fixed shutdown sequence, added better modularity

.classpath

@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <classpath>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/classes/java/main" path="src/main/java">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="gradle_scope" value="main"/>
-			<attribute name="gradle_used_by_scope" value="main,test"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/classes/java/test" path="src/test/java">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="gradle_scope" value="test"/>
@@ -19,6 +13,12 @@
 			<attribute name="gradle_used_by_scope" value="main,test"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/classes/java/main" path="src/main/java">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="gradle_scope" value="main"/>
+			<attribute name="gradle_used_by_scope" value="main,test"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8/"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.buildship.core.gradleclasspathcontainer"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/bin"/>

.settings/org.eclipse.buildship.core.prefs

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-arguments=--init-script C\:\\Users\\agov0001\\AppData\\Roaming\\Code\\User\\globalStorage\\redhat.java\\1.22.1\\config_win\\org.eclipse.osgi\\57\\0\\.cp\\gradle\\init\\init.gradle --init-script C\:\\Users\\agov0001\\AppData\\Roaming\\Code\\User\\globalStorage\\redhat.java\\1.22.1\\config_win\\org.eclipse.osgi\\57\\0\\.cp\\gradle\\protobuf\\init.gradle
+arguments=
 auto.sync=false
 build.scans.enabled=false
-connection.gradle.distribution=GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION(LOCAL_INSTALLATION(C\:\\ProgramData\\chocolatey\\lib\\gradle\\tools\\gradle-7.5.1))
+connection.gradle.distribution=GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION(WRAPPER)
 connection.project.dir=
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 gradle.user.home=
-java.home=C\:/Program Files/Microsoft/jdk-11.0.12.7-hotspot
+java.home=
 jvm.arguments=
 offline.mode=false
-override.workspace.settings=true
-show.console.view=true
-show.executions.view=true
+override.workspace.settings=false
+show.console.view=false
+show.executions.view=false

.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ org.eclipse.jdt.core.circularClasspath=warning
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.classpath.exclusionPatterns=enabled
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.classpath.mainOnlyProjectHasTestOnlyDependency=error
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.classpath.multipleOutputLocations=enabled
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.classpath.outputOverlappingAnotherSource=error
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.classpath.outputOverlappingAnotherSource=ignore
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.codeComplete.argumentPrefixes=
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.codeComplete.argumentSuffixes=
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.codeComplete.camelCaseMatch=enabled

build.gradle

@@ -4,26 +4,50 @@ Unix - ~/.m2
 Windows - C:\Users\<username>\.m2
 For example - /Users/alex/.m2/repository/<library_path>/<version>/<name>.<extension>
  */
-
 apply plugin: 'java'
 apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
 apply plugin: 'application'
 apply plugin: 'eclipse'
 apply from: 'extra.gradle'
 
-group='com.reliancy'
-mainClassName = group+'.'+name+'.JettyApp'
-version = '0.2-SNAPSHOT'
-sourceCompatibility = 1.8
-targetCompatibility = 1.8
 project.buildDir = 'target'
+group='com.reliancy'
+version = '0.3-SNAPSHOT'
+application{
+  mainClass=(group+'.'+name+'.JettyApp')
+}
+java{
+  sourceCompatibility = 1.8
+  targetCompatibility = 1.8
+}
 
 // print some info for orientation
-println("group:"+group);
-println("name:"+name);
-println("version:"+version);
-println("entry:"+mainClassName);
+//println("group:"+group);
+//println("name:"+name);
+//println("version:"+version);
+//println("entry:"+mainClassName);
 
+sourceSets {
+  main {
+    resources {
+        srcDirs "src/main/resources", "src/main/web"
+    }
+  }
+}
+processResources {
+  from (sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs) {
+      include '**/*.htm'
+      include '**/*.html'
+      include '**/*.properties'
+      include '**/*.ini'
+      include '**/*.json'
+      include '**/*.js'
+      include '**/*.css'
+      include '**/*.txt'
+      include '**/*.xml'
+      include '**/*.png'
+  }
+}
 repositories { 
     //mavenLocal()
     //mavenCentral()
@@ -75,7 +99,8 @@ javadoc {
 }
 dependencies {
     implementation "org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server:11.0.1"
-    implementation "org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.0-alpha0"
+    implementation "org.slf4j:slf4j-jdk14:2.0.10"
+    //implementation "org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.10"
     //implementation 'com.hubspot.jinjava:jinjava:2.5.10'
     implementation 'com.github.jknack:handlebars:4.3.0'
     implementation 'com.h2database:h2:2.1.214'
@@ -92,9 +117,10 @@ test {
     // standard out or error is shown
     // in Gradle output.
     outputs.upToDateWhen {false}
-    showStandardStreams = true
+    //showStandardStreams = true
     exceptionFormat = 'full'
     // Or we use events method:
+    events "passed", "skipped", "failed", "standardOut", "standardError"
     // events 'standard_out', 'standard_error'
 
     // Or set property events:
@@ -110,7 +136,7 @@ jar {
     archiveBaseName = project.name
     archiveVersion =  project.version
     manifest {
-        attributes "Main-Class": mainClassName
+        attributes "Main-Class": application.mainClass
         attributes "Class-Path": configurations.runtimeClasspath.collect { it.getName() }.join(' ')
     }
 }
@@ -121,11 +147,11 @@ task copyToLib(type: Copy) {
 build.finalizedBy(copyToLib)
 eclipse{
   classpath {
-    defaultOutputDir = file("target/bin") ///default
+    defaultOutputDir = file("${relativePath(buildDir)}/bin") ///default
     file.whenMerged { cp ->
       cp.entries.forEach { cpe ->
         if (cpe.kind == 'src' && cpe.hasProperty('output')) {
-          cpe.output = cpe.output.replace('bin/', "target/classes/java/")
+          cpe.output = cpe.output.replace('bin/', "${relativePath(buildDir)}/classes/java/")
         }
       }
     }

extra.gradle

@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ task dotenv{
 }
 task packageJavadoc(type: Jar, dependsOn: 'javadoc') {
     from javadoc
-    classifier = 'javadoc'
+    archiveClassifier = 'javadoc'
 }
 task packageSources(type: Jar, dependsOn: 'classes') {
     from sourceSets.main.allSource
-    classifier = 'sources'
+    archiveClassifier = 'sources'
 }
 task fat_jar(type: Jar) {
     archiveBaseName = 'fat-'+project.name
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class Server implements Runnable{
     info("stopping server");
     if(driver!=null){
       driver.interrupt();
-      driver.join();
+      //driver.join();
     }
     for(Thread th:Thread.getAllStackTraces().keySet()){
       if(th.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("executor")){
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ task runServer{
   doLast {
     Server.main().start({
         project.javaexec {
-          classpath = project.sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
-          main = mainClassName
+          classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
+          main = application.mainClass.get()
         } 
     });
   }

src/main/java/com/reliancy/dbo/Action.java

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
  * At its core are action traits which are classes that define either loading,saving or deleting.
  * The items field is a consumable object when consumed the action is done.
  * So for loading we iterate once done it cannot be done again. Also when items are provided for saving
- * once iterated over and saved they we done.
+ * once iterated over and saved we are done.
  */
 public class Action implements Iterable<DBO>,SiphonIterator<DBO>{
     public static class Trait{

src/main/java/com/reliancy/dbo/SQLTerminal.java

@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ import com.reliancy.util.Path;
 import com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig;
 import com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource;
 
+/** SQL particular implementation of a terminal.
+ * It will use a connection pool under it to take care of connection re-use.
+ * 
+ */
 public class SQLTerminal implements Terminal{
     HikariConfig config = new HikariConfig();
     HikariDataSource ds;
@@ -48,7 +52,7 @@ public class SQLTerminal implements Terminal{
     }
     @Override
     public Action execute(Action q) throws IOException{
-        System.out.println("Executing..."+q.getTrait());
+       // System.out.println("Executing..."+q.getTrait());
         Action.Trait tr=q.getTrait();
         if(tr instanceof Action.Load){
             Entity ent=q.getEntity();
@@ -60,14 +64,14 @@ public class SQLTerminal implements Terminal{
                 reader.close();
                 throw new IOException(e);
             }
-            System.out.println("Executing...Done");
+            //System.out.println("Executing...Done");
             return q;
         }else if(tr instanceof Action.Save){
             Entity ent=q.getEntity();
             try(SQLWriter writer=new SQLWriter(ent,this)) {
                 writer.open();
                 writer.flush(q.getItems());
-                System.out.println("Executing...Done");
+                //System.out.println("Executing...Done");
                 return q;
             }catch(SQLException e){
                 throw new IOException(e);
@@ -77,7 +81,7 @@ public class SQLTerminal implements Terminal{
             try(SQLCleaner cleaner=new SQLCleaner(ent,this)) {
                 cleaner.open();
                 cleaner.flush(q.getItems());
-                System.out.println("Executing...Done");
+                //System.out.println("Executing...Done");
                 return q;
             }catch(SQLException e){
                 throw new IOException(e);

src/main/java/com/reliancy/dbo/Terminal.java

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
  *  control will be implemented via meta terminal which will return specialized terminals for each entity and running actions on it
  *  will modify the entity structure.
  * 
- *  the core of the temrminal will be the Action object. The others will just be wrappers for since item actions.
+ *  the core of the temrminal will be the Action object. The others will just be wrappers for item actions.
  *  the action will be a read or write query with session management. 
  */
 public interface Terminal {

src/main/java/com/reliancy/jabba/App.java

@@ -8,47 +8,81 @@ You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 
 package com.reliancy.jabba;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
+import com.reliancy.dbo.Terminal;
 import com.reliancy.jabba.sec.SecurityPolicy;
 import com.reliancy.util.CodeException;
 import com.reliancy.util.ResultCode;
 
