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tpHandler handler)
method, where
path
specifies the root URI path,
and
handler
specifies the
HttpHandler
implementation that handles all
requests that target this path. If you prefer, you can invoke
HttpContext
createContext(String path)
without specifying an initial handler.
You would later specify the handler by calling
HttpContext
's
void
setHandler(HttpHandler h)
method.
3. Starttheserver.Afteryouhavecreatedtheserverandatleastonecontext(in-
cludingasuitablehandler),thefinaltaskistostarttheserver.Accomplishthis
task by calling
HttpServer
's
void start()
method.
I'vecreatedaminimalHTTPserverapplicationthatdemonstratesallthreetasks.This
application's source code appears in
Listing 11-1
.
Listing 11-1.
A minimal HTTP server application
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import com.sun.net.httpserver.Headers;
import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpExchange;
import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpHandler;
import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpServer;
class MinimalHTTPServer
{
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOExcep-
tion
{
HttpServer server = HttpServer.create(new InetSock-
etAddress(8000), 0);
server.createContext("/echo", new Handler());
server.start();
