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Move http protocol into its own file
author Adam Chlipala <adamc@hcoop.net>
date Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:49:04 -0400
parents 346cf1908a17
children 03e7f111fe99
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(* Copyright (c) 2008-2009, Adam Chlipala
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signature SETTINGS = sig
    
    (* How do all application URLs begin? *)
    val setUrlPrefix : string -> unit
    val getUrlPrefix : unit -> string

    (* How many seconds should the server wait before assuming a Comet client has left? *)
    val setTimeout : int -> unit
    val getTimeout : unit -> int

    (* Which C header files are needed? *)
    val setHeaders : string list -> unit
    val getHeaders : unit -> string list

    (* Which extra JavaScript URLs should be included? *)
    val setScripts : string list -> unit
    val getScripts : unit -> string list

    type ffi = string * string

    (* Which FFI types may be sent from clients to servers? *)
    val setClientToServer : ffi list -> unit
    val mayClientToServer : ffi -> bool

    (* Which FFI functions have side effects? *)
    val setEffectful : ffi list -> unit
    val isEffectful : ffi -> bool

    (* Which FFI functions may only be run in clients? *)
    val setClientOnly : ffi list -> unit
    val isClientOnly : ffi -> bool

    (* Which FFI functions may only be run on servers? *)
    val setServerOnly : ffi list -> unit
    val isServerOnly : ffi -> bool

    (* Which FFI functions may be run in JavaScript?  (JavaScript function names included) *)
    val setJsFuncs : (ffi * string) list -> unit
    val jsFunc : ffi -> string option

    datatype pattern_kind = Exact | Prefix
    datatype action = Allow | Deny
    type rule = { action : action, kind : pattern_kind, pattern : string }

    datatype path_kind = Any | Url | Table | Sequence | View | Relation | Cookie | Style
    type rewrite = { pkind : path_kind, kind : pattern_kind, from : string, to : string }

    (* Rules for rewriting URLs from canonical forms *)
    val setRewriteRules : rewrite list -> unit
    val rewrite : path_kind -> string -> string

    (* Validating URLs and MIME types *)
    val setUrlRules : rule list -> unit
    val getUrlRules : unit -> rule list
    val checkUrl : string -> bool

    val setMimeRules : rule list -> unit
    val getMimeRules : unit -> rule list
    val checkMime : string -> bool

    (* Web protocols that generated programs may speak *)
    type protocol = {
        name : string,      (* Call it this on the command line *)
        link : string,      (* Pass these linker arguments *)
        persistent : bool   (* Multiple requests per process? *)
    }
    val addProtocol : protocol -> unit
    val getProtocol : string -> protocol option
    val setProtocol : string -> unit
    val currentProtocol : unit -> protocol

    val setDebug : bool -> unit
    val getDebug : unit -> bool

    val clibFile : string -> string

end