reply back to the client, and construct some of the outgoing MIME fields.
virtual PBoolean	OnError (StatusCode code, const PCaselessString &extra, const PHTTPConnectionInfo &connectInfo)
	Write an error response for the specified code.
void	SetDefaultMIMEInfo (PMIMEInfo &info, const PHTTPConnectionInfo &connectInfo)
	Set the default mime info.
PHTTPConnectionInfo &	GetConnectionInfo ()
	Get the connection info for this connection.
Protected Member Functions
void	Construct ()
Protected Attributes
PHTTPSpace	urlSpace
PHTTPConnectionInfo	connectInfo
unsigned	transactionCount
PTimeInterval	nextTimeout

Detailed Description

A TCP/IP socket for the HyperText Transfer Protocol version 1.0.

The server socket thread would continuously call the ProcessCommand() function until it returns false. This will then call the appropriate virtual function on parsing the HTTP protocol.


    PTCPSocket socket(80);
    if (!socket.Listen())
      return;

    PHTTPSpace httpNameSpace;
    httpNameSpace.AddResource(new PHTTPDirectory("data", "data"))

    PHTTServer httpServer(httpNameSpace);
    if (!httpServer.Open(socket))
      return;

    while (httpServer.ProcessCommand())
      ;

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

PHTTPServer::PHTTPServer ( )

Create a TCP/IP HTTP protocol socket channel.

The form with the single port parameter creates an unopened socket, the form with the address parameter makes a connection to a remote system, opening the socket. The form with the socket parameter opens the socket to an incoming call from a "listening" socket.

PHTTPServer::PHTTPServer ( const PHTTPSpace & urlSpace )

Parameters:

urlSpace

Name space to use for URLs received.

Member Function Documentation

void PHTTPServer::Construct ( ) [protected]

Reimplemented from PChannel.

PHTTPConnectionInfo& PHTTPServer::GetConnectionInfo ( ) [inline]

Get the connection info for this connection.

virtual PString PHTTPServer::GetServerName ( ) const [virtual]

Get the name of the server.

Returns:: String name of the server.

PHTTPSpace& PHTTPServer::GetURLSpace ( ) [inline]

Get the name space being used by the HTTP server socket.

Returns:: URL name space tree.

virtual PBoolean PHTTPServer::OnError	(	StatusCode	code,
		const PCaselessString &	extra,
		const PHTTPConnectionInfo &	connectInfo
	)			`[virtual]`

Write an error response for the specified code.

Depending on the code parameter this function will also send a HTML version of the status code for display on the remote client viewer.

Returns:: true if the connection may persist, false if the connection must close

Parameters:

code	Status code for the error response.
extra	Extra information included in the response.
connectInfo	HTTP connection information

virtual PBoolean PHTTPServer::OnGET	(	const PURL &	url,
		const PMIMEInfo &	info,
		const PHTTPConnectionInfo &	conInfo
	)			`[virtual]`

Handle a GET command from a client.

The default implementation looks up the URL in the name space declared by the PHTTPSpace class tree and despatches to the PHTTPResource object contained therein.

Returns:: true if the connection may persist, false if the connection must close If there is no ContentLength field in the response, this value must be false for correct operation.

Parameters:

url	Universal Resource Locator for document.
info	Extra MIME information in command.
conInfo	HTTP connection information

virtual PBoolean PHTTPServer::OnHEAD	(	const PURL &	url,
		const PMIMEInfo &	info,
		const PHTTPConnectionInfo &	conInfo
	)			`[virtual]`

Handle a HEAD command from a client.

The default implemetation looks up the URL in the name space declared by the PHTTPSpace class tree and despatches to the PHTTPResource object contained therein.

Returns:: true if the connection may persist, false if the connection must close If there is no ContentLength field in the response, this value must be false for correct operation.

Parameters:

url	Universal Resource Locator for document.
info	Extra MIME information in command.
conInfo	HTTP connection information

virtual PBoolean PHTTPServer::OnPOST	(	const PURL &	url,
		const PMIMEInfo &	info,
		const PStringToString &	data,
		const PHTTPConnectionInfo &	conInfo
	)			`[virtual]`

Handle a POST command from a client.

The default implementation looks up the URL in the name space declared by the PHTTPSpace class tree and despatches to the PHTTPResource object contained therein.

Returns:: true if the connection may persist, false if the connection must close If there is no ContentLength field in the response, this value must be false for correct operation.

Parameters:

url	Universal Resource Locator for document.
info	Extra MIME information in command.
data	Variables provided in the POST data.
conInfo	HTTP connection information

virtual PBoolean PHTTPServer::OnProxy ( const PHTTPConnectionInfo & conInfo ) [virtual]

Handle a proxy command request from a client.

This will only get called if the request was not for this particular server. If it was a proxy request for this server (host and port number) then the appropriate OnGET(), OnHEAD() or OnPOST() command is called.

The default implementation returns OnError(BadGateway).

Returns:: true if the connection may persist, false if the connection must close If there is no ContentLength field in the response, this value must be false for correct operation.

Parameters:

conInfo

HTTP connection information

virtual PBoolean PHTTPServer::OnUnknown	(	const PCaselessString &	command,
		const PHTTPConnectionInfo &	connectInfo
	)			`[virtual]`

Handle an unknown command.

Returns:: true if the connection may persist, false if the connection must close

Parameters:

command	Complete command line received.
connectInfo	HTTP connection information

virtual PBoolean PHTTPServer::ProcessCommand ( ) [virtual]

Process commands, dispatching to the appropriate virtual function.

This is used when the socket is acting as a server.

Returns:: true if the request specified persistent mode and the request version allows it, false if the socket closed, timed out, the protocol does not allow persistent mode, or the client did not request it timed out

virtual PString PHTTPServer::ReadEntityBody ( ) [virtual]

Read the entity body associated with a HTTP request, and close the socket if not a persistent connection.

Returns:: The entity body of the command

void PHTTPServer::SetDefaultMIMEInfo	(	PMIMEInfo &	info,
		const PHTTPConnectionInfo &	connectInfo
	)

Set the default mime info.

Parameters:

info	Extra MIME information in command.
connectInfo	Connection information

void PHTTPServer::SetURLSpace ( const PHTTPSpace & space )

Use a new URL name space for this HTTP socket.

Parameters:

space

New URL name space to use.

PBoolean PHTTPServer::StartResponse	(	StatusCode	code,
		PMIMEInfo &	headers,
		long	bodySize
	)

Write a command reply back to the client, and construct some of the outgoing MIME fields.

The MIME fields are not sent.

The bodySize parameter determines the size of the entity body associated with the response. If bodySize is >= 0, then a ContentLength field will be added to the outgoing MIME headers if one does not already exist.

If bodySize is < 0, then it is assumed that the size of the entity body is unknown, or has already been added, and no ContentLength field will be constructed.

If the version of the request is less than 1.0, then this function does nothing.