io.cdap.http

Interface URLRewriter

public interface URLRewriter

Re-writes URL of an incoming request before any handlers or their hooks are called. This can be used to map an incoming URL to an URL that a handler understands. The re-writer overwrites the incoming URL with the new value. The re-writer can also send response to the clients, eg. redirect header, and then stop further request processing.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	rewrite(io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpRequest request, HttpResponder responder) Implement this to rewrite URL of an incoming request.

Method Detail

rewrite

boolean rewrite(io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpRequest request,
                HttpResponder responder)

Implement this to rewrite URL of an incoming request. The re-written URL needs to be updated back in request using HttpRequest.setUri(String).

Parameters:

request - Incoming HTTP request.

responder - Used to send response to clients.

Returns:

true if request processing should continue, false otherwise.