VirtualRequests » History » Revision 4
Revision 3 (stbuehler, 2008-12-22 16:27) → Revision 4/5 (presbrey, 2012-02-06 17:55)
h1. VirtualRequests
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One request may need several sub requests; fastcgi defines 3 roles for backends which i would use here too (with a little bit different interpretation):
* Authorizer: doesn't see the request content; request handling waits until result is available
This one is the same as the fastcgi authorizer.
Implementation: @authorize actionblock @
* make a virtual request, copy the "request" into it
* wait for response headers; if status = 200: drop content and go on
else forward content and response headers
* Responder: generates the content
* Filter: a response filter
h2. Basic Structure
* callbacks set by the master of a request:
* handle_request_headers
* handle_response_headers
* handle_response_body
* handle_response_error
* callbacks set by the content handler via vrequest_handle_indirect:
* handle_request_body
* use vrequest_handle_direct if you don't need extra handling (like reading the request-body)