// Package middleware provides some types and functions common among middleware. package middleware import "net/http" type ( // Generator represents the outer layer of a middleware that // parses tokens to configure the middleware instance. Generator func(Controller) (Middleware, error) // Middleware is the middle layer which represents the traditional // idea of middleware: it is passed the next HandlerFunc in the chain // and returns the inner layer, which is the actual Handler. Middleware func(HandlerFunc) HandlerFunc // HandlerFunc is like http.HandlerFunc except it returns a status code // and an error. It is the inner-most layer which serves individual // requests. The status code is for the client's benefit, the error // value is for the server's benefit. The status code will be sent to // the client while the error value will be logged privately. Sometimes, // an error status code (4xx or 5xx) may be returned with a nil error // when there is no reason to log the error on the server. // // If a HandlerFunc returns an error (status < 400), it should not write // to the response. This philosophy is what makes middleware.HandlerFunc // different from http.HandlerFunc. The error handling should happen // at the application layer or in a dedicated error-handling middleware // rather than an "every middleware for itself" paradigm. The error handling // logic should make sure that the client is properly responded to according // to the status code, but should probably not reveal the error message. The // error message should be logged instead, for example. HandlerFunc func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request) (int, error) // Handler is like http.Handler except ServeHTTP returns a status code // and an error. See HandlerFunc documentation for more information. Handler interface { ServeHTTP(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request) (int, error) } // A Controller provides access to properties of the server. Middleware // generators use a Controller to construct their instances. Controller interface { Dispenser // Startup registers a function to execute when the server starts. Startup(func() error) // Shutdown registers a function to execute when the server exits. Shutdown(func() error) // Root returns the file path from which the server is serving. Root() string // Host returns the hostname the server is bound to. Host() string // Port returns the port that the server is listening on. Port() string // Context returns the path scope that the Controller is in. // Note: This is not currently used, but may be in the future. Context() Path } // A Dispenser provides structured access to tokens from a configuration // file. It dispenses tokens to middleware for parsing so that middleware // can configure themselves. Dispenser interface { // Next loads the next token. Returns true if a token // was loaded; false otherwise. If false, all tokens // have already been consumed. Next() bool // NextArg loads the next token if it is on the same // line. Returns true if a token was loaded; false // otherwise. If false, all tokens on the line have // been consumed. NextArg() bool // NextLine loads the next token only if it is NOT on the same // line as the current token, and returns true if a token was // loaded; false otherwise. If false, there is not another token // or it is on the same line. NextLine() bool // NextBlock can be used as the condition of a for loop // to load the next token as long as it opens a block or // is already in a block. It returns true if a token was // loaded, or false when the block's closing curly brace // was loaded and thus the block ended. Nested blocks are // not (currently) supported. NextBlock() bool // Val gets the text of the current token. Val() string // Args is a convenience function that loads the next arguments // (tokens on the same line) into an arbitrary number of strings // pointed to in arguments. If there are fewer tokens available // than string pointers, the remaining strings will not be changed // and false will be returned. If there were enough tokens available // to fill the arguments, then true will be returned. Args(...*string) bool // RemainingArgs loads any more arguments (tokens on the same line) // into a slice and returns them. Open curly brace tokens also indicate // the end of arguments, and the curly brace is not included in // the return value nor is it loaded. RemainingArgs() []string // ArgErr returns an argument error, meaning that another // argument was expected but not found. In other words, // a line break, EOF, or open curly brace was encountered instead of // an argument. ArgErr() error // Err generates a custom parse error with a message of msg. Err(string) error } )