Example for the restful annotation documented at lib/nitcorn/restful.nit

Introduced classes

class MyAction

nitcorn :: MyAction

An action root to its restful methods
class MyData

nitcorn :: MyData

Simple data structure for MyAction::complex_args
class MyOtherData

nitcorn :: MyOtherData

Another data structure, subclass to MyData

Redefined classes

redef abstract class Deserializer

nitcorn :: restful_annot $ Deserializer

Abstract deserialization service
redef class Sys

nitcorn :: restful_annot $ Sys

The main class of the program.

All class definitions

redef abstract class Deserializer

nitcorn :: restful_annot $ Deserializer

Abstract deserialization service
class MyAction

nitcorn $ MyAction

An action root to its restful methods
class MyData

nitcorn $ MyData

Simple data structure for MyAction::complex_args
class MyOtherData

nitcorn $ MyOtherData

Another data structure, subclass to MyData
redef class Sys

nitcorn :: restful_annot $ Sys

The main class of the program.
package_diagram nitcorn::restful_annot restful_annot nitcorn::restful restful nitcorn::restful_annot->nitcorn::restful nitcorn::pthreads pthreads nitcorn::restful_annot->nitcorn::pthreads nitcorn nitcorn nitcorn::restful->nitcorn json json nitcorn::restful->json pthreads::threadpool threadpool nitcorn::restful->pthreads::threadpool nitcorn::pthreads->nitcorn pthreads pthreads nitcorn::pthreads->pthreads ...nitcorn ... ...nitcorn->nitcorn ...json ... ...json->json ...pthreads::threadpool ... ...pthreads::threadpool->pthreads::threadpool ...pthreads ... ...pthreads->pthreads nitcorn::test_restful_annot test_restful_annot nitcorn::test_restful_annot->nitcorn::restful_annot a_star-m a_star-m a_star-m->nitcorn::test_restful_annot a_star-m... ... a_star-m...->a_star-m

Ancestors

module abstract_collection

core :: abstract_collection

Abstract collection classes and services.
module abstract_text

core :: abstract_text

Abstract class for manipulation of sequences of characters
module array

core :: array

This module introduces the standard array structure.
module base64

base64 :: base64

Offers the base 64 encoding and decoding algorithms
module bitset

core :: bitset

Services to handle BitSet
module bytes

core :: bytes

Services for byte streams and arrays
module caching

serialization :: caching

Services for caching serialization engines
module circular_array

core :: circular_array

Efficient data structure to access both end of the sequence.
module codec_base

core :: codec_base

Base for codecs to use with streams
module codecs

core :: codecs

Group module for all codec-related manipulations
module collection

core :: collection

This module define several collection classes.
module concurrent_collections

pthreads :: concurrent_collections

Introduces thread-safe concurrent collections
module core

core :: core

Standard classes and methods used by default by Nit programs and libraries.
module engine_tools

serialization :: engine_tools

Advanced services for serialization engines
module environ

core :: environ

Access to the environment variables of the process
module error

core :: error

Standard error-management infrastructure.
module error

json :: error

Intro JsonParseError which is exposed by all JSON reading APIs
module exec

core :: exec

Invocation and management of operating system sub-processes.
module file

core :: file

File manipulations (create, read, write, etc.)
module file_server

nitcorn :: file_server

Provides the FileServer action, which is a standard and minimal file server
module fixed_ints

core :: fixed_ints

Basic integers of fixed-precision
module fixed_ints_text

core :: fixed_ints_text

Text services to complement fixed_ints
module flat

core :: flat

All the array-based text representations
module gc

core :: gc

Access to the Nit internal garbage collection mechanism
module hash_collection

core :: hash_collection

Introduce HashMap and HashSet.
module http_errors

nitcorn :: http_errors

Offers ErrorTemplate to display error pages
module http_request

nitcorn :: http_request

Provides the HttpRequest class and services to create it
module http_request_buffer

nitcorn :: http_request_buffer

Http request parsing for buffered inputs.
module http_response

nitcorn :: http_response

Provides the HttpResponse class and http_status_codes
module inspect

serialization :: inspect

Refine Serializable::inspect to show more useful information
module iso8859_1

core :: iso8859_1

Codec for ISO8859-1 I/O
module json

json :: json

Read and write JSON formatted text using the standard serialization services
module kernel

core :: kernel

Most basic classes and methods.
module libevent

libevent :: libevent

Low-level wrapper around the libevent library to manage events on file descriptors
module list

core :: list

This module handle double linked lists
module math

core :: math

Mathematical operations
module md5

md5 :: md5

Native MD5 digest implementation as Text::md5
module media_types

nitcorn :: media_types

Services to identify Internet media types (or MIME types, Content-types)
module meta

meta :: meta

Simple user-defined meta-level to manipulate types of instances as object.
module more_collections

more_collections :: more_collections

Highly specific, but useful, collections-related classes.
module native

core :: native

Native structures for text and bytes
module nitcorn

nitcorn :: nitcorn

The nitcorn Web server framework creates server-side Web apps in Nit
module numeric

core :: numeric

Advanced services for Numeric types
module parser_base

parser_base :: parser_base

Simple base for hand-made parsers of all kinds
module poset

poset :: poset

Pre order sets and partial order set (ie hierarchies)
module protocol

core :: protocol

module pthreads

pthreads :: pthreads

Main POSIX threads support and intro the classes Thread, Mutex and Barrier
module queue

core :: queue

Queuing data structures and wrappers
module range

core :: range

Module for range of discrete objects.
module re

core :: re

Regular expression support for all services based on Pattern
module reactor

nitcorn :: reactor

Core of the nitcorn project, provides HttpFactory and Action
module ropes

core :: ropes

Tree-based representation of a String.
module safe

serialization :: safe

Services for safer deserialization engines
module serialization

serialization :: serialization

General serialization services
module serialization_core

serialization :: serialization_core

Abstract services to serialize Nit objects to different formats
module serialization_read