 /** Base Application class from where specific launchers derive.
  * Derived classes will usually bring in jetty or tomcat or some other launch ability.
+ * At the level of App we manage pure app or infrastructure concepts. 
+ * Examples of such concepts are:
+ *  - processor chain
+ *  - main / router processor
+ *  - security policy
+ *  - storage which pools resources among instances
+ *  - app wide logger and config
+ * It does not include:
+ *  - per user config
+ *  - per user work directory
+ * 
+ * Storage is an abstract, possibly external data store. It could be file based or not.
+ * On the other hand work path is usually local disk path specific to a machine, still
+ * it can be overriden to return www resource paths for certain items. That is why we treat
+ * it as a string and not a File or URL.
  */
 public abstract class App extends Processor{
     public static int ERR_NOCONFIG=ResultCode.defineFailure(0x01,App.class,"config missing. provide at least empty one.");
     public static int ERR_NOTCLOSED=ResultCode.defineFailure(0x02,App.class,"unbalanced call. resource called twice:${resource}");
     protected Processor first=null;
     protected Processor last=null;
-    protected RoutedEndPoint router=null;
+    protected Router router=null;
     protected SecurityPolicy policy=null;
+    protected Terminal storage=null;
     
     public App(String id) {
         super(id);
     }
+    /** does nothing. */
     public void before(Request request,Response response) throws IOException{
     }
+    /** does nothing. */
     public void after(Request request,Response response) throws IOException{
     }
+    /** app serves by processing first-last chain then router.
+     * always conditional on status being null otherwise it skips.
+     */
     public void serve(Request req,Response resp) throws IOException{
-        if(first!=null) first.process(req, resp);
-        if(router!=null) router.process(req,resp);
+        if(first!=null && resp.getStatus()==null) first.process(req, resp);
+        if(router!=null && resp.getStatus()==null) router.process(req,resp);
     }
-    public <T extends Processor> T addProcessor(T m){
+    /** add one or a chain of processors. */
+    public <T extends Processor> T addMiddleWare(T m){
+        if(m==null) return null;
         if(first==null){
             last=first=m;
+            m.setParent(m);
         }else{
             last.next=m;
         }
-        while(last.next!=null) last=last.next;
+        while(last.next!=null){
+            last=last.next;
+            last.setParent(m);
+        }
         return m;
     }
-    public void removeProcessor(Processor m){
+    public void removeMiddleWare(Processor m){
+        if(m==null) return;
         if(first==m){
-            if(first==last) last=null;
-            first=first.next;
+            if(first==last){
+                first=last=null;
+            }else{
+                first=first.next;
+            }
             while(last!=null && last.next!=null) last=last.next;
         }else{
             for(Processor prev=first;prev!=null;prev=prev.next){
@@ -60,6 +94,7 @@ public abstract class App extends Processor{
             }
         }
         m.next=null;
+        m.setParent(null);
     }
     public Processor getProcessor(String id){
         for(Processor c=first;c!=null;c=c.next){
@@ -68,11 +103,26 @@ public abstract class App extends Processor{
         return null;
     }
     
-    public RoutedEndPoint getRouter() {
+    public Router getRouter() {
         return router;
     }
-    public void setRouter(RoutedEndPoint router) {
+    public void setRouter(Router router) {
+        if(this.router==router) return;
+        if(this.router!=null) this.router.setParent(null);
         this.router = router;
+        router.setParent(this);
+    }
+    public String getWorkPath(String rel_path){
+        Config cnf=getConfig();
+        String work_dir=Config.APP_WORKDIR.get(cnf);
+        if(!work_dir.endsWith("/")) work_dir+="/";
+        if(rel_path==null) rel_path="";
+        if(rel_path.startsWith("/")) rel_path=rel_path.substring(1);
+        if(rel_path==".") rel_path="";
+        rel_path=rel_path.replace("\\","/");
+        rel_path=rel_path.replace("/./","/");
+        String ret=work_dir+rel_path;
+        return ret;
     }
     public void run(Config conf) throws Exception {
         try{
@@ -88,34 +138,41 @@ public abstract class App extends Processor{
         if(conf==null) throw new CodeException(ERR_NOCONFIG);
         config=conf;
         for(Processor p=first;p!=null;p=p.getNext()){
-            p.begin(config);
+            p.begin();
         }
         if(router!=null) router.begin(config);
     }
     @Override
     public void end() throws Exception{
-        if(router!=null) router.end();
-        for(Processor p=first;p!=null;p=p.getNext()){
-            p.end();
+        try{
+            if(router!=null) router.end();
+            for(Processor p=first;p!=null;p=p.getNext()){
+                p.end();
+            }
+            log().info("stopped:"+getId());
+            super.end(); // detaches from config
+        }finally{
+            // we notify all of end (especially cleaner thread)
+            synchronized(this){
+                this.notifyAll();
+            }
         }
-        super.end();
-        log().info("stopping app:"+getId());
     }
     public AppSessionFilter addAppSession(){
-        return addProcessor(new AppSessionFilter(this));
+        return addMiddleWare(new AppSessionFilter(this));
     }
     public AppSessionFilter addAppSession(AppSession.Factory f){
-        return addProcessor(new AppSessionFilter(this,f));
+        return addMiddleWare(new AppSessionFilter(this,f));
     }
     public SecurityPolicy setSecurityPolicy(SecurityPolicy secpol){
         if(secpol==policy) return secpol;
         if(policy!=null){
             MethodDecorator.retract(policy);
-            removeProcessor(policy);
+            removeMiddleWare(policy);
         }
         policy=secpol;
         if(policy!=null){
-            addProcessor(policy);
+            addMiddleWare(policy);
             MethodDecorator.publish(policy); // register security policy as decorator factory
         }
         return secpol;
@@ -123,4 +180,10 @@ public abstract class App extends Processor{
     public SecurityPolicy getSecurityPolicy(){
         return policy;
     }
+    public void setStorage(Terminal db){
+        storage=db;
+    }
+    public Terminal getStorage(){
+        return storage;
+    }
 }

src/main/java/com/reliancy/jabba/AppModule.java

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package com.reliancy.jabba;
+/** Special controller interface which is implemented by modules.
+ * Modules are classes that publish or retract middleware or endpoints into application.
+ * They allow us to compose an application of disparate apis.
+ */
+public interface AppModule {
+    void publish(App app);
+    default void retract(App app){};
+}

src/main/java/com/reliancy/jabba/AppSession.java

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 
 import com.reliancy.jabba.sec.SecurityActor;
 import com.reliancy.jabba.ui.Feedback;
+/** AppSession is recovered early on and holds per-user app instance data.
+ * Unless it is owned by user db terminals should not be held here.
+ */
 
 public class AppSession implements Session{
     public static interface Factory{

src/main/java/com/reliancy/jabba/ArgsConfig.java

@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+package com.reliancy.jabba;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+import com.reliancy.util.Handy;
+import com.reliancy.util.Log;
+
+/**
+ * ArgsConfig takes in command line arguments and parses them on load.
+ * If also deals with environmental variables which are returned if not present.
+ * Note that in java we have System properties which are platform independent 
+ * then we have environment variables which are not unless fed by us directly.
+ */
+public class ArgsConfig extends Config.Base{
+    final String[] args;
+    final ArrayList<Property<?>> schema=new ArrayList<>(); 
+    String id;
+    public ArgsConfig(String... args){
+        this.args=args;
+        this.id="";
+    }
+    @Override
+    public Config load() throws IOException {
+        if(props.isEmpty()==false) return this; // not gona load again if loaded
+        final Map<String, List<String>> params = new HashMap<>();
+        List<String> values=null;
+        ArrayList<String> positional=new ArrayList<>();
+        String app_invoked="";
+        for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
+            final String a = args[i];
+            if (a.charAt(0) == '-') {
+                if(!positional.isEmpty()){
+                    // positional filled - we are entering new level
+                    throw new RuntimeException("multi level arguments not supported");
+                }
+                String key=a.substring(1);
+                boolean brief=!key.startsWith("-");
+                if(!brief) key=key.substring(1);
+                if (key.length() < 1) {
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("bad argument -");
+                }
+                values=new ArrayList<>();
+                params.put(key,values);
+                if(key.contains("=")){
+                    // we got value after equals
+                    String[] toks =key.split("=",1);
+                    key=toks[0];
+                    String val=toks[1];
+                    val=Handy.unwrap(val,"\"","\"");
+                    val=Handy.unwrap(val,"'","'");
+                    values.add(val);
+                }
+            }else if (values != null) {
+                //TODO: if property had a max count we could delay
+                // this way multiple values require repeated --key val
+                String val=a;
+                val=Handy.unwrap(val,"\"","\"");
+                val=Handy.unwrap(val,"'","'");
+                values.add(a);
+                values=null;
+            }else {
+                // these are positional arguments
+                if(i==0) app_invoked=a; else positional.add(a);
+            }
+        }
+        // now process parsed
+        id=app_invoked;
+        this.setProperty(Config.APP_INVOKED,app_invoked);
+        int lastDelim=Math.max(app_invoked.lastIndexOf('/'),app_invoked.lastIndexOf('\\'));
+        this.setProperty(Config.APP_NAME,app_invoked.substring(lastDelim+1));
+        this.setProperty(Config.APP_ARGS,positional);
+        //System.out.println("App invoked:"+app_invoked);
+        //System.out.println("params:"+params);
+        //System.out.println("pos:"+positional);
+        for(String pkey:params.keySet()){
+            values=params.get(pkey);
+            if(values.isEmpty()){
+                // we got a boolean
+                Property<Boolean> prop=new Property<>(pkey,Boolean.class);
+                setProperty(prop,true);
+            }else if(values.size()==1){
+                // we got single value
+                String val=values.get(0);
+                if("true".equalsIgnoreCase(val) || "false".equalsIgnoreCase(val)){
+                    Property<Boolean> prop=new Property<>(pkey,Boolean.class);
+                    Boolean val2=prop.adaptValue(val);
+                    setProperty(prop,val2);
+                }else if(Handy.isNumeric(val)){
+                    Property<Float> prop=new Property<>(pkey,Float.class);
+                    Float val2=prop.adaptValue(val);
+                    setProperty(prop,val2);
+                }else{
+                    Property<String> prop=new Property<>(pkey,String.class);
+                    setProperty(prop,val);
+                }
+            }else{
+                // we got a list
+                Property<List> prop=new Property<>(pkey,List.class);
+                setProperty(prop,values);
+            }
+        }
+        // finally post process such as choosing APP_WORKDIR
+        String cwd=null;
+        String[] cwds=new String[]{APP_WORKDIR.get(this),"./var","./data","../var","../data"};
+        for(String c:cwds){
+            if(c==null) continue;
+            File f=new File(c);
+            if(f.exists() && f.isDirectory()){
+                cwd=c;break;
+            }
+        }
+        if(cwd!=null){ // we got working dir
+            cwd=cwd.replace("\\", "/").replace("/./","/");
+            if(!cwd.endsWith("/")) cwd+="/";
+            APP_WORKDIR.set(this, cwd);
+        }
+        // also logging level and format
+        Logger root=Log.setup();
+        Log.setLevel(root,LOG_LEVEL.get(this));
+        return this;
+    }
+    @Override
+    public Config save() {
+        return this;
+    }
+    @Override
+    public String getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+    @Override
+    public <T> boolean hasProperty(Property<T> key){
+        String BADVAL="___BADVAL___";
+        if(props.containsKey(key)){
+            return true;
+        }else if(System.getProperty(key.getName(),BADVAL)!=BADVAL){
+            return true;
+        }else if(System.getenv().containsKey(key.getName())){
+            return true;
+        }else{
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    @Override
+    public <T> T getProperty(Property<T> key, T def) {
+        String BADVAL="___BADVAL___";
+        if(props.containsKey(key)){
+            return key.getTyp().cast(props.get(key));
+        }
+        String ret=System.getProperty(key.getName(),BADVAL);
+        if(ret!=BADVAL){
+            Object val=Handy.normalize(key.getTyp(),ret);
+            return key.getTyp().cast(val);
+        }else if(System.getenv().containsKey(key.getName())){
+            Object val=System.getenv(key.getName());
+            val=Handy.normalize(key.getTyp(),val);
+            return key.getTyp().cast(val);
+        }else{
+            return def;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public <T> Config setProperty(Property<T> key, T val) {
+        props.put(key,val);
+        return this;
+    }
+    @Override
+    public <T> T delProperty(Property<T> key) {
+        Object val=props.remove(key);
+        return key.getTyp().cast(val);
+    }
+    @Override
+    public Iterator<Property<?>> iterator() {
+        ArrayList<Property<?>> keys=new ArrayList<>(props.keySet());
+        return keys.iterator();
+    }
+    @Override
+    public Config setSchema(Property<?> ...p){
+        this.schema.clear();
+        for(Property<?> pp:p) schema.add(pp);
+        return this;
+    }
+   
+}

