jbe@215: --[[--
jbe@215: request.handler(
jbe@215:   request         -- HTTP request object
jbe@215: )
jbe@215: 
jbe@215: Called by mcp.lua to process an HTTP request. Performs some initializations, then calls request.router().
jbe@215: 
jbe@215: --]]--
jbe@210: 
jbe@210: function request.handler(http_request)
jbe@212:   request._http_request = http_request
jbe@215:   local path = http_request.path
jbe@215:   if path then
jbe@221:     local relative_baseurl_elements = {}
jbe@215:     for match in string.gmatch(path, "/") do
jbe@221:       relative_baseurl_elements[#relative_baseurl_elements+1] = "../"
jbe@215:     end
jbe@221:     request._relative_baseurl = table.concat(relative_baseurl_elements)
jbe@215:   else
jbe@215:     request._relative_baseurl = nil
jbe@215:   end
jbe@241:   request._route = request.router() or {}
jbe@221:   request.process()
jbe@215: end
jbe@210: 
jbe@215: --//--