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authorLoïc Hoguin <[email protected]>2014-09-30 20:12:13 +0300
committerLoïc Hoguin <[email protected]>2014-09-30 20:12:13 +0300
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Improve handler interface and documentation
This change simplifies a little more the sub protocols mechanism. Aliases have been removed. The renaming of loop handlers as long polling handlers has been reverted. Plain HTTP handlers now simply do their work in the init/2 callback. There is no specific code for them. Loop handlers now follow the same return value as Websocket, they use ok to continue and shutdown to stop. Terminate reasons for all handler types have been documented. The terminate callback is now appropriately called in all cases (or should be). Behaviors for all handler types have been moved in the module that implement them. This means that cowboy_handler replaces the cowboy_http_handler behavior, and similarly cowboy_loop replaces cowboy_loop_handler, cowboy_websocket replaces cowboy_websocket_handler. Finally cowboy_rest now has the start of a behavior in it and will have the full list of optional callbacks defined once Erlang 18.0 gets released. The guide has been reorganized and should be easier to follow.
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@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
The `cowboy_rest` module implements REST semantics on top of
the HTTP protocol.
-This module cannot be described as a behaviour due to most of
-the callbacks it defines being optional. It has the same
-semantics as a behaviour otherwise.
+This module is a sub protocol that defines many callbacks
+be implemented by handlers. The `init/2` and `terminate/3`
+callbacks are common to all handler types and are documented
+in the manual for the ^cowboy_handler module.
-The only mandatory callback is `init/3`, needed to perform
-the protocol upgrade.
+All other callbacks are optional, though some may become
+required depending on the return value of previous callbacks.
:: Types
@@ -43,46 +44,23 @@ The media-type is the content-type, excluding the charset.
This value is always defined after the call to
`content_types_provided/2`.
-:: Callbacks
-
-: init({TransportName, ProtocolName}, Req, Opts)
- -> {upgrade, protocol, cowboy_rest}
- | {upgrade, protocol, cowboy_rest, Req, Opts}
-
-Types:
-
-* TransportName = tcp | ssl | atom()
-* ProtocolName = http | atom()
-* Req = cowboy_req:req()
-* Opts = any()
-
-Upgrade the protocol to `cowboy_rest`.
-
-This is the only mandatory callback.
-
-: rest_init(Req, Opts) -> {ok, Req, State}
+:: Terminate reasons
-Types:
+The following values may be received as the terminate reason
+in the optional `terminate/3` callback.
-* Req = cowboy_req:req()
-* Opts = any()
-* State = any()
+: normal
-Initialize the state for this request.
+The connection was closed normally.
-: rest_terminate(Req, State) -> ok
+: {crash, Class, Reason}
-Types:
+A crash occurred in the handler. `Class` and `Reason` can be
+used to obtain more information about the crash. The function
+`erlang:get_stacktrace/0` can also be called to obtain the
+stacktrace of the process when the crash occurred.
-* Req = cowboy_req:req()
-* State = any()
-
-Perform any necessary cleanup of the state.
-
-This callback should release any resource currently in use,
-clear any active timer and reset the process to its original
-state, as it might be reused for future requests sent on the
-same connection.
+:: Callbacks
: Callback(Req, State) -> {Value, Req, State} | {halt, Req, State}