src/main/java/com/reliancy/jabba/Config.java

@@ -6,35 +6,130 @@ You may obtain a copy of the License at https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.en
 You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 
 */
 package com.reliancy.jabba;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.TreeSet;
+
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
-public interface Config {
+import com.reliancy.util.Handy;
+
+public interface Config extends Iterable<Config.Property<?>>{
     public static class Property<V> {
 
         final String name;
         final Class<V> typ;
+        V initial;
+        boolean required;
+        boolean writable;
         public Property(String name,Class<V> typ){
             this.name=name;
             this.typ=typ;
+            required=false;
+            writable=true;
+        }
+        @Override
+        public String toString(){
+            return String.format("%s:%s",name,typ.getSimpleName());
         }
         public String getName(){return name;}
         public Class<V> getTyp(){return typ;}
+        public Property<V> setInitial(V val){initial=val;return this;}
+        public V getInitial(){return initial;}
+        public Property<V> setRequired(boolean f){required=f;return this;}
+        public boolean isRequired(){return required;}
+        public Property<V> setWritable(boolean f){writable=f;return this;}
+        public boolean isWritable(){return writable;}
         public V get(Config store,V def){
             return store.getProperty(this,def);
         }
         public V get(Config store){
-            return get(store,null);
+            return get(store,initial);
         }
         public void set(Config store,V val){
             store.setProperty(this, val);
         }
+        /** converts value such as string to expected type if possible. */
+        public V adaptValue(Object val){
+            val=Handy.normalize(this.getTyp(),val);
+            return this.getTyp().cast(val);
+        }
+        @Override
+        public int hashCode(){
+            return name.toLowerCase().hashCode();
+        }
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object other){
+            if(other==this) return true;
+            if(other instanceof Property){
+                Property<?> pother=(Property<?>) other;
+                return name.equalsIgnoreCase(pother.getName()) && typ==pother.getTyp();
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    public static abstract class Base implements Config {
+        protected final HashMap<Property<?>,Object> props=new HashMap<>();
+        protected Object modified;
+        public boolean isModified(){
+            return modified!=null;
+        }
+        public Config setModified(Object p){
+            if(p==null){
+                // reset modified state
+                modified=null;
+            }else{
+                if(modified==null) modified=new TreeSet<Object>();
+                if(modified instanceof Collection){
+                    ((Collection)modified).add(p);
+                }else{
+                    // modified is set already but not appendable
+                }
+            }
+            return this;
+        }
+        @Override
+        public Config clear(){
+            props.clear();
+            modified=null;
+            return this;
+        }
+        @Override
+        public <T> Config setProperty(Property<T> key, T val) {
+            setModified(key);
+            props.put(key,val);
+            return this;
+        }
+        @Override
+        public <T> T delProperty(Property<T> key) {
+            setModified(key);
+            Object val=props.remove(key);
+            return key.getTyp().cast(val);
+        }
     }
-    public static final Property<String> LOG_LEVEL=new Property<String>("LOG_LEVEL",String.class);
-    public static final Property<Logger> LOGGER=new Property<Logger>("LOGGER",Logger.class);
 
-    public void load();
-    public void save();
+    public static final Property<String> LOG_LEVEL=new Property<>("LOG_LEVEL",String.class);
+    public static final Property<Logger> LOGGER=new Property<>("LOGGER",Logger.class);
+    public static final Property<String> APP_INVOKED=new Property<>("APP_INVOKED",String.class);
+    public static final Property<String> APP_NAME=new Property<>("APP_NAME",String.class);
+    public static final Property<String> APP_TITLE=new Property<>("APP_TITLE",String.class);
+    public static final Property<String> APP_INFO=new Property<>("APP_INFO",String.class);
+    public static final Property<String> APP_WORKDIR=new Property<>("APP_WORKDIR",String.class);
+    public static final Property<String> APP_CLASS=new Property<>("APP_CLASS",String.class);
+    public static final Property<List> APP_ARGS=new Property<>("APP_ARGS",List.class);
+
+    public default Config getParent(){return null;};
+    public Config clear();
+    public Config load() throws IOException;
+    public Config save() throws IOException;
     public String getId();
+    public <T> boolean hasProperty(Property<T> key);
     public <T> Config setProperty(Property<T> key,T val);
     public <T> T getProperty(Property<T> key,T def);
+    public <T> T delProperty(Property<T> key);
+    public Config setSchema(Property<?> ...p);
+
 }

src/main/java/com/reliancy/jabba/DemoEP.java

@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+package com.reliancy.jabba;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import com.reliancy.jabba.sec.NotAuthentic;
+import com.reliancy.jabba.sec.Secured;
+import com.reliancy.jabba.sec.SecurityActor;
+import com.reliancy.jabba.sec.SecurityPolicy;
+import com.reliancy.jabba.ui.Feedback;
+import com.reliancy.jabba.ui.FeedbackLine;
+import com.reliancy.jabba.ui.Rendering;
+import com.reliancy.jabba.ui.Template;
+
+public class DemoEP implements AppModule{
+    @Override
+    public void publish(App app) {
+        app.getRouter().importMethods(this);
+    }
+    @Routed()
+    public String hello(){
+        Map<String, Object> context = new HashMap<>();
+        context.put("name", "Jared");
+        String ret="";
+        try {
+                Template t=Template.find("/templates/login.hbs");
+                System.out.println("Template:"+t);
+                ret = t.render(context).toString();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        return ret;
+        //#return "Hello World";
+    }
+    @Routed(
+        path="/helloPlain"
+    )
+    public void hello2(com.reliancy.jabba.Request req,Response resp) throws IOException{
+        resp.getEncoder().writeln("Hi There");
+    }
+    @Routed(
+        path="/hello3/{idd:int}"
+    )
+    public String hello3(int id){
+        return "Hello3:"+id;
+    }
+    @Routed(
+        path="/"
+    )
+    public String home(){
+        StringBuilder buf=new StringBuilder();
+        buf.append("<p>Sample pages:</p>");
+        buf.append("<dd><a href='/helloPlain'>plain</a></dd>");
+        buf.append("<dd><a href='/hello3/5'>parametric</a></dd>");
+        buf.append("<dd><a href='/hello'>templated</a></dd>");
+        buf.append("<dd><a href='/secured'>secured http</a></dd>");
+        buf.append("<dd><a href='/secured_form'>secured form</a></dd>");
+        return buf.toString();
+    }
+    @Routed
+    @Secured
+    public String secured(){
+        return "We are secured";
+    }
+    @Routed
+    @Secured(
+        login_form = "/login"
+    )
+    public String secured_form(){
+        return "We are secured by form";
+    }
+    @Routed
+    public void login(com.reliancy.jabba.Request req,Response resp){
+        //return "login form here";
+        if(req.getVerb().equals("POST")){
+            // here we need to process login and redirect
+            AppSession ass=AppSession.getInstance();
+            try{
+            System.out.println("Post login");
+            String userid=(String)req.getParam("userid",null);
+            String pwd=(String)req.getParam("password",null);
+            System.out.println("SS:"+ass);
+            System.out.println("P:"+userid+"/"+pwd);
+            SecurityPolicy secpol=ass.getApp().getSecurityPolicy();
+            SecurityActor user=secpol.authenticate(userid, pwd);
+            if(user==null) throw new NotAuthentic("invalid credentials");
+            resp.setStatus(Response.HTTP_FOUND_REDIRECT);
+            //String old_url=request.getPath();
+            //old_url=URLEncoder.encode(old_url,StandardCharsets.UTF_8.toString());
+            resp.setHeader("Location","/home");
+            }catch(Exception ex){
+                ass.getApp().log().error("error:",ex);
+                Feedback.get().push(FeedbackLine.error(ex.getLocalizedMessage()));        
+            }
+        }
+        //Map<String, Object> context = new HashMap<>();
+        //context.put("app_title", "Jabba Login");
+        //context.put("name", "Jared");
+        //ArrayList<FeedbackLine> events=new ArrayList<>();
+
+        //Feedback.get().push(FeedbackLine.error("Error"));
+        //Feedback.get().push(FeedbackLine.info("Error"));
+        //Feedback.get().push(FeedbackLine.warn("Error"));
+        //context.put("feedback",events);
+        try {
+            resp.setContentType("text/html");
+            Rendering.begin("/templates/login.hbs")
+                //.with("feedback",events)
+                .end(resp);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+
+    }
+    
+}

src/main/java/com/reliancy/jabba/EndPoint.java

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ package com.reliancy.jabba;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+/** EndPoint is a special processor usually the last in chain.
+ * 
+ */
 public abstract class EndPoint extends Processor{
 
     public EndPoint(String id) {

src/main/java/com/reliancy/jabba/FileConfig.java

@@ -7,46 +7,91 @@ You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 */
 package com.reliancy.jabba;
 
-import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 
-public class FileConfig implements Config{
+public class FileConfig extends Config.Base{
+    final Config parent;
+    final ArrayList<Property<?>> schema=new ArrayList<>(); 
     String path;
-    final HashMap<String,Object> props=new HashMap<>();
-    public FileConfig(String p){
+    public FileConfig(Config parent,String p){
+        this.parent=parent;
         path=p;
-        load();
     }
-    public FileConfig(){
-        this(null);
+    public FileConfig(String p){
+        this(null,p);
     }
-    public void clear(){
+    public Config clear(){
         props.clear();
+        return this;
     }
     @Override
-    public void load() {
-        
+    public Config getParent(){
+        return parent;
+    };
+    @Override
+    public Config load() throws IOException{
+        if(parent!=null) parent.load();
+        if(props.isEmpty()==false) return this; // not gona load again if loaded
+        return this;
     }
     @Override
-    public void save() {
+    public Config save() throws IOException{
+        return this;
     }
 
