caddy/middleware/middleware.go
2015-05-04 13:40:07 -06:00

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// Package middleware provides some types and functions common among middleware.
package middleware
import "net/http"
type (
// Middleware is the middle layer which represents the traditional
// idea of middleware: it chains one Handler to the next by being
// passed the next Handler in the chain.
//
// Note: This type will be moved into a different package in the future.
Middleware func(Handler) Handler
// Handler is like http.Handler except ServeHTTP returns a status code
// and an error. 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 makes middleware.Handler
// different from http.Handler: error handling should happen at the
// application layer or in dedicated error-handling middleware only
// rather than with an "every middleware for itself" paradigm.
//
// The application or error-handling middleware should incorporate logic
// to ensure that the client always gets a proper response according to
// the status code. For security reasons, it should probably not reveal
// the actual error message. (Instead it should be logged, for example.)
//
// Handlers which do write to the response should return a status value
// < 400 as a signal that a response has been written. In other words,
// only error-handling middleware or the application will write to the
// response for a status code >= 400. When ANY handler writes to the
// response, it should return a status code < 400 to signal others to
// NOT write to the response again, which would be erroneous.
Handler interface {
ServeHTTP(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request) (int, error)
}
// HandlerFunc is a convenience type like http.HandlerFunc, except
// ServeHTTP returns a status code and an error. See Handler
// documentation for more information.
HandlerFunc func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request) (int, error)
)
// ServeHTTP implements the Handler interface.
func (f HandlerFunc) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (int, error) {
return f(w, r)
}