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// 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.
  //
  // @@ Define some commonly used constants?
  //
  using status_code = std::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);
  };

  // The web server creates a new module instance for each request
  // by copy-initializing it with the module exemplar. This way we
  // achieve two things: we can freely use module data members
  // without worrying about multi-threading issues and we
  // automatically get started with the initial state for each
  // request. If you really need to share some rw-data between
  // all the modules, use static data members with appropriate
  // locking. See the <service> header in one of the web server
  // directories (e.g., apache/) if you need to see the code that
  // does this.
  //
  class module
  {
  public:
    virtual void
    handle (request&, response&, log&) = 0;
  };
}

#endif // WEB_MODULE