     @Override
     public String getId() {
         return path;
     }
-
-    public void setId(String path) {
+    public FileConfig setId(String path) {
         this.path = path;
+        return this;
     }
     @Override
+    public <T> boolean hasProperty(Property<T> key){
+        if(props.containsKey(key)){
+            return true;
+        }else if(parent!=null && parent.hasProperty(key)){
+            return true;
+        }else{
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    /**
+     * FileConfig defers to parent first (it could be argsconfig) then returns own.
+     */
+    @Override
     public <T> T getProperty(Config.Property<T> key, T def) {
-        if(props.containsKey(key.getName())) return key.getTyp().cast(props.get(key.getName()));
-        else return def;
+        if(parent!=null && parent.hasProperty(key)){
+            return parent.getProperty(key, def);
+        }else if(props.containsKey(key)){
+            return key.getTyp().cast(props.get(key));
+        }else{
+            return def;
+        }
     }
-
+    /**
+     * FileConfig will save property localy so it is perserved even if not later provided.
+     */
     @Override
     public <T> Config setProperty(Config.Property<T> key, T val) {
-        props.put(key.getName(),val);
+        props.put(key,val);
+        return this;
+    }
+    @Override
+    public <T> T delProperty(Property<T> key) {
+        return (T)props.remove(key);
+    }
+    @Override
+    public Iterator<Property<?>> iterator() {
+        ArrayList<Property<?>> keys=new ArrayList<>(props.keySet());
+        return keys.iterator();
+    }
+    public Config setSchema(Property<?> ...p){
+        this.schema.clear();
+        for(Property<?> pp:p) schema.add(pp);
         return this;
     }
 

src/main/java/com/reliancy/jabba/FileServer.java

@@ -10,70 +10,90 @@ import com.reliancy.util.Resources;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
-import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
-public class FileServer extends EndPoint implements Resources.PathRewrite{
-    public static interface Filter{
-        boolean isAcceptable(String path);
+/** FileServer is an module and endpoint that exposes multiple URLs thru which files are served.
+ * First it will be just get(tting), later 
+ * TODO: putting, posting and maybe full DAV.
+ * TODO: We will need proper security.
+ * TODO: We will also add in memory serving.
+ * Please note Router is for routing. 
+ * Bucket is there to process input/output given verbs over resources under it.
+ */
+public class FileServer extends EndPoint implements AppModule,Resources.PathRewrite{
+    /** Bucket interface to abstract i/o and provide easier extensibility. 
+     * asContainer matches path and then returns local-to-packet path.
+    */
+    public static interface Bucket{
+        String getPrefix();
+        String asContained(String path);
+        boolean equals(String pref);
+        InputStream openSource(String local_path,FileServer user) throws IOException;
+        OutputStream openSink(String local_path,FileServer user) throws IOException;
     }
-    public static class ExtFilter implements Filter{
-        final String[] allowed;
-        public ExtFilter(String ...ext){allowed=ext;}
+    public static class FileBucket implements Bucket{
+        final String prefix;
+        String[] extAllowed;
+        Object[] domain;
+        public FileBucket(String prefix){
+            this.prefix=prefix;
+            extAllowed=new String[]{};
+            domain=new Object[]{};
+        }
         @Override
-        public boolean isAcceptable(String path) {
-            if(allowed.length==0) return true;
-            for(String ext:allowed) if(path.endsWith(ext)) return true;
+        public final String getPrefix(){return prefix;}
+        @Override
+        public String asContained(String path) {
+            if(!path.startsWith(prefix)) return null; // not contained
+            String local_path=path.replace(prefix,"");
+            if(extAllowed.length==0) return local_path;
+            for(String ext:extAllowed){
+                if(path.endsWith(ext)){
+                    return local_path;
+                }
+            }
+            return null;
+        }
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object o){
+            if(o instanceof FileBucket) return prefix.equals(((FileBucket)o).getPrefix());
+            if(o instanceof String) return prefix.equals((String)o);
             return false;
         }
-    }
-    public static Filter NOFILTER=new ExtFilter();
-    String diskPrefix;
-    String classPrefix;
-    final HashMap<String,Object[]> map;
-    final HashMap<String,Filter> filt;
-    public FileServer(String url_path,Filter f,Object ... disk_path){
-        super("fileserver");
-        diskPrefix=classPrefix=null;
-        filt=new HashMap<>();
-        map=new HashMap<>();
-        addRoute(url_path,f, disk_path);
-    }
-    public FileServer(String url_path,Object ... disk_path){
-        this(url_path,NOFILTER,disk_path);
-    }
-    @Override
-    public void serve(Request request, Response response) throws IOException {
-        String path=request.getPath();
-        log().debug("to serve:"+path);
-        for(String prefix:map.keySet()){
-            boolean match=path.startsWith(prefix);
-            if(match){
-                Object[] sp=getSearchPath(prefix);
-                String rpath=path.replace(prefix,"");
-                if(!filt.get(prefix).isAcceptable(rpath)) continue; // not acceptable to filter
-                URL f=Resources.findFirst(this, rpath, sp);
-                if(f==null) continue; // skip if rpath not located
-                this.log().debug("\tfound:"+f);
-                writeResource(f,response);
-                return;
-            }
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(String pref){return prefix.equals(pref);}
+        public FileBucket setDomain(Object...sp){
+            domain=sp;
+            return this;
+        }
+        public Object[] getDomain(){
+            return (domain!=null && domain.length>0)?domain:Resources.search_path;
+        }
+        public InputStream openSource(String local_path,FileServer user) throws IOException{
+            Object[] sp=getDomain();
+            URL f=Resources.findFirst(user,local_path, sp);
+            if(f==null) return null; // skip if rpath not located
+            return f.openStream();
+        }
+        public OutputStream openSink(String local_path,FileServer user) throws IOException{
+            return null;
         }
-        response.setStatus(Response.HTTP_NOT_FOUND);
-        response.getEncoder().writeln("missing file:{0}",path);
-        this.log().error("not found:"+path);
     }
-    /**
-     * we prefix our path for disk and class contexts.
-     */
-    @Override
-    public String rewritePath(String path, Object context) {
-        if(diskPrefix!=null && context instanceof String) return this.diskPrefix+path;
-        if(diskPrefix!=null && context instanceof File) return this.diskPrefix+path;
-        if(classPrefix!=null && context instanceof Class) return this.classPrefix+path;
-        return path;
+    final ArrayList<Bucket> buckets=new ArrayList<>();
+    String diskPrefix;      // will be prefixed to source if file
+    String classPrefix;     // will be prefixed to source if class
+    String urlPrefix;       // will be prefixed to source if URL
+    public FileServer(String url_path,String offset,Object ... source){
+        super(null);
+        diskPrefix=classPrefix=offset;
+        addBucket(new FileBucket(url_path).setDomain(source));
+    }
+    public FileServer(){
+        super(null);
     }
     public FileServer setDiskPrefix(String prefix){
         diskPrefix=prefix;
@@ -83,12 +103,50 @@ public class FileServer extends EndPoint implements Resources.PathRewrite{
         classPrefix=prefix;
         return this;
     }
+    public FileServer setURLOffset(String offset){
+        urlPrefix=offset;
+        return this;
+    }
     /**
-     * Will render a file to response.
+     * we prefix our path for disk and class contexts.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String rewritePath(String path, Object context) {
+        if(diskPrefix!=null && context instanceof String) return this.diskPrefix+path;
+        if(diskPrefix!=null && context instanceof File) return this.diskPrefix+path;
+        if(classPrefix!=null && context instanceof Class) return this.classPrefix+path;
+        if(urlPrefix!=null && context instanceof URL) return this.urlPrefix+path;
+        return path;
+    }
+    @Override
+    public void serve(Request request, Response response) throws IOException {
+        String path=request.getPath();
+        Logger logger=log();
+        boolean atDebug=logger.isDebugEnabled();
+        if(atDebug) logger.debug("to serve:"+path);
+        for(Bucket bucket:buckets){
+            String local_path=bucket.asContained(path);
+            if(local_path==null) continue; // this bucket is not accepting
+            try(InputStream ins=bucket.openSource(local_path,this)){
+                if(atDebug) logger.debug("\tfound:"+local_path);
+                String ctype=HTTP.ext2mime(local_path);
+                response.setStatus(Response.HTTP_OK);
+                response.setContentType(ctype);
+                ResponseEncoder enc=response.getEncoder();
+                enc.writeStream(ins);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        response.setStatus(Response.HTTP_NOT_FOUND);
+        response.getEncoder().writeln("missing file:{0}",path);
+        logger.error("not found:"+path);
+    }
+    /**
+     * Will render a URL resource to response.
      * @param f
      * @param response
      */
-    protected void writeResource(URL f, Response response) throws IOException{
+    protected static void writeResource(URL f, Response response) throws IOException{
         //log().info("writing:"+f);
         ResponseEncoder enc=response.getEncoder();
         try(InputStream is=f.openStream()){
@@ -98,28 +156,29 @@ public class FileServer extends EndPoint implements Resources.PathRewrite{
             enc.writeStream(is);
         }
     }
-    public final void addRoute(String url_path,Filter f,Object... disk_path){
-        if(disk_path!=null){
-            map.put(url_path,disk_path);
-            filt.put(url_path,f!=null?f:NOFILTER);
-        }else{
-            map.remove(url_path);
-            filt.remove(url_path);
-        }
+    /** adds a route which serves files.
+     * if disk_path is ommited (0 len) or null we use Resources.search_path.
+     * @param url_path 
+     * @param f
+     * @param disk_path search path for resource
+     */
+    public final FileServer addBucket(Bucket bucket){
+        buckets.add(bucket);
+        return this;
     }
-    public Object[] getSearchPath(String url_path){
-        return map.get(url_path);
+    public FileServer delBucket(Bucket bucket){
+        buckets.remove(bucket);
+        return this;
     }
-    public Filter getFilter(String url_path){
-        return filt.get(url_path);
+    public Bucket getBucket(String url_path){
+        for(Bucket b:buckets) if(b.equals(url_path)) return b;
+        return null;
     }
-    public Stream<String> streamRoutes() {
-        return map.keySet().stream();
+    public Iterator<Bucket> enumBuckets(){
+        return buckets.iterator();
     }
-    public Iterator<String> enumRoutes(){
-        return map.keySet().iterator();
-    }
-    public void exportRoutes(RoutedEndPoint rep) {
-        streamRoutes().forEach(up->rep.addRoute("GET",up+".*",this));
+    public void publish(App app) {
+        Router rep=app.getRouter();
+        for(Bucket b:buckets) rep.addRoute("GET",b.getPrefix()+".*",this);
     }
 }

