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HttpServer::AbstractStreamRequest Class Reference

abstract class for streaming HTTP chunked requests/responses More...

## Public Member Functions
| constructor (HttpListener listener, AbstractHttpRequestHandler handler, Socket s, hash cx, hash hdr, any body)
| creates the object with the given attributes
private hash | getResponseHeaderMessage ()
| this method returns the response message description hash by calling getResponseHeaderMessageImpl() More...
private hash | getResponseHeaderMessageImpl ()
| this method should return the response message description hash More...
private nothing | recv (hash v)
| this is the primary callback for receiving chunked data; data will be logged, and then recvImpl() is called More...
private nothing | recvImpl (hash v)
| abstract callback method for receiving chunked data More...
private any | send ()
| this is the primary callback for sending chunked responses; first sendImpl() is called to get the raw data, and then any chunked data is encoded by this method if required
private any | sendImpl ()
| abstract callback method for sending chunked data More...
private hash | sendResponse ()
| called to either create the response hash or send a chunked response directly More...

## Private Attributes
any | body
| any message body given in a non-chunked request; could already be deserialized
hash | cx
| the call context variable
AbstractHttpRequestHandler | handler
| the request handler for the request
hash | hdr
| a hash of request headers
HttpListener | listener
| the listener servicing the request for logging purposes
Socket | s
| the Socket object for the response

## Detailed Description

abstract class for streaming HTTP chunked requests/responses

This class is the base class for handling HTTP stream requests; i.e. with chunked data

The calling order is as follows:

- constructor(): this is called when the request is received
- recv(): this is called once for each HTTP chunk (if data is sent chunked), and then once with any message trailer. If data is sent non-chunked, then this method is called with the monolithic message body and then again with NOTHING to signify the end of the transfer and to simulate a chunked transfer. The simulation of a chunked transfer or the actual chunked receive with the callbacks is made by the handleRequest() method. Subclasses should re-implement recvImpl() which is called by this method
- getResponseHeaderMessage(): this is called after the message body has been received to get the response headers and optionally a message body. Subclasses should reimplement getResponseHeaderMessageImpl() which is called by this method
- send(): this is called if no message body is returned by getResponseHeaderMessage(); each time this method returns data, the data is sent in a response chunk; when this method returns NOTHING, then no more data is sent. Subclasses should re-implement sendImpl() which is called by this method

## Member Function Documentation

private hash HttpServer::AbstractStreamRequest::getResponseHeaderMessage | ( |  | ) |

this method returns the response message description hash by calling getResponseHeaderMessageImpl()

Returns
  a hash with the following keys:
  - `"code"`: the HTTP return code (see HttpServer::HttpCodes)
  - `"body"`: the message body to return in the response; if this key is returned, then the reply is sent immediately; a chunked reply is not made, and send() and sendImpl() are not called
  - `"close"`: (optional) set this key to True if the connection should be unconditionally closed when the handler returns
  - `"hdr"`: (optional) set this key to a hash of extra header information to be returned with the response

Note
  this method is called after the message body has been received

private hash HttpServer::AbstractStreamRequest::getResponseHeaderMessageImpl | ( |  | ) |

this method should return the response message description hash

The default implementation in this class is to return a 501 Not Implemented response; override in subclasses to return a custom response. Omit the `"body"` key to ensure that a chunked response is sent and the send() and sendImpl() callbacks are called.

Returns
  a hash with the following keys:
  - `"code"`: the HTTP return code (see HttpServer::HttpCodes)
  - `"body"`: the message body to return in the response; if this key is returned, then the reply is sent immediately; a chunked reply is not made, and send() and sendImpl() are not called
  - `"close"`: (optional) set this key to True if the connection should be unconditionally closed when the handler returns
  - `"hdr"`: (optional) set this key to a hash of extra header information to be returned with the response

Note
  this method is called after the message body has been received

private nothing HttpServer::AbstractStreamRequest::recv | ( | hash | v | ) |

this is the primary callback for receiving chunked data; data will be logged, and then recvImpl() is called

content decoding is not possible with chunked data because only the entire message can be decoded

private nothing HttpServer::AbstractStreamRequest::recvImpl | ( | hash | v | ) |

abstract callback method for receiving chunked data

Parameters

  v | the first time this method is called with a hash of the message headers in the `"hdr"` key, and then with any message body in the `"data"`; if a chunked HTTP message is received, then this method is called once for each chunk; when the message has been received, then this method is called with a hash representing any trailer data received in a chunked transfer or NOTHING if the data was received in a normal message body or if there was no trailer data in a chunked transfer. The argument to this callback is always a hash; data calls have the following keys: `"data"`: the string or binary data `"chunked"`: True if the data was received with chunked transfer encoding, False if not Header or trailer data is placed in a hash with the following keys: `"hdr"`: this can be assigned to NOTHING for the trailer hash if the data was not sent chunked or no trailers were included in a chunked message `"obj"`: this is the owning object (so socket parameters can be changed based on headers received, such as, for example, socket character encoding)

private any HttpServer::AbstractStreamRequest::sendImpl | ( |  | ) |

abstract callback method for sending chunked data

Returns
  The chunked HTTP data to send; this method must return either a string or a binary value each time it is called to give the chunked data to send; when all data has been sent, then a hash of message trailers can be returned or simply NOTHING which will close the chunked message

private hash HttpServer::AbstractStreamRequest::sendResponse | ( |  | ) |

called to either create the response hash or send a chunked response directly

This method calls getResponseHeaderMessageImpl() to get the response code, headers and optionally a response message body. If a `"Content-Encoding: chunked"` header is included, then the response is sent chunked using the send() callback; in this case the `"reply_sent"` key in the response is set to True. Otherwise, any message body is immediately encoded (if accepted by the requestor).