Re: [Simpleweb-Support] A complete tutorial?

[Michael \Luni\ L. <lun...@ya...>]

--- "Michael \"Luni\" Libes" <lun...@ya...> wrote:

> Where's the rest of the tutorial?

The enclosed source code is based on David Flanagan's efforts at
a) getting Simple up and running, and b) serving both dynamic
and static content from the same "Engine".

1. Throw this into the Simple/source tree
2. 'cd' to your Simple directory
3. run 'ant all'
4. run 'java -cp jar\simple-2.5.3.jar simple.sample.Application
8080 .'
5. Fire up a browser and go visit 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/'. 
This will run the simple.sample.HttpService code.
6. Visit 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/img.gif'.  This will run the
simple.sample.ImageService code (which will return a
blank/invalid image).
7. Visit 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/file/build.xml'.  This will load
the build.xml file from the current directory.  Note that the
prefix '/file' is stripped off the request.

This sample code skips the complexity of MapperEnginer and
LoaderEngine, plus it hides the complexity of FileEngine. 
Intead, it creates a new subclass of ProtocolHandler which like
LoaderEngine, uses simple.util.Resolver to match patterns with
Services.

Unlike the existing Simple Engine's, the Service classes are
expected to be included within the application.  If you need
dynamically loaded Services, then add a MappingEngine into the
RequestHandler like the FileEngine.  Set the appropriate pattern
(e.g. '*.class') for dynamically loaded classes, and you'll have
a basic web server with a mix of files and 'CGI's'.

Similar patterns can be added for template-based pages.

And finally, note that RequestHandler includes the code from
DemoServer in the existing tutorial.  I still have no idea how
that was supposed to be chained into the requests for
HelloService.

Niall, note that I've put your copyright header on the top of
these files.  They are yours to include in Simple and to improve
as you see fit.

  Michael Libes