libhttp/cpp/CivetServer.h

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2013 No Face Press, LLC
 * License http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php MIT License
 */

#ifndef _CIVETWEB_SERVER_H_
#define _CIVETWEB_SERVER_H_
#ifdef __cplusplus

#include <civetweb.h>
#include <vector>
#include <string>

class CivetServer; // forward declaration

/**
 * Basic interface for a URI request handler.  Handlers implementations
 * must be reentrant.
 */
class CivetHandler {
public:

	/**
	 * Destructor
	 */
	virtual ~CivetHandler() {
	}

	/**
	 * Callback method for GET request.
	 *
	 * @param server - the calling server
	 * @param conn - the connection information
	 * @returns true if implemented, false otherwise
	 */
	virtual bool handleGet(CivetServer *server, struct mg_connection *conn) {
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Callback method for POST request.
	 *
	 * @param server - the calling server
	 * @param conn - the connection information
	 * @returns true if implemented, false otherwise
	 */
	virtual bool handlePost(CivetServer *server, struct mg_connection *conn) {
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Callback method for PUT request.
	 *
	 * @param server - the calling server
	 * @param conn - the connection information
	 * @returns true if implemented, false otherwise
	 */
	virtual bool handlePut(CivetServer *server, struct mg_connection *conn) {
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Callback method for DELETE request.
	 *
	 * @param server - the calling server
	 * @param conn - the connection information
	 * @returns true if implemented, false otherwise
	 */
	virtual bool handleDelete(CivetServer *server, struct mg_connection *conn) {
		return false;
	}

};

/**
 * CivetServer
 *
 * Basic class for embedded web server.  This has a URL mapping built-in.
 */
class CivetServer {
public:

	/**
	 * Constructor
	 *
	 * This automatically starts the sever.
	 * It is good practice to call getContext() after this in case there
	 * were errors starting the server.
	 *
	 * @param options - the web server options.
	 * @param callbacks - optional web server callback methods.
	 *    Note that this class overrides begin_request callback.
	 */
	CivetServer(const char **options, const struct mg_callbacks *callbacks = 0);

	/**
	 * Destructor
	 */
	virtual ~CivetServer();

	/**
	 * close()
	 *
	 * Stops server and frees resources.
	 */
	void close();

	/**
	 * getContext()
	 *
	 * @return the context or 0 if not running.
	 */
	const struct mg_context *getContext() const {
		return context;
	}

	/**
	 * addHandler(const std::string &, CivetHandler *)
	 *
	 * Adds a URI handler.  If there is existing URI handler, it will
	 * be replaced with this one.  The handler is "owned" by this server
	 * and will be deallocated with it.
	 *
	 * URI's are ordered and partcial URI's are supported. For example,
	 * consider two URIs in order: /a/b and /a; /a matches
	 *  /a, /a/b matches /a/b, /a/c matches /a.  Reversing the order to
	 *  /a and /a/b; /a matches /a/b, /a/b matches /a. /a/c matches /a.
	 *
	 *  @param uri - URI to match.
	 *  @param handler - handler instance to use.  This will be free'ed
	 *      when the server closes and instances cannot be reused.
	 */
	void addHandler(const std::string &uri, CivetHandler *handler);

	/**
	 * removeHandler(const std::string &)
	 *
	 * Removes a handler, deleting it if found.
	 *
	 * @param - the exact URL used in addHandler().
	 */
	void removeHandler(const std::string &uri);

	/**
	 * getHandler(const std::string &uri)
	 *
	 * @param uri - the URI
	 * @returns the handler that matches the requested URI or 0 if none were found.
	 */
	CivetHandler *getHandler(const std::string &uri) const {
		return getHandler(uri.data(), uri.length());
	}

	/**
	 * getHandler(const char *uri, unsigned urilen)
	 *
	 * @param uri - the URI
	 * @param urilen - the length of the URI
	 * @returns the handler that matches the requested URI or 0 if none were found.
	 */
	CivetHandler *getHandler(const char *uri, unsigned urilen) const;

protected:

	/**
	 * handleRequest(struct mg_connection *)
	 *
	 * Handles the incomming request.
	 *
	 * @param conn - the connection information
	 * @returns true if implemented, false otherwise
	 */
	virtual bool handleRequest(struct mg_connection *conn);

	/**
	 *  Returns the index of the handler that matches the
	 *  URI exactly.
	 *
	 *  @param uri - the url to match
	 */
	int getIndex(const std::string &uri) const;

	std::vector<std::string> uris;
	std::vector<CivetHandler *> handlers;
	struct mg_context *context;

private:
	static int begin_request_callback(struct mg_connection *conn);

};

#endif /*  __cplusplus */
#endif /* _CIVETWEB_SERVER_H_ */