RobT fork of HTTPServer library

Fork of HTTPServer by Donatien Garnier

Revision:
6:d753966e4d97
Parent:
2:356c7fa399ae
--- a/LPC2368/services/http/server/HTTPServer.h	Fri Jul 09 14:45:18 2010 +0000
+++ b/LPC2368/services/http/server/HTTPServer.h	Thu Aug 05 15:12:27 2010 +0000
@@ -21,13 +21,17 @@
 THE SOFTWARE.
 */
 
+/** \file
+HTTP Server header file
+*/
+
 #ifndef HTTP_SERVER_H
 #define HTTP_SERVER_H
 
 class HTTPRequestHandler;
 class HTTPRequestDispatcher;
 
-#include "if/net/net.h"
+#include "core/net.h"
 #include "HTTPRequestHandler.h"
 #include "HTTPRequestDispatcher.h"
 
@@ -37,9 +41,17 @@
 #include <map>
 using std::map;
 
+///A simple HTTP server implementation
+/**
+The HTTPServer is composed of:
+- The actual server (HTTPServer)
+- A request dispatcher, instanciated on each request (HTTPRequestDispatcher)
+- Request handlers instanciated by the dispatcher(deriving from HTTPRequestHandler) 
+*/
 class HTTPServer
 {
 public:
+  ///Instantiates the HTTP Server
   HTTPServer();
   ~HTTPServer();
   
@@ -57,10 +69,21 @@
     }
   };
 
+  ///Adds a handler
+  /**
+  Appends a handler to the handlers list
+  @param T : class which will be instanciated to serve these requests
+  @param path : requests starting with this path will be served using this handler
+  */
   template<typename T>
   void addHandler(const char* path) //Template decl in header
   { m_lpHandlers[path] = &T::inst; }
   
+  ///Starts listening
+  /**
+  Binds server to a specific port and starts listening
+  @param port : port on which to listen for incoming connections
+  */
   void bind(int port = 80);
   
 private: