Document https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/720 and fix https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/719 for good

Former-commit-id: 75b855bee9216c28ce8e1ff46aee467766c37f23

_examples/file-server/basic/assets/index.html

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<h1>Hello index</h1>

_examples/routing/custom-context/method-overriding/main.go

@@ -20,8 +20,16 @@ type MyContext struct {
 
 var _ context.Context = &MyContext{} // optionally: validate on compile-time if MyContext implements context.Context.
 
-// Optional Part 2:
+// The only one important if you will override the Context
-// The only one important if you will override the Context with an embedded context.Context inside it.
+// with an embedded context.Context inside it.
+// Required in order to run the handlers via this "*MyContext".
+func (ctx *MyContext) Do(handlers context.Handlers) {
+	context.Do(ctx, handlers)
+}
+
+// The second one important if you will override the Context
+// with an embedded context.Context inside it.
+// Required in order to run the chain of handlers via this "*MyContext".
 func (ctx *MyContext) Next() {
 	context.Next(ctx)
 }
@@ -40,11 +48,9 @@ func main() {
 	app := iris.New()
 	// app.Logger().SetLevel("debug")
 
-	// Register a view engine on .html files inside the ./view/** directory.
-	app.RegisterView(iris.HTML("./view", ".html"))
-
 	// The only one Required:
-	// here is how you define how your own context will be created and acquired from the iris' generic context pool.
+	// here is how you define how your own context will
+	// be created and acquired from the iris' generic context pool.
 	app.ContextPool.Attach(func() context.Context {
 		return &MyContext{
 			// Optional Part 3:
@@ -52,6 +58,9 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	})
 
+	// Register a view engine on .html files inside the ./view/** directory.
+	app.RegisterView(iris.HTML("./view", ".html"))
+
 	// register your route, as you normally do
 	app.Handle("GET", "/", recordWhichContextJustForProofOfConcept, func(ctx context.Context) {
 		// use the context's overridden HTML method.

_examples/routing/dynamic-path/root-wildcard/main.go

@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ func main() {
 	// /                     -> because of app.Get("/", ...)
 	// /other/anything/here  -> because of app.Get("/other/{paramother:path}", ...)
 	// /other2/anything/here -> because of app.Get("/other2/{paramothersecond:path}", ...)
-	// /other2/static        -> because of app.Get("/other2/static", ...)
+	// /other2/static2        -> because of app.Get("/other2/static", ...)
 	//
 	// It isn't conflicts with the rest of the routes, without routing performance cost!
 	//
 	// i.e /something/here/that/cannot/be/found/by/other/registered/routes/order/not/matters
 	app.Get("/{p:path}", h)
+	// app.Get("/static/{p:path}", staticWildcardH)
 
 	// this will handle only GET /
 	app.Get("/", staticPath)
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ func main() {
 	app.Get("/other2/{paramothersecond:path}", other2)
 
 	// this will handle only GET "/other2/static"
-	app.Get("/other2/static", staticPath)
+	app.Get("/other2/static2", staticPathOther2)
 
 	app.Run(iris.Addr(":8080"), iris.WithoutServerError(iris.ErrServerClosed))
 }
@@ -46,6 +47,11 @@ func h(ctx context.Context) {
 	ctx.WriteString(param)
 }
 
+func staticWildcardH(ctx context.Context) {
+	param := ctx.Params().Get("p")
+	ctx.WriteString("from staticWildcardH: param=" + param)
+}
+
 func other(ctx context.Context) {
 	param := ctx.Params().Get("paramother")
 	ctx.Writef("from other: %s", param)
@@ -57,5 +63,9 @@ func other2(ctx context.Context) {
 }
 
 func staticPath(ctx context.Context) {
-	ctx.Writef("from the static path: %s", ctx.Path())
+	ctx.Writef("from the static path(/): %s", ctx.Path())
+}
+
+func staticPathOther2(ctx context.Context) {
+	ctx.Writef("from the static path(/other2/static2): %s", ctx.Path())
 }

context/context.go

@@ -758,6 +758,19 @@ func Next(ctx Context) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Do calls the SetHandlers(handlers)
+// and executes the first handler,
+// handlers should not be empty.
+//
+// It's used by the router, developers may use that
+// to replace and execute handlers immediately.
+func Do(ctx Context, handlers Handlers) {
+	if len(handlers) > 0 {
+		ctx.SetHandlers(handlers)
+		handlers[0](ctx)
+	}
+}
+
 // LimitRequestBodySize is a middleware which sets a request body size limit
 // for all next handlers in the chain.
 var LimitRequestBodySize = func(maxRequestBodySizeBytes int64) Handler {

context/pool.go

@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ func New(newFunc func() Context) *Pool {
 }
 
 // Attach changes the pool's return value Context.
+//
+// The new Context should explicitly define the `Next()`
+// and `Do(context.Handlers)` functions.
+//
+// Example: https://github.com/kataras/iris/blob/master/_examples/routing/custom-context/method-overriding/main.go
 func (c *Pool) Attach(newFunc func() Context) {
 	c.newFunc = newFunc
 }

core/router/api_builder.go

@@ -658,6 +658,7 @@ func (rb *APIBuilder) StaticWeb(requestPath string, systemPath string) *Route {
 	}
 
 	requestPath = joinPath(fullpath, WildcardParam(paramName))
+	// requestPath = fullpath + "/{file:path}"
 	return rb.registerResourceRoute(requestPath, handler)
 }
 

core/router/node/node.go

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ type node struct {
 // ErrDublicate returnned from `Add` when two or more routes have the same registered path.
 var ErrDublicate = errors.New("two or more routes have the same registered path")
 
+/// TODO: clean up needed until v8.5
+
 // Add adds a node to the tree, returns an ErrDublicate error on failure.
 func (nodes *Nodes) Add(path string, handlers context.Handlers) error {
 	// println("[Add] adding path: " + path)
@@ -99,26 +101,29 @@ func (nodes *Nodes) add(path string, paramNames []string, handlers context.Handl
 	// set the wildcard param name to the root and its children.
 	wildcardIdx := strings.IndexByte(path, '*')
 	wildcardParamName := ""
-	if wildcardIdx > 0 {
+	if wildcardIdx > 0 && len(paramNames) == 0 {
 		wildcardParamName = path[wildcardIdx+1:]
-
 		path = path[0:wildcardIdx-1] + "/" // replace *paramName with single slash
+
+		// if path[len(path)-1] == '/' {
 		// if root wildcard, then add it as it's and return
-		if path == "/" {
+		rootWildcard := path == "/"
+		if rootWildcard {
 			path += "/" // if root wildcard, then do it like "//" instead of simple "/"
-			n := &node{
-				rootWildcard:      true,
-				s:                 path,
-				wildcardParamName: wildcardParamName,
-				paramNames:        paramNames,
-				handlers:          handlers,
-				root:              root,
-			}
-			*nodes = append(*nodes, n)
-			// println("1. nodes.Add path: " + path)
-			return
 		}
 
+		n := &node{
+			rootWildcard:      rootWildcard,
+			s:                 path,
+			wildcardParamName: wildcardParamName,
+			paramNames:        paramNames,
+			handlers:          handlers,
+			root:              root,
+		}
+		*nodes = append(*nodes, n)
+		// println("1. nodes.Add path: " + path)
+		return
+
 	}
 
 loop:
@@ -127,6 +132,10 @@ loop:
 			continue
 		}
 
+		if len(n.paramNames) == 0 && n.wildcardParamName != "" {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		minlen := len(n.s)
 		if len(path) < minlen {
 			minlen = len(path)
@@ -226,8 +235,9 @@ loop:
 		handlers:          handlers,
 		root:              root,
 	}
-	// println("5. nodes.Add path: " + n.s)
 	*nodes = append(*nodes, n)
+
+	// println("5. node add on path: " + path + " n.s: " + n.s + " wildcard param: " + n.wildcardParamName)
 	return
 }
 
@@ -276,7 +286,7 @@ func (nodes Nodes) Exists(path string) bool {
 }
 
 func (nodes Nodes) findChild(path string, params []string) (*node, []string) {
-	// println("request path: " + path)
+
 	for _, n := range nodes {
 		if n.s == ":" {
 			paramEnd := strings.IndexByte(path, '/')
@@ -309,8 +319,39 @@ func (nodes Nodes) findChild(path string, params []string) (*node, []string) {
 			return n, append(params, path[1:])
 		}
 
+		// second conditional may be unnecessary
+		// because of the n.rootWildcard before, but do it.
+		if n.wildcardParamName != "" && len(path) > 2 {
+			// println("n has wildcard n.s: " + n.s + " on path: " + path)
+			// n.s = static/, path = static
+
+			// 	println(n.s + " vs path: " + path)
+
+			// we could have /other/ as n.s so
+			// we must do this check, remember:
+			// now wildcards live on their own nodes
+			if len(path) == len(n.s)-1 {
+				// then it's like:
+				// path = /other2
+				// ns = /other2/
+				if path == n.s[0:len(n.s)-1] {
+					return n, params
+				}
+			}
+
+			// othwerwise path = /other2/dsadas
+			// ns= /other2/
+			if strings.HasPrefix(path, n.s) {
+				if len(path) > len(n.s)+1 {
+					return n, append(params, path[len(n.s):]) // without slash
+				}
+			}
+
+		}
+
 		if !strings.HasPrefix(path, n.s) {
 			// fmt.Printf("---here root: %v, n.s: "+n.s+" and path: "+path+" is dynamic: %v , wildcardParamName: %s, children len: %v \n", n.root, n.isDynamic(), n.wildcardParamName, len(n.childrenNodes))
+			// println(path + " n.s: " + n.s + " continue...")
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -322,6 +363,7 @@ func (nodes Nodes) findChild(path string, params []string) (*node, []string) {
 		}
 
 		child, childParamNames := n.childrenNodes.findChild(path[len(n.s):], params)
+
 		// print("childParamNames len: ")
 		// println(len(childParamNames))
 

core/router/router_wildcard_root_test.go

@@ -117,13 +117,16 @@ func TestRouterWildcardRootManyAndRootStatic(t *testing.T) {
 		// this feature is very important and can remove noumerous of previous hacks on our apps.
 		{"GET", "/{p:path}", h, []testRouteRequest{
 			{"GET", "", "/other2almost/some", iris.StatusOK, same_as_request_path},
-			// it's a request to /other , not other/something, therefore the root wildcard is the handler
+		}},
-			{"GET", "", "/other", iris.StatusOK, same_as_request_path},
+		{"GET", "/static/{p:path}", h, []testRouteRequest{
+			{"GET", "", "/static", iris.StatusOK, same_as_request_path},
+			{"GET", "", "/static/something/here", iris.StatusOK, same_as_request_path},
 		}},
 		{"GET", "/", h, []testRouteRequest{
 			{"GET", "", "/", iris.StatusOK, same_as_request_path},
 		}},
 		{"GET", "/other/{paramother:path}", h2, []testRouteRequest{
+			{"GET", "", "/other", iris.StatusForbidden, same_as_request_path},
 			{"GET", "", "/other/wildcard", iris.StatusForbidden, same_as_request_path},
 			{"GET", "", "/other/wildcard/here", iris.StatusForbidden, same_as_request_path},
 		}},