src/main/java/com/reliancy/jabba/HTTP.java

@@ -11,8 +11,15 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 
-/** HTTP related methods and classes. */
+/** HTTP related methods and classes. 
+ * 
+*/
 public final class HTTP {
+    public static String MIME_PLAIN="text/plain";
+    public static String MIME_JSON="application/json";
+    public static String MIME_BYTES="application/octet-stream";
+    public static String MIME_HTML="text/html";
+
     public static HashMap<String,String> MIME_MAP=new HashMap<>();
     public static class Header{
         public String key;
@@ -30,6 +37,11 @@ public final class HTTP {
             key=k;value=v;this.maxAge=maxAge;secure=sec;
         }
     }
+    /** maps extension to mime type.
+     * it will extract everything after last dot so we can pass a path too.
+     * @param ext
+     * @return
+     */
     public static String ext2mime(String ext){
         if(MIME_MAP.isEmpty()){
             MIME_MAP.put("ico","image/x-icon");
@@ -42,35 +54,44 @@ public final class HTTP {
             MIME_MAP.put("jpeg","image/jpeg");
             MIME_MAP.put("png","image/png");
             MIME_MAP.put("webp","image/webp");
-            MIME_MAP.put("txt","text/plain");
+            MIME_MAP.put("txt",MIME_PLAIN);
             MIME_MAP.put("css","text/css");
             MIME_MAP.put("csv","text/csv");
-            MIME_MAP.put("html","text/html"); 
-            MIME_MAP.put("htm","text/html");
+            MIME_MAP.put("html",MIME_HTML); 
+            MIME_MAP.put("htm",MIME_HTML);
             MIME_MAP.put("xml","text/xml");
+            MIME_MAP.put("json",MIME_JSON);
         }
+        ext=ext.substring(ext.lastIndexOf(".")+1).toLowerCase();
         return MIME_MAP.get(ext);
     }
+    /** guesses mime type based on content.
+     * for url,path or file looks at the path otherwise it examines content.
+     * if you pass in charsequence it will look for indicators of html or json.
+     * for bytes nothing yet but we could examine headers to images.
+     * @param ret
+     * @return
+     */
     public static String guess_mime(Object ret) {
         if(ret instanceof CharSequence){
             CharSequence retstr=(CharSequence)ret;
             for(int index=0;index<retstr.length();index++){
                 char ch=retstr.charAt(index);
                 if(Character.isWhitespace(ch)) continue;
-                if(ch=='<') return "text/html";
-                if(ch=='{' || ch=='[') return "application/json";
+                if(ch=='<') return MIME_HTML;
+                if(ch=='{' || ch=='[') return MIME_JSON;
                 break;
             }
-            return "text/plain";
+            return MIME_PLAIN;
         }
         if(ret instanceof byte[]){
-            return "application/octet-stream";
+            return MIME_BYTES;
         }
-        if(ret instanceof File || ret instanceof URL){
+        if(ret instanceof File || ret instanceof URL || ret instanceof Path){
             String path=String.valueOf(ret);
             String ext=path.substring(path.lastIndexOf(".")+1).toLowerCase();
             String mime=ext2mime(ext);
-            return mime!=null?mime:"application/octet-stream";
+            return mime!=null?mime:MIME_BYTES;
         }
         return null;
     }

src/main/java/com/reliancy/jabba/JettyApp.java

@@ -10,20 +10,15 @@ package com.reliancy.jabba;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.EventListener;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
 
-import com.reliancy.jabba.sec.NotAuthentic;
-import com.reliancy.jabba.sec.Secured;
-import com.reliancy.jabba.sec.SecurityActor;
 import com.reliancy.jabba.sec.SecurityPolicy;
 import com.reliancy.jabba.sec.plain.PlainSecurityStore;
-import com.reliancy.jabba.ui.Feedback;
-import com.reliancy.jabba.ui.FeedbackLine;
 import com.reliancy.jabba.ui.Menu;
 import com.reliancy.jabba.ui.MenuItem;
 import com.reliancy.jabba.ui.Rendering;
 import com.reliancy.jabba.ui.Template;
+import com.reliancy.util.Log;
+import com.reliancy.util.Resources;
 
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Connector;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Handler;
@@ -59,6 +54,14 @@ public class JettyApp extends App implements Handler{
         _state=State.STOPPED;
     }
     /** implementation of jetty handler interface */
+    public Connector[] getConnectors(){
+        if(connectors!=null) return connectors;
+        ServerConnector connector = new ServerConnector(jetty);
+        connector.setReuseAddress(false);
+        connector.setPort(8090);
+        connectors=new Connector[] {connector};
+        return connectors;
+    }
     @Override
     public Server getServer() {
         return jetty;
@@ -66,10 +69,12 @@ public class JettyApp extends App implements Handler{
 
     @Override
     public void setServer(Server arg0) {
+        System.out.println("setServer..."+jetty+"/"+arg0);
         jetty=arg0;
     }
     @Override
     public boolean addEventListener(EventListener arg0) {
+        System.out.println("adding evt listener...");
         return false;
     }
     @Override
@@ -111,11 +116,28 @@ public class JettyApp extends App implements Handler{
     @Override
     public void start() throws Exception {
         _state=State.STARTED;
+        jetty.setConnectors(getConnectors());
     }
 
     @Override
     public void stop() throws Exception {
         _state=State.STOPPED;
+        Connector[] connectors=jetty.getConnectors();
+        if(connectors==null || connectors.length==0) return;
+        for(Connector c:connectors){
+            ServerConnector cc=(ServerConnector) c;
+            //System.out.println("stopping connecor:"+cc);
+            try{
+                cc.stop();
+                cc.getConnectedEndPoints().forEach((endpoint)-> {
+                    //System.out.println("closing endpoint:"+endpoint);
+                    endpoint.close();
+                });
+            }finally{
+                cc.close();
+                //System.out.println("closing connecor:"+cc.getState());
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -132,7 +154,6 @@ public class JettyApp extends App implements Handler{
                        HttpServletResponse response)
         throws IOException
     {
-        baseRequest.setHandled(true);
         com.reliancy.jabba.Request req=new com.reliancy.jabba.Request(request);
         Response resp=new Response(response);
 
@@ -143,40 +164,32 @@ public class JettyApp extends App implements Handler{
         }catch(IOException ioex){ 
             Template t=Template.find("/templates/error.hbs");
             if(t==null) throw ioex;
-            Rendering.begin(t)
-                .with(ioex)
-                .end(resp.getEncoder().getWriter());
+            Rendering.begin(t).with(ioex).end(resp);
             log().error("error:",ioex);
         }catch(RuntimeException rex){
             Template t=Template.find("/templates/error.hbs");
             if(t==null) throw rex;
-            Rendering.begin(t)
-                .with(rex)
-                .end(resp.getEncoder().getWriter());
+            Rendering.begin(t).with(rex).end(resp);
             log().error("error:",rex);
         }finally{
+            baseRequest.setHandled(true);
             ss.end();
         }
     }
     /** our own interface specific to jetty engine*/
-
-    public Connector[] getConnectors(){
-        if(connectors!=null) return connectors;
-        ServerConnector connector = new ServerConnector(jetty);
-        connector.setReuseAddress(false);
-        connector.setPort(8090);
-        connectors=new Connector[] {connector};
-        return connectors;
-    }
     public void begin(Config conf) throws Exception{
+        // step 2: configure application, might add processors, adjust config
+        configure(conf);
+        // step 1: install config then begin by signaling all middleware
         super.begin(conf);
-        jetty.setConnectors(getConnectors());
+        // step 2: start jetty
         try{
+            log().info("starting...");
             jetty.start();
         }catch(Exception ex){
             setState(State.FAILED);
             if(ex.getCause() instanceof java.net.BindException){
-                log().error("Bind issue",ex);
+                log().error("bind issue",ex);
                 Thread.sleep(3000);
             }else throw ex;
         }
@@ -186,150 +199,61 @@ public class JettyApp extends App implements Handler{
         if(jetty!=null) jetty.join();
     }
     public void end() throws Exception{
-        //setState(State.STOPPING);
         super.end();
-        Connector[] connectors=jetty.getConnectors();
-       // System.out.println(connectors);
-        if(connectors!=null) for(Connector c:connectors){
-            ServerConnector cc=(ServerConnector) c;
-            //System.out.println("stopping connecor:"+cc);
-            try{
-                cc.stop();
-                cc.getConnectedEndPoints().forEach((endpoint)-> {
-                    //System.out.println("closing endpoint:"+endpoint);
-                    endpoint.close();
-                });
-            }finally{
-                cc.close();
-                //System.out.println("closing connecor:"+cc.getState());
-            }
-        }
-        //System.out.println("signaling...");
-        jetty.stop();
-        //setState(State.STOPPED);
-        //System.out.println("cleanup...");
-        System.gc();
-        //System.out.println("return...");
+        Log.cleanup();  // release logging in case we deferred
+        System.gc();    // sweep memory just in caser
     }
-    public static void main( String[] args ) throws Exception{
-        //System.out.println("Hello World!");
-        //String rt=new File(".").getAbsolutePath();
-        //System.out.println("ROOT:"+rt);
-        String work_dir="./var";
-        if(new File(work_dir).exists()==false){
-            work_dir="../var";
-        }
-        Template.search_path(work_dir,App.class);
-        JettyApp app=new JettyApp();
+    /** called from begin just before jetty starts. 
+     * this method is called before middleware is notified so we can add or adjust config.
+     * override to hook up your application.
+     * normally follows configuraion and does common sense steps.
+     * might install middleware (processors) which are later passed config.
+    */
+    public void configure(Config conf) throws Exception{
+        App app=this;
+        // setup global search path - include workdir first, then get class and app.class
+        Class<?> cls=getClass();
+        if(cls!=JettyApp.class) Resources.appendSearch(0,JettyApp.class);
+        Resources.appendSearch(0,cls);
+        String work_dir=ArgsConfig.APP_WORKDIR.get(conf);
+        if(work_dir!=null) Resources.appendSearch(0,work_dir);
+        //for(Object p:Resources.search_path){
+        //    System.out.println("sp:"+p);
+        //}
+        //Template.search_path(work_dir,App.class);   -- not needed anymore
+        // install app session middleware
         app.addAppSession();
+        // set security policy
         SecurityPolicy secpol=new SecurityPolicy().setStore(new PlainSecurityStore());
         app.setSecurityPolicy(secpol);
-        RoutedEndPoint rep=new RoutedEndPoint().importMethods(app);
-        app.setRouter(rep);
-        FileServer fs=new FileServer("/static",work_dir+"/public");
-        fs.exportRoutes(app.getRouter());
+        // install router
+        app.setRouter(new Router());
+        DemoEP ep=new DemoEP();
+        ep.publish(app);
+        // install file sever endpoint
+        FileServer fs=new FileServer("/static","/public");
+        fs.publish(app);
         Menu top_menu=Menu.request(Menu.TOP);
         top_menu.add(new MenuItem("home")).addSpacer().add(new MenuItem("login"));
-        top_menu.setTitle("Jabba");
-        app.run(new FileConfig());
-        //System.out.println("Goodbye World!");
+        top_menu.setTitle("Jabba3");
     }
-
-    @Routed()
-    public String hello(){
-        Map<String, Object> context = new HashMap<>();
-        context.put("name", "Jared");
-        String ret="";
-        try {
-                Template t=Template.find("/templates/login.hbs");
-                System.out.println("Template:"+t);
-                ret = t.render(context).toString();
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
-        return ret;
-        //#return "Hello World";
-    }
-    @Routed(
-        path="/helloPlain"
-    )
-    public void hello2(com.reliancy.jabba.Request req,Response resp) throws IOException{
-        resp.getEncoder().writeln("Hi There");
-    }
-    @Routed(
-        path="/hello3/{idd:int}"
-    )
-    public String hello3(int id){
-        return "Hello3:"+id;
-    }
-    @Routed(
-        path="/"
-    )
-    public String home(){
-        StringBuilder buf=new StringBuilder();
-        buf.append("<p>Sample pages:</p>");
-        buf.append("<dd><a href='/helloPlain'>plain</a></dd>");
-        buf.append("<dd><a href='/hello3/5'>parametric</a></dd>");
-        buf.append("<dd><a href='/hello'>templated</a></dd>");
-        buf.append("<dd><a href='/secured'>secured http</a></dd>");
-        buf.append("<dd><a href='/secured_form'>secured form</a></dd>");
-        return buf.toString();
-    }
-    @Routed
-    @Secured
-    public String secured(){
-        return "We are secured";
-    }
-    @Routed
-    @Secured(
-        login_form = "/login"
-    )
-    public String secured_form(){
-        return "We are secured by form";
-    }
-    @Routed
-    public void login(com.reliancy.jabba.Request req,Response resp){
-        //return "login form here";
-        if(req.getVerb().equals("POST")){
-            // here we need to process login and redirect
-            try{
-            System.out.println("Post login");
-            String userid=(String)req.getParam("userid",null);
-            String pwd=(String)req.getParam("password",null);
-            AppSession ass=AppSession.getInstance();
-            System.out.println("SS:"+ass);
-            System.out.println("P:"+userid+"/"+pwd);
-            SecurityPolicy secpol=ass.getApp().getSecurityPolicy();
-            SecurityActor user=secpol.authenticate(userid, pwd);
-            if(user==null) throw new NotAuthentic("invalid credentials");
-            resp.setStatus(Response.HTTP_FOUND_REDIRECT);
-            //String old_url=request.getPath();
-            //old_url=URLEncoder.encode(old_url,StandardCharsets.UTF_8.toString());
-            resp.setHeader("Location","/home");
-            }catch(Exception ex){
-                log().error("error:",ex);
-                Feedback.get().push(FeedbackLine.error(ex.getLocalizedMessage()));        
+    public static void main( String[] args ) throws Exception{
+        Config cnf=new ArgsConfig(args).load();
+        JettyApp app=new JettyApp();
+        Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread(() -> {
+            if(app.isRunning()){
+                try {
+                    app.jetty.stop();
+                    synchronized(app){
+                        app.wait(5000);
+                    }
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    app.log().error("shutdown cleanup:", e);
+                }
             }
-        }
-        //Map<String, Object> context = new HashMap<>();
-        //context.put("app_title", "Jabba Login");
-        //context.put("name", "Jared");
-        //ArrayList<FeedbackLine> events=new ArrayList<>();
-
-        //Feedback.get().push(FeedbackLine.error("Error"));
-        //Feedback.get().push(FeedbackLine.info("Error"));
-        //Feedback.get().push(FeedbackLine.warn("Error"));
-        //context.put("feedback",events);
-        try {
-            resp.setContentType("text/html");
-            Rendering.begin("/templates/login.hbs")
-                //.with("feedback",events)
-                .end(resp.getEncoder().getWriter());
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }
-
+        }));
+        app.run(cnf);
     }
 
+
 }

src/main/java/com/reliancy/jabba/Processor.java

@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+/** Abstract base class of request/response handlers.
+ * App is a processor and under it a router and a chain of filters are also processors.
+ * Also endpoints are processors too.
+ */
 public abstract class Processor {
+    protected Processor parent;
     protected Processor next;
     protected String id;
     protected boolean active;
@@ -32,21 +37,30 @@ public abstract class Processor {
     public void setNext(Processor next) {
         this.next = next;
     }
+    public Processor getParent() {
+        return parent;
+    }
+    public void setParent(Processor p) {
+        if(parent!=null && p!=null && p!=parent){
+            throw new IllegalStateException("processor is attached to different parent");
+        }
+        this.parent = p;
+    }
     public boolean isActive() {
         return active;
     }
     public void setActive(boolean active) {
         this.active = active;
     }
-    
     public Config getConfig() {
-        return config;
+        if(config!=null) return config;
+        if(parent!=null) return parent.getConfig();
+        return null;
     }
-    /*
-    public void setConfig(Config config) {
-        this.config = config;
-    }
-    */
+    // using config as a marker of a run so set during begin
+    // public void setConfig(Config config) {
+    //     this.config = config;
+    // }
     /**
      * Main event processing chain.
      * Will go down the chain until result code is set.
@@ -70,9 +84,19 @@ public abstract class Processor {
             ss.leave(this);
         }
     }
+    /** Place to prepare for a run. */
     public void begin(Config conf) throws Exception{
         this.config=conf;
     }
+    /** Special null config begin only useful for middleware (to force them to use parent). */
+    protected void begin() throws Exception {
+        this.begin(null);
+    }
+    /**
+     * cleans up by detaching from config.
+     * Also notifies any waiting clients that it is done.
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
     public void end() throws Exception{
         this.config=null;
     }

src/main/java/com/reliancy/jabba/Request.java

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class Request {
         return http_request.getMethod();
     }
     /**
-     * Look for this parameter in pathParan, queryParams and forms.
+     * Look for this parameter in pathParam, queryParams and forms.
      * @param pname
      * @return
      */

src/main/java/com/reliancy/jabba/ResponseEncoder.java

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 package com.reliancy.jabba;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.io.Writer;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -25,22 +27,30 @@ import java.util.Locale;
  * This class will replace the Java writer.
  * It will have chainable calls. It will inherit lower level calls
  * and then extend with higher level. For example write, writeln but then writeJson etc.
+ * implements closeable,autocloseable,appendable.
+ * we do not close
  */
-public class ResponseEncoder {
+public class ResponseEncoder implements Appendable,Closeable{
     protected final Response response;
-    protected final Locale locale;
+    //protected final Locale locale;
     protected Writer writer;
     protected OutputStream out;
-
+    protected Charset charSet;
     public ResponseEncoder(Response r){
-        response=r;
-        locale=Locale.getDefault();
+        this(r,StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        //response=r;
+        //locale=Locale.getDefault();
     }
-    public ResponseEncoder(Response r,Locale loc){
+    public ResponseEncoder(Response r,Charset chset){
         response=r;
-        locale=loc;
+        //locale=loc;
+        charSet=StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
     }
-    protected OutputStream getOutputStream() throws IOException{
+    public ResponseEncoder setCharSet(Charset set){
+        charSet=set;
+        return this;
+    }
+    public OutputStream getOutputStream() throws IOException{
         if(out!=null) return out;
         if(response.getStatus()==null) response.setStatus(Response.HTTP_OK);
         if(response.getContentType()==null) response.setContentType("application/octet-stream");
@@ -51,10 +61,10 @@ public class ResponseEncoder {
         }else{
             out=new ByteArrayOutputStream();
         }
-        writer=new OutputStreamWriter(out,StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        writer=new OutputStreamWriter(out,charSet);
         return out;
     }
-    protected Writer getWriter() throws IOException{
+    public Writer getWriter() throws IOException{
         if(writer!=null) return writer;
         if(response.getStatus()==null) response.setStatus(Response.HTTP_OK);
         if(response.getContentType()==null) response.setContentType("text/plain;charset=utf-8");
@@ -64,7 +74,7 @@ public class ResponseEncoder {
             writer=response.char_response;
         }else if(response.byte_response!=null){
             out=response.byte_response;
-            writer=new OutputStreamWriter(out,StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+            writer=new OutputStreamWriter(out,charSet);
         }else{
             writer=new StringWriter();
         }
@@ -132,4 +142,23 @@ public class ResponseEncoder {
         //wr.append("\n");
         return this;
     }
+    //////   Interface implementations
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws IOException {
+        getWriter().close();
+    }
+    @Override
+    public Appendable append(CharSequence csq) throws IOException {
+        return append(csq,0,csq.length());
+    }
+    @Override
+    public Appendable append(CharSequence csq, int start, int end) throws IOException {
+        this.getWriter().append(csq,start,end);
+        return this;
+    }
+    @Override
+    public Appendable append(char c) throws IOException {
+        this.getWriter().append(c);
+        return this;
+    }
 }

src/main/java/com/reliancy/jabba/Router.java

@@ -18,16 +18,24 @@ import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-public class RoutedEndPoint extends EndPoint{
+/** Router is a special Processor which redirects requests to endpoints.
+ * 
+ */
+public class Router extends Processor{
     HashMap<String,EndPoint> routes=new HashMap<>();      // route pattern to endpoint
     ArrayList<RouteDetector> detectors=new ArrayList<>(); // route patterns ordered
     int[] indexes;              // indexes for each route within regex
     Pattern regex;
 
-    public RoutedEndPoint() {
+    public Router() {
         super("router");
     }
-
+    @Override
+    public void before(Request request, Response response) throws IOException {
+    }
+    @Override
+    public void after(Request request, Response response) throws IOException {
+    }
     @Override
     public void serve(Request req, Response resp) throws IOException {
         //System.out.println(req.http_request);
@@ -135,7 +143,7 @@ public class RoutedEndPoint extends EndPoint{
      * @param target
      * @return
      */
-    public RoutedEndPoint importMethods(Object target){
+    public Router importMethods(Object target){
         //RoutedEndPoint ret=new RoutedEndPoint();
         LinkedList<Method> routes=new LinkedList<>();
         Class<?> type=target.getClass();

src/main/java/com/reliancy/jabba/ui/Menu.java

@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ public class Menu extends MenuItem{
     public int getSize(){
         return items.size();
     }
+    public Menu clear(){
+        items.clear();
+        return this;
+    }
     public Menu add(MenuItem itm){
         items.add(itm);
         return this;

src/main/java/com/reliancy/jabba/ui/Rendering.java

@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 package com.reliancy.jabba.ui;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import com.github.jknack.handlebars.Context;
+import com.reliancy.jabba.Response;
 import com.reliancy.util.CodeException;
 
