Routing for server

1

Hi all.
I'm working through creating server on Rust, and got a question, i have next example:
struct Router {
routes: HashMap<String, Box>
}

impl Router {

fn new() -> Self {
    Router {
        routes: HashMap::new()
    }
}

fn add_route<H>(&mut self, path: String, handler: H) where H: Handler {
    self.routes.insert(path, Box::new(handler));
}

}
impl Handler for Router {
fn handle(&self, req: &mut Request) -> IronResult {
match self.routes.get(&req.url.path().join("/")) {
Some(handler2) => handler2.handle(req),
None => Ok(Response::with(status::NotFound))
}
}
}
fn main() {
let mut router = Router::new();

router.add_route("hello_habrahabr".to_string(), |_: &mut Request| {
Ok(Response::with((status::Ok, "Hello Loo Maclin!\n")))
});

router.add_route("hello_habrahabr/again".to_string(), |_: &mut Request| {
Ok(Response::with((status::Ok, "Ты повторяешься!\n")))
});
Iron::new(router).http("localhost:3000").unwrap();
}
As i understood handler2 in this part of code represents Box<T:Handle> , right? But where is the definition of
handle(&mut Request) for it ????????????
Another thing i figured out is that we are Boxing a closure in add_route(&mut self, path: String, handler: H) where H: Handler{}
but how is it called out?I guess that the only way for it to be called is that it is called exactly in here:
Some(handler2) => handler2.handle(req),

2

It’s provided by iron itself: mod.rs.html -- source

Please format code snippets in your posts.

3

So the closure that we are Boxing in add_rout() basicaly is the handler of the Request for the server, and handle(rec) method just calls it automatically as defined in Rust?

4

It's handler for the specified route, yes. Right above the lines I linked to earlier is iron's implementation of Handler for a closure, which ties the pieces together: a (unboxed) closure is a Handler, a Box<Handler> is a Handler, and these two allow a boxed closure to be a handler.