HttpApplication (OpenAM Server Only 7.3.1 Documentation)

All Known Subinterfaces:

DescribedHttpApplication
```
public interface HttpApplication
```
Configuration class to configure the HttpApplication instance.
If the application should expose OpenAPI API Descriptors, the DescribedHttpApplication interface should be used instead of this one.

The implementation of this class will be loaded using the ServiceLoader framework.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Factory<Buffer>`	`getBufferFactory()`	Gets the `Factory` that will create temporary storage `Buffer`s to handle the processing of requests.
`Handler`	`start()`	Gets the root `Handler` that will handle all HTTP requests.
`void`	`stop()`	Called when HTTP application is shutdown.

- Method Detail
  - start
```
Handler start()
       throws HttpApplicationException
```
    Gets the root Handler that will handle all HTTP requests.
    The Handler returned from this method MUST be a singleton.
    
    Returns:
    
    The Handler to handle HTTP requests.
    
    Throws:
    
    HttpApplicationException - If there is a problem constructing the root application Handler.
  - getBufferFactory
```
Factory<Buffer> getBufferFactory()
```
    Gets the Factory that will create temporary storage Buffers to handle the processing of requests.
    May return null indicating that the container should provide a default buffer factory.
    
    Returns:
    
    A Buffer Factory or null.
  - stop
```
void stop()
```
    Called when HTTP application is shutdown.
    Implementation should use this method to clear up all remaining resources.