From 08447f7f7463dc3838b239790f647129e7f01629 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Boris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 13:13:35 +0200
Subject: Initial take on web module interface

---
 web/apache/log |  38 +++++++++++++++++++++
 web/module     | 103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 141 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 web/apache/log
 create mode 100644 web/module

(limited to 'web')

diff --git a/web/apache/log b/web/apache/log
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8464763
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/apache/log
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// file      : web/apache/log -*- C++ -*-
+// copyright : Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Code Synthesis Tools CC
+// license   : MIT; see accompanying LICENSE file
+
+#ifndef WEB_APACHE_LOG
+#define WEB_APACHE_LOG
+
+#include <cstdint> // uint64_t
+
+#include <web/module>
+
+namespace web
+{
+  namespace apache
+  {
+    class log: public web::log
+    {
+    public:
+      // ...
+
+      virtual void
+      write (const char* msg) {write (APLOG_ERR, msg);}
+
+      // Apache-specific interface.
+      //
+      void
+      write (int level, const char* msg) {write (nullptr, 0, level, msg);}
+
+      void
+      write (const char* file, uint64_t line, int level, const char* msg);
+
+    private:
+     // ...
+    };
+  }
+}
+
+#endif // WEB_APACHE_LOG
diff --git a/web/module b/web/module
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b7f426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/module
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+// file      : web/module -*- C++ -*-
+// copyright : Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Code Synthesis Tools CC
+// license   : MIT; see accompanying LICENSE file
+
+#ifndef WEB_MODULE
+#define WEB_MODULE
+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <iosfwd>
+#include <cstdint>   // uint16_t
+#include <utility>   // move()
+#include <stdexcept> // runtime_error
+
+namespace web
+{
+  // Exception indicating HTTP request/response sequencing error.
+  // For example, trying to change the status code after some
+  // content has already been written.
+  //
+  struct sequence_error: std::runtime_error {};
+
+  // HTTP status code.
+  //
+  using status_code = uint16_t;
+
+  struct name_value
+  {
+    // These should eventually become string_view's.
+    //
+    std::string name;
+    std::string value;
+
+    name_value () {}
+    name_value (std::string n, std::string v)
+        : name (std::move (n)), value (std::move (v)) {}
+  };
+
+  using name_values = std::vector<name_value>;
+
+  class request
+  {
+  public:
+    //@@ Why not pass parameters directly? Lazy parsing?
+    //@@ Why not have something like operator[] for lookup? Probably
+    //   in name_values.
+    //@@ Maybe parameter_list() and parameter_map()?
+    //
+    virtual const name_values&
+    parameters () = 0;
+  };
+
+  class response
+  {
+  public:
+    // Set status code, content type, and get the stream to write
+    // the content to. If the buffer argument is true (default),
+    // then buffer the entire content before sending it as a
+    // response. This allows us to change the status code in
+    // case of an error.
+    //
+    // Specifically, if there is already content in the buffer
+    // and the status code is changed, then the old content is
+    // discarded. If the content was not buffered and the status
+    // is changed, then the sequence_error exception is thrown.
+    // If this exception leaves module::handle(), then the
+    // implementation shall terminate the response in a suitable
+    // but unspecified manner. In particular, there is no guarantee
+    // that the user will be notified of an error or observe the
+    // new status.
+    //
+    virtual std::ostream&
+    content (status_code, const std::string& type, bool buffer = true) = 0;
+
+    // Set status code without writing any content.
+    //
+    virtual void
+    status (status_code) = 0;
+  };
+
+  // A web server logging backend. The module can use it to log
+  // diagnostics that is meant for the web server operator rather
+  // than the user.
+  //
+  // The module can cast this basic interface to the web server's
+  // specific implementation that may provide a richer interface.
+  //
+  class log
+  {
+  public:
+    virtual void
+    write (const char* msg);
+  };
+
+  class module
+  {
+  public:
+    virtual status_code
+    handle (request&, response&, log&) = 0;
+  };
+}
+
+#endif // WEB_MODULE
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