http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/jre/api/net/httpserver/spec/overview-summary.html
1.Package com.sun.net.httpserver Description
Provides a simple high-level Http server API, which can be used to build embedded HTTP servers.
Provides a simple high-level Http server API, which can be used to build embedded HTTP servers. Both "http" and "https" are supported. The API provides a partial implementation of RFC 2616 (HTTP 1.1) and RFC 2818 (HTTP over TLS). Any HTTP functionality not provided by this API can be implemented by application code using the API.
Programmers must implement the HttpHandler
interface. This interface provides a callback which is invoked to handle incoming requests from clients. A HTTP request and its response is known as an exchange. HTTP exchanges are represented by the HttpExchange
class. The HttpServer
class is used to listen for incoming TCP connections and it dispatches requests on these connections to handlers which have been registered with the server.
A minimal Http server example is shown below:
class MyHandler implements HttpHandler { public void handle(HttpExchange t) throws IOException { InputStream is = t.getRequestBody(); read(is); // .. read the request body String response = "This is the response"; t.sendResponseHeaders(200, response.length()); OutputStream os = t.getResponseBody(); os.write(response.getBytes()); os.close(); } } ... HttpServer server = HttpServer.create(new InetSocketAddress(8000)); server.createContext("/applications/myapp", new MyHandler()); server.setExecutor(null); // creates a default executor server.start();
The example above creates a simple HttpServer which uses the calling application thread to invoke the handle() method for incoming http requests directed to port 8000, and to the path /applications/myapp/.
The HttpExchange
class encapsulates everything an application needs to process incoming requests and to generate appropriate responses.
Registering a handler with a HttpServer creates a HttpContext
object and Filter
objects can be added to the returned context. Filters are used to perform automatic pre- and post-processing of exchanges before they are passed to the exchange handler.
For sensitive information, a HttpsServer
can be used to process "https" requests secured by the SSL or TLS protocols. A HttpsServer must be provided with a HttpsConfigurator
object, which contains an initialized SSLContext
. HttpsConfigurator can be used to configure the cipher suites and other SSL operating parameters. A simple example SSLContext could be created as follows:
char[] passphrase = "passphrase".toCharArray(); KeyStore ks = KeyStore.getInstance("JKS"); ks.load(new FileInputStream("testkeys"), passphrase); KeyManagerFactory kmf = KeyManagerFactory.getInstance("SunX509"); kmf.init(ks, passphrase); TrustManagerFactory tmf = TrustManagerFactory.getInstance("SunX509"); tmf.init(ks); SSLContext ssl = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS"); ssl.init(kmf.getKeyManagers(), tmf.getTrustManagers(), null);
In the example above, a keystore file called "testkeys", created with the keytool utility is used as a certificate store for client and server certificates. The following code shows how the SSLContext is then used in a HttpsConfigurator and how the SSLContext and HttpsConfigurator are linked to the HttpsServer.
server.setHttpsConfigurator (new HttpsConfigurator(sslContext) { public void configure (HttpsParameters params) { // get the remote address if needed InetSocketAddress remote = params.getClientAddress(); SSLContext c = getSSLContext(); // get the default parameters SSLParameters sslparams = c.getDefaultSSLParameters(); if (remote.equals (...) ) { // modify the default set for client x } params.setSSLParameters(sslparams); // statement above could throw IAE if any params invalid. // eg. if app has a UI and parameters supplied by a user. } });
- Since:
- 1.6
2. Package com.sun.net.httpserver.spi Description
Provides a pluggable service provider interface, which allows the HTTP server implementation to be replaced with other implementations.