前言
终于到Container容器了,上面说到Connector把封装了Request对象以及Response对象的Socket传递给了Container容器,那么在Contianer容器中又是怎么样的处理流程呢?在说Container容器之前,有必要对Container容器有一个简单的了解,Container容器是子容器的父接口,所有的子容器都必须实现这个接口,在Tomcat中Container容器的设计是典型的责任链设计模式,其有四个子容器:Engine、Host、Context和Wrapper。这四个容器之间是父子关系,Engine容器包含Host,Host包含Context,Context包含Wrapper。
我们在web项目中的一个Servlet类对应一个Wrapper,多个Servlet就对应多个Wrapper,当有多个Wrapper的时候就需要一个容器来管理这些Wrapper了,这就是Context容器了,Context容器对应一个工程,所以我们新部署一个工程到Tomcat中就会新创建一个Context容器。Container容器的处理过程也比较复杂,下面是一个大概的流程:
上面出现了Pipeline与Valve,这两个对象可以分别理解为管道与管道中闸门,当收到从Connector的请求后,这个请求要通过一个个管道以及管道中一个个的闸门,只有全部通过才能最终被具体的Servlet处理。要注意的是,每一个容器都有自己的管道和闸门,这些管道与闸门都是由容器自身老控制的,所以我们可以看到注入StandardEngineValve等类了。
下面就从Container容器的四个子容器入手,分析每一个容器是怎么样处理的:
Engine容器
Engine容器包含Host容器,根据文章第一部分的架构图,可以知道其管理的容器是Host,Engine是一个接口,其标准实现类是StandardEngine,下面是其类结构图:
注意其中的addChild方法,其类型是Container,但是其实际管理的就是Host容器。Engine容器处理请求的流程可以简化如下:
在刚开始的流程图中调用了StandardEngineValve的invoke方法,这个方法的具体实现如何呢?
代码清单4-1:
/**
* Select the appropriate child Host to process this request,
* based on the requested server name. If no matching Host can
* be found, return an appropriate HTTP error.
*
* @param request Request to be processed
* @param response Response to be produced
*
* @exception IOException if an input/output error occurred
* @exception ServletException if a servlet error occurred
*/
@Override
public final void invoke(Request request, Response response)
throws IOException, ServletException {
// Select the Host to be used for this Request
Host host = request.getHost();
if (host == null) {
response.sendError
(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST,
sm.getString("standardEngine.noHost",
request.getServerName()));
return;
}
if (request.isAsyncSupported()) {
request.setAsyncSupported(host.getPipeline().isAsyncSupported());
}
// Ask this Host to process this request
host.getPipeline().getFirst().invoke(request, response);
}
可以看到这个方法的任务就是选择可用的Host容器处理当前的请求,选择Host容器后,就调用其invoke方法,所以具体的处理就转移到了Host容器。
Host容器
Host容器是Engine容器的子容器,上面也说到Host是受Engine容器管理的,就是指一个虚拟主机,比如我们在访问具体jsp页面URL中localhost就是一个虚拟主机,其作用是运行多个应用,并对这些应用进行管理,其子容器是Context,而且一个主机还保存了主机的相关信息。Host的标准实现类是StandardHost,其闸门实现是StandardHostValve,下面是StandardHost与StandardHostValve的类结构图:
Host容器的处理流程可以简化如下:
接着我们回到Engine容器的invoke方法,下面是host.getPipeline().getFirst().invoke(request, response)
的方法源码:
代码清单4-2:
@Override
public final void invoke(Request request, Response response)
throws IOException, ServletException {
// Select the Context to be used for this Request
Context context = request.getContext();
if (context == null) {
response.sendError
(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
sm.getString("standardHost.noContext"));
return;
}
// Bind the context CL to the current thread
if( context.getLoader() != null ) {
// Not started - it should check for availability first
// This should eventually move to Engine, it's generic.
if (Globals.IS_SECURITY_ENABLED) {
PrivilegedAction<Void> pa = new PrivilegedSetTccl(
context.getLoader().getClassLoader());
AccessController.doPrivileged(pa);
} else {
Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader
(context.getLoader().getClassLoader());
}
}
if (request.isAsyncSupported()) {
request.setAsyncSupported(context.getPipeline().isAsyncSupported());
}
// Don't fire listeners during async processing
// If a request init listener throws an exception, the request is
// aborted
boolean asyncAtStart = request.isAsync();
// An async error page may dispatch to another resource. This flag helps
// ensure an infinite error handling loop is not entered
boolean errorAtStart = response.isError();
if (asyncAtStart || context.fireRequestInitEvent(request)) {
// Ask this Context to process this request
try {
context.getPipeline().getFirst().invoke(request, response);
} catch (Throwable t) {
ExceptionUtils.handleThrowable(t);
if (errorAtStart) {
container.getLogger().error("Exception Processing " +
request.getRequestURI(), t);
} else {
request.setAttribute(RequestDispatcher.ERROR_EXCEPTION, t);
throwable(request, response, t);
}
}
// If the request was async at the start and an error occurred then
// the async error handling will kick-in and that will fire the
// request destroyed event *after* the error handling has taken
// place
if (!(request.isAsync() || (asyncAtStart &&
request.getAttribute(
RequestDispatcher.ERROR_EXCEPTION) != null))) {
// Protect against NPEs if context was destroyed during a
// long running request.
if (context.getState().isAvailable()) {
if (!errorAtStart) {
// Error page processing
response.setSuspended(false);
Throwable t = (Throwable) request.getAttribute(
RequestDispatcher.ERROR_EXCEPTION);
if (t != null) {
throwable(request, response, t);
} else {
status(request, response);
}
}
context.fireRequestDestroyEvent(request);
}
}
}
// Access a session (if present) to update last accessed time, based on a
// strict interpretation of the specification
if (ACCESS_SESSION) {
request.getSession(false);
}
// Restore the context classloader
if (Globals.IS_SECURITY_ENABLED) {
PrivilegedAction<Void> pa = new PrivilegedSetTccl(
StandardHostValve.class.getClassLoader());
AccessController.doPrivileged(pa);
} else {
Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader
(StandardHostValve.class.getClassLoader());
}
}
其处理过程可以总结如下:
1. 为特定的请求URL选择一个Context容器
2. 把Context容器绑定到线程中
3. 判断是否是一个异步请求
4. 让Context去处理这个请求
5. Context执行invoke方法,进入管道中,由StandardContextValve(是ContextValve的标准实现类)处理