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#include <Variables.h>
#include <Exceptions.h>
+//! This is the basic HTTP action.
+/*!
+ This pure virtual class contains the framework to build a basic HTTP action.
+*/
class Action : public Base {
public:
- Action(const String & = "");
+ //! The provided string should contain the url of that action.
+ /*!
+ If no URL is provided, one will be generated on the fly.
+ */
+ Action(const String & url = "");
virtual ~Action();
+ //! Will recursively resolve an URL, and return the corresponding action, or NULL if not found.
Action * Look4URL(const String &);
- virtual Task * Do(Variables *, Variables *, Handle *) = 0;
+ //! This pure virtual method has to be filled. It will be launched if the URL is called.
+ /*!
+ This method will be called when the URL gets invoked. The vars variable will contain the POST
+ or GET variables. The headers is a single list of the HTTP headers. And the out handle will
+ be dumped as the output to the brower.
+ */
+ virtual Task * Do(Variables * vars, Variables * headers, Handle * out) = 0;
+ //! This helper will dump the basic HTML headers.
virtual void SendHead(Handle *);
+ //! This helper will dump the basic HTML footers.
virtual void SendFoot(Handle *);
- virtual void ShowButton(Handle *, const String & = " Ok ", const String & = "start");
+ //! This helper will display a button.
+ /*!
+ The button will have the caption provided, and will redirect to the provided url.
+ */
+ virtual void ShowButton(Handle *, const String & caption = " Ok ", const String & url = "start");
+ //! This pure virtual method has to gives the page title. Will be used in SendHead.
virtual String GetTitle(void) = 0;
+ //! This returns the recorded URL for that action.
String GetURL(void);
+ //! Mark this action to be erased as soon as the Do method ends.
void CleanUp(void);
protected:
+ //! Mark this action as beeing accessed.
void Accessed(void);
private: