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package javax.servlet.http;

Allows runtime discovery of the manner in which the HttpServlet for the current HttpServletRequest was invoked. Invoking any of the methods must not block the caller. The implementation must be thread safe. Instances are immutable and are returned from HttpServletRequest.getHttpServletMapping.

Following are some illustrative examples for various combinations of mappings. Consider the following Servlet declaration:


<servlet>
    <servlet-name>MyServlet</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>MyServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>MyServlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/MyServlet</url-pattern>
    <url-pattern>""</url-pattern>
    <url-pattern>*.extension</url-pattern>
    <url-pattern>/path/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

The expected values of the properties for various incoming URI path values are as shown in this table. The servletName column is omitted as its value is always MyServlet.

Expected values of properties for various URI paths
URI Path (in quotes) matchValue pattern mappingMatch
"" "" "" CONTEXT_ROOT
"/index.html" "" / DEFAULT
"/MyServlet" MyServlet /MyServlet EXACT
"/foo.extension" foo *.extension EXTENSION
"/path/foo" foo /path/* PATH
Since:4.0
/** * <p>Allows runtime discovery of the manner in which the {@link * HttpServlet} for the current {@link HttpServletRequest} was invoked. * Invoking any of the methods must not block the caller. The * implementation must be thread safe. Instances are immutable and are * returned from {@link HttpServletRequest#getHttpServletMapping}.</p> * * <p>Following are some illustrative examples for various combinations * of mappings. Consider the following Servlet declaration:</p> * * <pre><code> * &lt;servlet&gt; * &lt;servlet-name&gt;MyServlet&lt;/servlet-name&gt; * &lt;servlet-class&gt;MyServlet&lt;/servlet-class&gt; * &lt;/servlet&gt; * &lt;servlet-mapping&gt; * &lt;servlet-name&gt;MyServlet&lt;/servlet-name&gt; * &lt;url-pattern&gt;/MyServlet&lt;/url-pattern&gt; * &lt;url-pattern&gt;""&lt;/url-pattern&gt; * &lt;url-pattern&gt;*.extension&lt;/url-pattern&gt; * &lt;url-pattern&gt;/path/*&lt;/url-pattern&gt; * &lt;/servlet-mapping&gt; * </code></pre> * * <p>The expected values of the properties for various incoming URI * path values are as shown in this table. The {@code servletName} * column is omitted as its value is always {@code MyServlet}.</p> * * <table border="1"> * <caption>Expected values of properties for various URI paths</caption> * <tr> * <th>URI Path (in quotes)</th> * <th>matchValue</th> * <th>pattern</th> * <th>mappingMatch</th> * </tr> * <tr> * <td>""</td> * <td>""</td> * <td>""</td> * <td>CONTEXT_ROOT</td> * </tr> * <tr> * <td>"/index.html"</td> * <td>""</td> * <td>/</td> * <td>DEFAULT</td> * </tr> * <tr> * <td>"/MyServlet"</td> * <td>MyServlet</td> * <td>/MyServlet</td> * <td>EXACT</td> * </tr> * <tr> * <td>"/foo.extension"</td> * <td>foo</td> * <td>*.extension</td> * <td>EXTENSION</td> * </tr> * <tr> * <td>"/path/foo"</td> * <td>foo</td> * <td>/path/*</td> * <td>PATH</td> * </tr> * * </table> * * @since 4.0 */
public interface HttpServletMapping {

Return the portion of the URI path that caused this request to be matched. If the getMappingMatch value is CONTEXT_ROOT or DEFAULT, this method must return the empty string. If the getMappingMatch value is EXACT, this method must return the portion of the path that matched the servlet, omitting any leading slash. If the getMappingMatch value is EXTENSION or PATH, this method must return the value that matched the '*'. See the class javadoc for examples.

Returns:the match.
Since:4.0
/** * <p>Return the portion of the URI path that caused this request to * be matched. If the {@link getMappingMatch} value is {@code * CONTEXT_ROOT} or {@code DEFAULT}, this method must return the * empty string. If the {@link getMappingMatch} value is {@code * EXACT}, this method must return the portion of the path that * matched the servlet, omitting any leading slash. If the {@link * getMappingMatch} value is {@code EXTENSION} or {@code PATH}, this * method must return the value that matched the '*'. See the class * javadoc for examples. </p> * * @return the match. * * @since 4.0 */
public String getMatchValue();

Return the String representation for the url-pattern for this mapping. If the getMappingMatch value is CONTEXT_ROOT or DEFAULT, this method must return the empty string. If the getMappingMatch value is EXTENSION, this method must return the pattern, without any leading slash. Otherwise, this method returns the pattern exactly as specified in the descriptor or Java configuration.

Returns:the String representation for the url-pattern for this mapping.
Since:4.0
/** * <p>Return the String representation for the {@code url-pattern} * for this mapping. If the {@link getMappingMatch} value is {@code * CONTEXT_ROOT} or {@code DEFAULT}, this method must return the * empty string. If the {@link getMappingMatch} value is {@code * EXTENSION}, this method must return the pattern, without any * leading slash. Otherwise, this method returns the pattern * exactly as specified in the descriptor or Java configuration.</p> * * @return the String representation for the * {@code url-pattern} for this mapping. * * @since 4.0 */
public String getPattern();

Return the String representation for the servlet-name for this mapping. If the Servlet providing the response is the default servlet, the return from this method is the name of the defautl servlet, which is container specific.

Returns:the String representation for the servlet-name for this mapping.
Since:4.0
/** * <p>Return the String representation for the {@code servlet-name} * for this mapping. If the Servlet providing the response is the * default servlet, the return from this method is the name of the * defautl servlet, which is container specific.</p> * * @return the String representation for the {@code servlet-name} * for this mapping. * * @since 4.0 */
public String getServletName();

Return the MappingMatch for this instance

Returns:the MappingMatch for this instance.
Since:4.0
/** * <p>Return the {@link MappingMatch} for this * instance</p> * * @return the {@code MappingMatch} for this instance. * * @since 4.0 */
public MappingMatch getMappingMatch(); }