Method serve

src/main/java/net/freeutils/httpserver/HTTPServer.java:2228–2251

Serves the content for a request by invoking the context handler for the requested context (path) and HTTP method. @param req the request @param resp the response into which the content is written @throws IOException if an error occurs

(Request req, Response resp)

     * @throws IOException if an error occurs
     */
    protected void serve(Request req, Response resp) throws IOException {
        // get context handler to handle request
        ContextHandler handler = req.getContext().getHandlers().get(req.getMethod());
        if (handler == null) {
            resp.sendError(404);
            return;
        }
        // serve request
        int status = 404;
        // add directory index if necessary
        String path = req.getPath();
        if (path.endsWith("/")) {
            String index = req.getVirtualHost().getDirectoryIndex();
            if (index != null) {
                req.setPath(path + index);
                status = handler.serve(req, resp);
                req.setPath(path);
            }
        }
        if (status == 404)
            status = handler.serve(req, resp);
        if (status > 0)
            resp.sendError(status);
    }

    /**
     * Adds a Content-Type mapping for the given path suffixes.