 /**
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public class Rendering extends HashMap<String,Object>{
         ret.with("menu",Menu.request(Menu.TOP));
         ret.with("toolbar",Menu.request(Menu.LEFT));
         ret.with("feedback",Feedback.get());
+        ret.with("layout","land-app");
         return ret;
     }
     public static Rendering begin(String path,Object ...sp){
@@ -48,9 +49,9 @@ public class Rendering extends HashMap<String,Object>{
             ctx.destroy();
         }   
     }
-    public void end(Writer _out) throws IOException{
+    public void end(Response resp) throws IOException{
         try{
-            template.render(ctx,_out);
+            template.render(ctx,resp.getEncoder().getWriter());
         }finally{
             ctx.destroy();
         }   

src/main/java/com/reliancy/jabba/ui/Template.java

@@ -59,16 +59,29 @@ public class Template {
         @Override
         public TemplateSource sourceAt(String location) throws IOException {
             String fullpath=this.resolve(location);
-            URL loc=Resources.findFirst(null,fullpath,Template.search_path);
+            URL loc=Resources.findFirst(null,fullpath,Template.search_path());
             //System.out.println(location+":"+loc+":"+fullpath);
             if (loc == null) {
-                Logger.getLogger(Template.class.getSimpleName()).warning("Missing template"+fullpath);
+                Logger.getLogger(Template.class.getSimpleName()).warning("Template missing:"+fullpath);
                 throw new FileNotFoundException(location);
             }
             return new URLTemplateSource(location,loc);            
         }
+        public String resolve(String uri){
+            if(uri==null || uri.isEmpty()) return uri;
+            // we strip prefix and suffic just in case
+            if(uri.startsWith(this.getPrefix())) uri=uri.substring(this.getPrefix().length());
+            if(uri.endsWith(this.getSuffix())) uri=uri.substring(0,uri.indexOf(this.getSuffix()));
+            if(Template.partial_map.containsKey(uri)){
+                uri=Template.partial_map.get(uri);
+            }
+            return super.resolve(uri);
+        }
     }
     static Handlebars handlebars;
+    static HashMap<String,String> partial_map=new HashMap<>();
+    static Object[] search_path;
+    static HashMap<String,Template> cache=new HashMap<>();
     static{
         handlebars= new Handlebars(new HBLoader());
         StringHelpers.register(handlebars);
@@ -77,10 +90,8 @@ public class Template {
 
         }
         */
+        partial_map.put("__frame__","frame-land");
     }
-    
-    static Object[] search_path;
-    static HashMap<String,Template> cache=new HashMap<>();
     /** renders a template to string, possibly locates it first.
      * 
      * @param path
@@ -89,7 +100,7 @@ public class Template {
      * @throws IOException
      */
     public static CharSequence render(String path,Map<String,?> context) throws IOException{
-        Template t=find(path,search_path);
+        Template t=find(path);
         if(t==null){
             return null;
         }else{
@@ -102,7 +113,7 @@ public class Template {
     public static Template find(String path,Object ... sp) {
         Template ret=cache.get(path);
         if(ret!=null) return ret;
-        URL loc=Resources.findFirst(null, path, (sp!=null && sp.length>0?sp:search_path));
+        URL loc=Resources.findFirst(null, path, (sp!=null && sp.length>0?sp:search_path()));
         if(loc==null) return null;
         ret=new Template(loc);
         cache.put(path,ret);
@@ -110,7 +121,17 @@ public class Template {
     }
     public static Object[] search_path(Object...sp){
         if(sp!=null && sp.length>0) search_path=sp;
-        return search_path;
+        return search_path!=null?search_path:Resources.search_path;
+    }
+    /**
+     * will register a partial mapping to let us dynamically switch partials.
+     * this is useful in writing components for various layouts.
+     * all components derive from frame while frame is switched to frame-dash or frame-land.
+     * @param src
+     * @param dst
+     */
+    public static void remap_partial(String src,String dst){
+        Template.partial_map.put(src,dst);
     }
     public static final int ERR_BADTEMPLATE=ResultCode.defineFailure(0x01,Template.class,"bad template: ${template}");
     com.github.jknack.handlebars.Template recipe;

src/main/java/com/reliancy/util/Handy.java

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ public final class Handy {
      */
     public static Object normalize(Class<?> clazz, Object val ) {
         if(val==null) return null; // we are null
-        if(clazz.isAssignableFrom(val.getClass())) return clazz; // we are assignable
+        if(clazz.isAssignableFrom(val.getClass())) return val; // we are assignable
         if(val instanceof String){
             String value=(String) val;
             if(value.isEmpty() || value.equals("''") || value.equals("\"\"")) return null;
@@ -96,7 +97,6 @@ public final class Handy {
             if( Float.class==( clazz ) || float.class==( clazz ) ) return Float.parseFloat( value );
             if( Double.class==( clazz ) || double.class==( clazz )) return Double.parseDouble( value );
         }
-        
         return val;
     } 
     /**
@@ -523,4 +523,39 @@ public final class Handy {
 		}
 		return buf.toString();
 	}
+    /** splitting without using regex.
+	 * leading or trailing delims will produce empty tokens.
+	 * if you need to split on a set of single chars please use tokenizer.
+	 * @param delim delim string
+	 * @param str body of text to chop
+	 * @param delim_count maximal number of splits or -1 for all
+	 * @return array of tokens
+	*/
+	public static String[] split(String delim,String str,int delim_count) {
+		ArrayList<String> ret=new ArrayList<>();
+		int delimLen=delim!=null?delim.length():0;
+		int len=str.length();
+		int index=0;
+		int delimCnt=0; 		// track splits
+		int delimAt=0;		// last delim position
+		while(index<len){
+			if(delim_count>0 && delimCnt>=delim_count) break; // reached limit of delims
+			delimAt=delimLen>0?str.indexOf(delim, index):index+1;
+			if(delimAt<0) break; // no more delims
+			// we got a hit
+			delimCnt+=1;
+			ret.add(str.substring(index, delimAt)); // add token
+			index=delimAt+delimLen;
+		}
+		if(index<len || delimAt>0){
+			// add remainder (no more delim or delim at end)
+			ret.add(str.substring(index));
+		}
+		return ret.toArray(new String[ret.size()]);
+    }
+    /** split a string as often as possible. */
+	public static String[] split(String delim,String str) {
+		return split(delim,str,-1);
+    }
+
 }

src/main/java/com/reliancy/util/Log.java

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package com.reliancy.util;
+
+import java.util.logging.Handler;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.LogManager;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+/** Logging support based on JUL.
+ * We implement a deferred logmanager that survives shutdownhook until we release.
+ */
+public class Log {
+    static {
+        // must be called before any Logger method is used.
+        System.setProperty("java.util.logging.manager", DeferredMgr.class.getName());
+        System.setProperty("java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format","%1$tF %1$tT %4$-7s [%3$s] %5$s%6$s%n");
+    }
+    public static class DeferredMgr extends LogManager {
+        @Override public void reset() { /* don't reset yet. */ }
+        private void resetFinally() { super.reset(); }
+    }
+    public static Logger setup(){
+        Logger root_logger=Logger.getLogger("");
+        return root_logger;
+    }
+    public static void cleanup(){
+        LogManager mgr=LogManager.getLogManager();
+        if(mgr instanceof DeferredMgr){
+            ((DeferredMgr)mgr).resetFinally();
+        }
+    }
+    public static void setLevel(Logger logger,String level_name){
+        if(level_name==null || level_name.isEmpty()) level_name="ERROR";
+        level_name=level_name.toUpperCase();
+        switch(level_name){
+            case "v":{
+                level_name="WARN";
+                break;
+            }
+            case "vv":{
+                level_name="INFO";
+                break;
+            }
+            case "vvv":{
+                level_name="DEBUG";
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        switch(level_name){
+            case "WARN":{
+                level_name="WARNING";
+                break;
+            }
+            case "DEBUG":{
+                level_name="FINER";
+                break;
+            }
+            case "ERROR":{
+                level_name="SEVERE";
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        Level lvl=Level.parse(level_name);
+        logger.setLevel(lvl);
+        for (Handler h : logger.getHandlers()) {
+            h.setLevel(lvl);
+        }        
+    }
+    
+}

src/main/java/com/reliancy/util/Path.java

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 
 package com.reliancy.util;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLDecoder;
@@ -42,8 +43,15 @@ public class Path {
     String database;		///< name of database or filename
     String properties;     ///< properties are what follows ? in a url
 
+    public Path(String connect,boolean do_parse) {
+        if(do_parse){
+			parse(connect);
+		}else{
+			connectstring=connect;
+		}
+    }
     public Path(String connect) {
-        setConnectString(connect);
+        this(connect,true);
     }
 
 	public Path(Path in) {
@@ -59,7 +67,7 @@ public class Path {
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-        return getConnectString();
+        return assemble();
     }
 	/**
 	 * Converts the path to a file.
@@ -85,7 +93,7 @@ public class Path {
 		if(Handy.isBlank(getHost()) && path.contains("://") && !path.contains(":///")) path=path.replace("://",":///");
 		return new URL(path);
 	}
-	public void clear(){
+	public Path clear(){
 		connectstring=null;
 		protocol=null;
 		userid=null;
@@ -94,9 +102,9 @@ public class Path {
 		port=null;
 		database=null;
 		properties=null;
+		return this;
 	}
-
-    public String getConnectString() {
+    public String assemble() {
         if(connectstring!=null) return connectstring;
 		// assemble the connect string
 		StringBuilder buf=new StringBuilder();
@@ -131,10 +139,10 @@ public class Path {
 		return connectstring;
     }
 
-    public void setConnectString(String connect) {
+    public Path parse(String connect) {
 		clear();
         if (connect == null) {
-            return;
+            return this;
         }
 		this.connectstring=connect;
         // first get protocol - everything up to : which is not followed by a symbol (includes :// but also c:/
@@ -204,6 +212,7 @@ public class Path {
             properties = database.substring(st);
             database = database.substring(0, st);
         }
+		return this;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -411,12 +420,22 @@ public class Path {
 		return str.split("&");
     }
     public static String[] splitKeyValue(String str) {
-		String[] t=str.split("=");
+		String[] t=Handy.split("=",str,1);
 		if(t==null || t.length==0) return null;
 		t[0]=Handy.trim(t[0],"'\"");
-		return t;
+		try {
+			t[1]=URLDecoder.decode(t[1],"UTF-8");
+			t[1]=Handy.trim(t[1],"'\"");
+			return t;
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			if(t.length<2){
+				return new String[]{t[0],null};
+			}else{
+				return t;
+			}
+		}
     }
     public static String[] split(String str) {
-		return str.split("/");
+		return Handy.split("/",str);
     }
 }

