parser: regenerate with lambda

[nit.git] / lib / app / http_request.nit

diff --git a/lib/app/http_request.nit b/lib/app/http_request.nit
index 8ab0f1d..07d4bf3 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/app/http_request.nit
+++ b/lib/app/http_request.nit
@@ -13,6 +13,23 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # HTTP request services: `AsyncHttpRequest` and `Text::http_get`
+#
+# ~~~nitish
+# import app::http_request
+#
+# class MyHttpRequest
+#     super AsyncHttpRequest
+#
+#     redef fun uri do return "http://example.com/"
+#
+#     redef fun on_load(data, status) do print "Received: {data or else "null"}"
+#
+#     redef fun on_fail(error) do print "Connection error: {error}"
+# end
+#
+# var req = new MyHttpRequest
+# req.start
+# ~~~
 module http_request
 
 import app_base
@@ -122,9 +139,14 @@ abstract class AsyncHttpRequest
        fun after do end
 end
 
-# Minimal implementation of `AsyncHttpRequest` where `uri` is an attribute
+# Simple `AsyncHttpRequest` where `uri` is an attribute
+#
+# Prints on communication errors and when the remote server returns an
+# HTTP status code not in the 200s.
 #
-# Prints on communication errors and when the server returns an HTTP status code not in the 200s.
+# This class can be instantiated to execute a request where the response is
+# ignored by the application. Alternatively, it can be subclassed to implement
+# `on_load`.
 #
 # ~~~nitish
 # var request = new SimpleAsyncHttpRequest("http://example.com")