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package org.osgi.service.http;

import java.util.Dictionary;
import javax.servlet.Servlet;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;

/**
 * The Http Service allows other bundles in the OSGi environment to dynamically
 * register resources and servlets into the URI namespace of Http Service. A
 * bundle may later unregister its resources or servlets.
 * 
 * @noimplement
 * @author $Id: c7dcd5824096b8a0d98ffe6a0b7b9de336e864f6 $
 * @see HttpContext
 */
public interface HttpService {
	/**
	 * Registers a servlet into the URI namespace.
	 * 
	 * 

* The alias is the name in the URI namespace of the Http Service at which * the registration will be mapped. * *

* An alias must begin with slash ('/') and must not end with slash ('/'), * with the exception that an alias of the form "/" is used to * denote the root alias. See the specification text for details on how HTTP * requests are mapped to servlet and resource registrations. * *

* The Http Service will call the servlet's {@code init} method before * returning. * *

	 * httpService.registerServlet("/myservlet", servlet, initparams, context);
	 * 
* *

* Servlets registered with the same {@code HttpContext} object will share * the same {@code ServletContext}. The Http Service will call the * {@code context} argument to support the {@code ServletContext} methods * {@code getResource},{@code getResourceAsStream} and {@code getMimeType}, * and to handle security for requests. If the {@code context} argument is * {@code null}, a default {@code HttpContext} object is used (see * {@link #createDefaultHttpContext()}). * * @param alias name in the URI namespace at which the servlet is registered * @param servlet the servlet object to register * @param initparams initialization arguments for the servlet or * {@code null} if there are none. This argument is used by the * servlet's {@code ServletConfig} object. * @param context the {@code HttpContext} object for the registered servlet, * or {@code null} if a default {@code HttpContext} is to be created * and used. * @throws NamespaceException if the registration fails because the alias is * already in use. * @throws javax.servlet.ServletException if the servlet's {@code init} * method throws an exception, or the given servlet object has * already been registered at a different alias. * @throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if any of the arguments are * invalid */ public void registerServlet(String alias, Servlet servlet, Dictionary initparams, HttpContext context) throws ServletException, NamespaceException; /** * Registers resources into the URI namespace. * *

* The alias is the name in the URI namespace of the Http Service at which * the registration will be mapped. An alias must begin with slash ('/') and * must not end with slash ('/'), with the exception that an alias of the * form "/" is used to denote the root alias. The name parameter * must also not end with slash ('/') with the exception that a name of the * form "/" is used to denote the root of the bundle. See the * specification text for details on how HTTP requests are mapped to servlet * and resource registrations. *

* For example, suppose the resource name /tmp is registered to the alias * /files. A request for /files/foo.txt will map to the resource name * /tmp/foo.txt. * *

	 * httpservice.registerResources("/files", "/tmp", context);
	 * 
* * The Http Service will call the {@code HttpContext} argument to map * resource names to URLs and MIME types and to handle security for * requests. If the {@code HttpContext} argument is {@code null}, a default * {@code HttpContext} is used (see {@link #createDefaultHttpContext()}). * * @param alias name in the URI namespace at which the resources are * registered * @param name the base name of the resources that will be registered * @param context the {@code HttpContext} object for the registered * resources, or {@code null} if a default {@code HttpContext} is to * be created and used. * @throws NamespaceException if the registration fails because the alias is * already in use. * @throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if any of the parameters are * invalid */ public void registerResources(String alias, String name, HttpContext context) throws NamespaceException; /** * Unregisters a previous registration done by {@code registerServlet} or * {@code registerResources} methods. * *

* After this call, the registered alias in the URI name-space will no * longer be available. If the registration was for a servlet, the Http * Service must call the {@code destroy} method of the servlet before * returning. *

* If the bundle which performed the registration is stopped or otherwise * "unget"s the Http Service without calling {@link #unregister(String)} * then Http Service must automatically unregister the registration. * However, if the registration was for a servlet, the {@code destroy} * method of the servlet will not be called in this case since the bundle * may be stopped. {@link #unregister(String)} must be explicitly called to * cause the {@code destroy} method of the servlet to be called. This can be * done in the {@code BundleActivator.stop} method of the bundle registering * the servlet. * * @param alias name in the URI name-space of the registration to unregister * @throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if there is no registration * for the alias or the calling bundle was not the bundle which * registered the alias. */ public void unregister(String alias); /** * Creates a default {@code HttpContext} for registering servlets or * resources with the HttpService, a new {@code HttpContext} object is * created each time this method is called. * *

* The behavior of the methods on the default {@code HttpContext} is defined * as follows: *

    *
  • {@code getMimeType} - Does not define any customized MIME types for * the Content-Type header in the response, and always returns {@code null}. *
  • *
  • {@code handleSecurity} - Performs implementation-defined * authentication on the request.
  • *
  • {@code getResource} - Assumes the named resource is in the context * bundle; this method calls the context bundle's {@code Bundle.getResource} * method, and returns the appropriate URL to access the resource. On a Java * runtime environment that supports permissions, the Http Service needs to * be granted {@code org.osgi.framework.AdminPermission[*,RESOURCE]}.
  • *
* * @return a default {@code HttpContext} object. * @since 1.1 */ public HttpContext createDefaultHttpContext(); }




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