src/main/java/com/reliancy/util/Resources.java

@@ -19,18 +19,47 @@ import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.JarURLConnection;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
+/** Static utility with helper methods to read or write resources.
+ * The place where we host a global search path often used by others 
+ * such as Template or FileServe (unless overriden.)
+ */
 public class Resources {
+    public static Object[] search_path;
+    /** appends one+ paths to search at position pos. 
+     * neg pos substracts from end 
+     */
+    public static Object[] appendSearch(int pos,Object ...src){
+        if(search_path==null) search_path=new Object[0];
+        if(pos<0) pos=search_path.length+pos+1;
+        if(pos<0 || pos>search_path.length) throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("at:"+pos);
+        Object[] new_path=new Object[search_path.length+src.length];
+        // first left side of old search path
+        if(pos>0){ 
+            System.arraycopy(search_path, 0, new_path, 0, pos);
+        }
+        // next new sources
+        if(src.length>0){
+            System.arraycopy(src, 0, new_path, pos, src.length);
+        }
+        // lastly right side of old search path
+        System.arraycopy(search_path,pos, new_path,pos+src.length, search_path.length-pos);
+        search_path=new_path;
+        return search_path;
+    }
     public static interface PathRewrite{
         public String rewritePath(String path,Object context);
     }
     public static URL findFirst(PathRewrite remap,String path,Object ... sp){
+        String path0=path;
+        if(sp==null || sp.length==0) sp=search_path;
         for(Object base:sp){
-            if(remap!=null) path=remap.rewritePath(path,base);
+            if(remap!=null) path=remap.rewritePath(path0,base);
             if(base instanceof Class){
                 URL ret=((Class<?>)base).getResource(path);
                 return ret;
@@ -57,11 +86,20 @@ public class Resources {
                     URL ret=new URL((URL)base,path);
                     String proto=ret.getProtocol();
                     if(proto.equals("http") || proto.equals("https")){
-                        HttpURLConnection huc = (HttpURLConnection) ret.openConnection();
-                        huc.setRequestMethod("HEAD");
-                        int responseCode = huc.getResponseCode();
-                        huc.disconnect();
-                        if(responseCode==HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) return ret;
+                        HttpURLConnection huc = null;
+                        try{
+                            huc=(HttpURLConnection) ret.openConnection();
+                            huc.setRequestMethod("HEAD");
+                            int responseCode = huc.getResponseCode();
+                            if(responseCode==HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) return ret;
+                        }finally{
+                            if(huc!=null) huc.disconnect();
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if(proto.startsWith("jar")){
+                        JarURLConnection juc = null;
+                        juc=(JarURLConnection) ret.openConnection();
+                        if(juc.getJarEntry()!=null) return ret;
                     }
                     if(proto.equals("file")){
                         File f=new File(ret.getPath());

src/main/web/public/theme.css

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+html, body {
+    height: 100%;
+}
+.fa-2x {
+    vertical-align: middle;
+}
+.col-fixed {
+    margin: 1em auto;
+}
+@media (min-width: 768px) {
+.col-fixed {
+    width: 600px;
+}
+}  

src/main/web/templates/base.hbs

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
+    <title>{{app_title}}</title>
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+    <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/static/favicon.ico">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@4.6.1/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.7.0/css/all.css">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/theme.css">
+    
+    {{#block "MetaEx"}}
+    {{/block}}
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    {{#block "Header"}}
+    {{/block}}
+    {{#block "Detail"}}
+    {{/block}}
+    {{#block "Footer"}}
+    {{/block}}
+    <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.slim.min.js" integrity="sha384-KJ3o2DKtIkvYIK3UENzmM7KCkRr/rE9/Qpg6aAZGJwFDMVNA/GpGFF93hXpG5KkN" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
+    <!-- Popper JS -->
+    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/popper.js@1.16.1/dist/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
+    <!-- Latest compiled JavaScript -->
+    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@4.6.1/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>  
+    </body>
+</html>

src/main/web/templates/error.hbs

@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 <div class="row justify-content-center mt-3">
 <div class="card">
   <div class="card-header alert alert-danger">
-    <h5 class="card-title"><i class="fas fa-exclamation-circle fa-2x"></i> {{error_title}}</h5>
+    <h5 class="card-title">
+      <i class="fas fa-exclamation-circle fa-2x"></i> {{error_title}}
+    </h5>
   </div>
   <div class="card-body">
     <!--<h5 class="card-title">Special title treatment</h5>-->
@@ -15,4 +17,4 @@
 
 </div>
 {{/partial}}
-{{> frame-1c}}
+{{> __frame__}}

src/main/web/templates/frame-dash.hbs

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+{{#partial "Header"}}
+<!-- Responsive navbar-->
+<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-md navbar-light bg-light">
+    <div class="container-fluid">
+        <!-- Brand -->
+        <div class="navbar-header">
+            <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">
+            {{#with menu}}
+                {{title}}
+            {{/with}}
+            </a>
+        </div>
+        <!-- Toggler/collapsibe Button -->
+        <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#collapsibleNavbar">
+            <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
+        </button>
+        <!-- Links -->
+        <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="collapsibleNavbar">
+            {{#with menu}}
+            <ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
+            {{#each before}}
+                <li class="nav-item">
+                    <a class="nav-link" href="{{url}}">{{title}}</a>
+                </li>
+            {{/each}}
+            </ul>
+            <ul class="navbar-nav ml-auto">
+            {{#each after}}
+                <li class="nav-item">
+                    <a class="nav-link" href="{{url}}">{{title}}</a>
+                </li>
+            {{/each}}
+            </ul>
+            {{/with}}
+
+                <!-- Dropdown -->
+                <!--
+                <li class="nav-item dropdown">
+                    <a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="#" id="navbardrop" data-toggle="dropdown">
+                    Dropdown link
+                    </a>
+                    <div class="dropdown-menu">
+                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Link 1</a>
+                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Link 2</a>
+                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Link 3</a>
+                    </div>
+                </li>
+                -->
+        </div>
+    </div>
+</nav>
+<!--this is the feedback messages-->
+<div id="MessageSection" class="row">
+    {{#each feedback}}
+    <div class="col-md-12 alert-{{type}}">{{message}}</div>
+    {{/each}}
+    <!--
+    <div class="col-sm-12 alert alert-danger">This is a message</div>
+    -->
+</div>
+{{/partial}}
+{{#partial "Detail"}}
+
+<div class="container">
+  <div class="row justify-content-md-center">
+    <div class="col-2" id="LeftSection">
+        {{#block "LeftSection"}}
+            Left Section
+        {{/block}}
+    </div>
+    <div class="col-10" id="MainSection">
+        {{#block "MainSection"}}
+        Main Section
+        {{/block}}
+    </div>
+</div>
+
+{{/partial}}
+{{> base}}

src/main/web/templates/frame-land.hbs

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+{{#partial "Header"}}
+<!-- Responsive navbar-->
+<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-md navbar-light bg-light">
+    <div class="container-fluid">
+        <!-- Brand -->
+        <div class="navbar-header">
+            <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">
+            {{#with menu}}
+                {{title}}
+            {{/with}}
+            </a>
+        </div>
+        <!-- Toggler/collapsibe Button -->
+        <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#collapsibleNavbar">
+            <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
+        </button>
+        <!-- Links -->
+        <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="collapsibleNavbar">
+            {{#with menu}}
+            <ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
+            {{#each before}}
+                <li class="nav-item">
+                    <a class="nav-link" href="{{url}}">{{title}}</a>
+                </li>
+            {{/each}}
+            </ul>
+            <ul class="navbar-nav ml-auto">
+            {{#each after}}
+                <li class="nav-item">
+                    <a class="nav-link" href="{{url}}">{{title}}</a>
+                </li>
+            {{/each}}
+            </ul>
+            {{/with}}
+
+                <!-- Dropdown -->
+                <!--
+                <li class="nav-item dropdown">
+                    <a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="#" id="navbardrop" data-toggle="dropdown">
+                    Dropdown link
+                    </a>
+                    <div class="dropdown-menu">
+                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Link 1</a>
+                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Link 2</a>
+                    <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Link 3</a>
+                    </div>
+                </li>
+                -->
+        </div>
+    </div>
+</nav>
+<!--this is the feedback messages-->
+<div id="MessageSection" class="row">
+    {{#each feedback}}
+    <div class="col-md-12 alert-{{type}}">{{message}}</div>
+    {{/each}}
+    <!--
+    <div class="col-sm-12 alert alert-danger">This is a message</div>
+    -->
+</div>
+{{/partial}}
+{{#partial "Detail"}}
+
+<div id="MainSection" class="container">
+{{#block "MainSection"}}
+    Main Section
+{{/block}}
+</div>
+
+{{/partial}}
+{{> base}}

src/main/web/templates/login.hbs

@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@
 </form>
 </div>
 {{/partial}}
-{{> frame-1c}}
+{{> __frame__}}

src/test/java/com/reliancy/dbo/TerminalTest.java

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class TerminalTest {
     @BeforeClass
     public static void beforeAllTestMethods() {
         System.out.println("Invoked once before all test methods");
-        String url="jdbc:postgresql://postgres:Ramudin99@bigbang:5432/Test";
+        String url=System.getenv("DB_URL");        
         t=new SQLTerminal(url);
     }
  

src/test/java/com/reliancy/jabba/ArgsConfigTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package com.reliancy.jabba;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class ArgsConfigTest {
+    @Test
+    public void testEnv(){
+        System.out.println("testing sys env...");
+        ArgsConfig args=new ArgsConfig("prog","--verbose","--key","value","cmd");
+        try {
+            args.load();
+            ArgsConfig.Property<String> env_user=new ArgsConfig.Property<>("USER",String.class);
+            ArgsConfig.Property<String> sys_user=new ArgsConfig.Property<>("user.name",String.class);
+            ArgsConfig.Property<Boolean> verbose=new ArgsConfig.Property<>("verbose",Boolean.class);
+            String usr_val1=args.getProperty(env_user,"None1");
+            String usr_val2=args.getProperty(sys_user,"None2");
+            System.out.println("Env User:"+usr_val1);
+            System.out.println("Sys User:"+usr_val2);
+            assertTrue(usr_val1.equals(usr_val2));
+            System.out.println("Positional:"+args.getProperty(Config.APP_ARGS, null));
+            System.out.println("Verbose:"+verbose.get(args));
+            for(ArgsConfig.Property<?> p:args){
+                System.out.println("p:"+p+"="+p.get(args));
+            }
+
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            assertTrue(false);
+        }
+    }    
+}

src/test/java/com/reliancy/jabba/RouterTest.java

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class RouterTest
         //assertTrue( true );
         System.out.println("Test router init...");
         JettyApp r=new JettyApp();
-        RoutedEndPoint rep=new RoutedEndPoint();
+        Router rep=new Router();
         rep.importMethods(r);
         rep.compile();
         //Matcher m=rep.match("GET","/helloPlain");

src/test/java/com/reliancy/util/HandyTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/* 
+Copyright (c) 2011-2022 Reliancy LLC
+
+Licensed under the GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.en.html.
+You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 
+*/
+
+package com.reliancy.util;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class HandyTest {
+    /**
+     * Plain CRUD
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void splitting() throws IOException
+    {
+        System.out.println("Splitting test...");
+        String tst1="One,Two,Three";
+        System.out.println(tst1+" over ,");
+        for(String s:Handy.split(",",tst1)){
+            System.out.println("\tt:"+s);
+        }
+        //System.out.println(tst1+" over ");
+        //for(String s:Handy.split("",tst1)){
+        //    System.out.println("\tt:"+s);
+        //}
+        String tst2="AND A AND B ANDAND D AND";
+        System.out.println(tst2+" over AND");
+        for(String s:Handy.split("AND",tst2)){
+            System.out.println("\tt:"+s);
+        }
+
+    }
+    
+}