json :: serialization_read

Services to read JSON: deserialize_json and JsonDeserializer
module serialization_write

json :: serialization_write

Services to write Nit objects to JSON strings: serialize_to_json and JsonSerializer
module server_config

nitcorn :: server_config

Classes and services to configure the server
module sessions

nitcorn :: sessions

Automated session management
module signal_handler

nitcorn :: signal_handler

Handle SIGINT and SIGTERM to close the server after all active events
module sorter

core :: sorter

This module contains classes used to compare things and sorts arrays.
module static

json :: static

Static interface to read Nit objects from JSON strings
module stream

core :: stream

Input and output streams of characters
module template

template :: template

Basic template system
module text

core :: text

All the classes and methods related to the manipulation of text entities
module threadpool

pthreads :: threadpool

Introduces a minimal ThreadPool implementation using Tasks
module time

core :: time

Management of time and dates
module token

nitcorn :: token

Simple generate_token service, independent of the rest of the nitcorn framework
module union_find

core :: union_find

union–find algorithm using an efficient disjoint-set data structure
module utf8

core :: utf8

Codec for UTF-8 I/O
module vararg_routes

nitcorn :: vararg_routes

Routes with parameters.

Parents

module pthreads

nitcorn :: pthreads

Activate the use of pthreads with nitcorn
module restful

nitcorn :: restful

Support module for the nitrestful tool and the restful annotation

Children

Descendants

module a_star-m

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# Example for the `restful` annotation documented at `lib/nitcorn/restful.nit`
module restful_annot is example

import nitcorn::restful
import nitcorn::pthreads

# An action root to its `restful` methods
class MyAction
	super RestfulAction

	# Method answering requests such as `foo?s=some_string&i=42&b=true`
	#
	# By default, the name of the HTTP resource is the name of the method.
	# Responds to all HTTP methods, including GET, POST, PUT and DELETE.
	#
	# All arguments are deserialized from a JSON format,
	# except for strings that are used as is.
	fun foo(s: String, i: Int, b: Bool): HttpResponse
	is restful do
		var resp = new HttpResponse(200)
		resp.body = "foo {s} {i} {b}"
		return resp
	end

	# Method answering requests such as `api_name?s=these_arguments_are_optional`
	#
	# This method is available as both `api_name` and `alt_name` in HTTP.
	# Responds only to the GET and PUT HTTP method.
	fun bar(s: nullable String, i: nullable Int, b: nullable Bool): HttpResponse
	is restful("api_name", "alt_name", GET, PUT) do

		var resp = new HttpResponse(200)
		resp.body = "bar {s or else "null"} {i or else "null"} {b or else "null"}"
		return resp
	end

	# Asynchronous method answering requests such as `async_service?str=some_string`
	#
	# This method is executed by the `thread_pool` attribute of this class.
	# Be careful when using the `async` argument to follow all the good
	# concurrent programming pratices.
	fun async_service(str: String): HttpResponse
	is restful(async) do

		# "Work" for 2 seconds
		2.0.sleep

		# Answer
		var resp = new HttpResponse(200)
		resp.body = "async_service {str}"
		return resp
	end

	# Method with two complex parameters answering requests such as
	# `complex_args?array=["a","b"]&data={"str":"asdf","more":{"str":"ASDF"}}`
	#
	# Collections and other classes can also be used as parameters,
	# they will be deserialized from JSON format.
	# By default, the JSON objects will be parsed as the type of the parameter.
	# In the example above, the argument passed as `data` is deserialized as a `MyData`.
	# However, you can use metadata in the JSON object to deserialize it
	# as a subclass of `MyData`, as in this request where `data` is a `MyOtherData`:
	#
	# `complex_args?array=["a","b"]&data={"__class":"MyOtherData","str":"asdf","i":1234}`
	#
	# See the `json` package documentation for more information on JSON
	# deserialization and the metadata values.
	fun complex_args(array: Array[String], data: MyData): HttpResponse
	is restful do
		var resp = new HttpResponse(200)
		resp.body = "complex_args {array} {data}"
		return resp
	end

	# Catch all other request
	redef fun answer(request, turi)
	do
		var resp = new HttpResponse(404)
		resp.body = "Fallback answer"
		return resp
	end
end

# Simple data structure for `MyAction::complex_args`
class MyData
	serialize

	# Some string
	var str: String

	# Some more data
	var more: nullable MyData

	redef fun to_s do return "<MyData str:{str} more:{more or else "null"}>"
end

# Another data structure, subclass to `MyData`
class MyOtherData
	super MyData
	serialize

	# An integer
	var i: Int

	redef fun to_s do return "<MyOtherData str:{str} more:{more or else "null"} i:{i}>"
end

var vh = new VirtualHost("localhost:8080")

# Set `rest_path` as the root for an instance of `MyAction`, so:
# * `MyClass::foo` is available as `localhost:8080/rest_path/foo?s=s&i=12&b=true`,
# * `MyClass::bar` is available as both `localhost:8080/rest_path/api_name?s=s`
#   and `localhost:8080/rest_path/alt_name?...`.
# * `MyClass::async_service` is available as `localhost:8080/rest_path/async_service?str=str`
# * `MyClass::complex_args` is available as
#   `localhost:8080/rest_path/complex_args?array=["a","b"]&data={"str":"asdf"}`
vh.routes.add new Route("rest_path", new MyAction)

var factory = new HttpFactory.and_libevent
factory.config.virtual_hosts.add vh
factory.run

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