io.inversion

Class Action<A extends Action>

java.lang.Object

io.inversion.Rule<A>

io.inversion.Action<A>

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable<A>

Direct Known Subclasses:

AclAction, AuthAction, CsvAction, DbAction, DbDeleteAction, DbGetAction, DbPostAction, MockAction

public abstract class Action<A extends Action>
extends Rule<A>

Actions perform some work when matched to a Request and potentially contribute to the content of the Response.

The Action Sandwich

Nearly the entire job of the Engine and Api Endpoint configuration is to match one or more Action subclass instances to a Request. All matched actions are sorted by their order property and executed in sequence as a Chain of Responsibility pattern. Colloquially, at Rocket Partners we somehow started to call this the 'action sandwich'.

If an Action should be run across multiple Endpoints, a logging or security Action for example, it can be added directly to an Api via Api.withAction.

In most cases however, you will group sets of related actions under an Endpoint and add the Endpoint to the Api.

Both Api registered Actions and Endpoint registered Actions can be selected into the 'action sandwich' for a particular Request.

One big difference however is that includesPaths and excludePaths are relative to the Api path for

Api registered Actions and relative to the Endpoint path for Endpoint registered actions. They are all sorted togeter in one big group according to order.

Handling Requests

Once the Engine has selected the Actions to run for a given request (creating the 'action sandwich'), they are all loaded into a Chain object which is responsible for invoking run(Request, Response) on each one in sequence.

You can override run to process all Requests this Action is selected for, or you can override any of the HTTP method specific doGet/Post/Put/Patch/Delete() handlers if you want to segregate your business logic by HTTP method.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class io.inversion.Rule

Rule.RuleMatcher

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class io.inversion.Rule

configMap, configStr, excludeMatchers, includeMatchers, log, name, order

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Action()
Action(java.lang.String methods, java.lang.String... includePaths)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	doDelete(Request req, Response res) Handle an HTTP DELETE.
void	doGet(Request req, Response res) Handle an HTTP GET.
void	doPatch(Request req, Response res) Handle an HTTP PATCH.
void	doPost(Request req, Response res) Handle an HTTP POST.
void	doPut(Request req, Response res) Handle an HTTP PUT.
void	run(Request req, Response res) Override this method with your custom business logic or override one of the http method "doMETHOD" specific handlers.

Methods inherited from class io.inversion.Rule

checkLazyConfig, compareTo, doLazyConfig, getConfig, getConfig, getConfigKeys, getDefaultIncludeMatch, getExcludeMatchers, getExcludePaths, getIncludeMatchers, getIncludePaths, getName, getOrder, match, matches, matches, toString, withConfig, withExcludeOn, withExcludeOn, withExcludeOn, withIncludeOn, withIncludeOn, withIncludeOn, withName, withOrder

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Action

public Action()

Action

public Action(java.lang.String methods,
              java.lang.String... includePaths)

Method Detail

run

public void run(Request req,
                Response res)
         throws ApiException

Override this method with your custom business logic or override one of the http method "doMETHOD" specific handlers.

Parameters:

req - the Request being serviced

res - the Reponse being generated

Throws:

ApiException

doGet

public void doGet(Request req,
                  Response res)
           throws ApiException

Handle an HTTP GET.

Override run() or override this method with your business logic, otherwise a 501 will be thrown if it is called.

Parameters:

req -

res -

Throws:

ApiException

doPost

public void doPost(Request req,
                   Response res)
            throws ApiException

Handle an HTTP POST.

Override run() or override this method with your business logic, otherwise a 501 will be thrown if it is called.

Parameters:

req -

res -

Throws:

ApiException

doPut

public void doPut(Request req,
                  Response res)
           throws ApiException

Handle an HTTP PUT.

Override run() or override this method with your business logic, otherwise a 501 will be thrown if it is called.

Parameters:

req -

res -

Throws:

ApiException

doPatch

public void doPatch(Request req,
                    Response res)
             throws ApiException

Handle an HTTP PATCH.

Override run() or override this method with your business logic, otherwise a 501 will be thrown if it is called.

Parameters:

req -

res -

Throws:

ApiException

doDelete

public void doDelete(Request req,
                     Response res)
              throws ApiException

Handle an HTTP DELETE.

Override run() or override this method with your business logic, otherwise a 501 will be thrown if it is called.

Parameters:

req -

res -

Throws:

ApiException