Code cleanup + documentation

context.go

@@ -30,33 +30,6 @@ const (
 
 const AbortIndex = math.MaxInt8 / 2
 
-// Param is a single URL parameter, consisting of a key and a value.
-type Param struct {
-	Key   string
-	Value string
-}
-
-// Params is a Param-slice, as returned by the router.
-// The slice is ordered, the first URL parameter is also the first slice value.
-// It is therefore safe to read values by the index.
-type Params []Param
-
-// ByName returns the value of the first Param which key matches the given name.
-// If no matching Param is found, an empty string is returned.
-func (ps Params) Get(name string) (string, bool) {
-	for _, entry := range ps {
-		if entry.Key == name {
-			return entry.Value, true
-		}
-	}
-	return "", false
-}
-
-func (ps Params) ByName(name string) (va string) {
-	va, _ = ps.Get(name)
-	return
-}
-
 // Context is the most important part of gin. It allows us to pass variables between middleware,
 // manage the flow, validate the JSON of a request and render a JSON response for example.
 type Context struct {
@@ -100,7 +73,7 @@ func (c *Context) Copy() *Context {
 }
 
 /************************************/
-/*************** FLOW ***************/
+/*********** FLOW CONTROL ***********/
 /************************************/
 
 // Next should be used only in the middlewares.
@@ -114,27 +87,34 @@ func (c *Context) Next() {
 	}
 }
 
-// Forces the system to not continue calling the pending handlers in the chain.
+// Returns if the currect context was aborted.
+func (c *Context) IsAborted() bool {
+	return c.index == AbortIndex
+}
+
+// Stops the system to continue calling the pending handlers in the chain.
+// Let's say you have an authorization middleware that validates if the request is authorized
+// if the authorization fails (the password does not match). This method (Abort()) should be called
+// in order to stop the execution of the actual handler.
 func (c *Context) Abort() {
 	c.index = AbortIndex
 }
 
-// AbortWithStatus is the same as Abort but also writes the specified response status code.
-// For example, the first handler checks if the request is authorized. If it's not, context.AbortWithStatus(401) should be called.
+// It calls Abort() and writes the headers with the specified status code.
+// For example, a failed attempt to authentificate a request could use: context.AbortWithStatus(401).
 func (c *Context) AbortWithStatus(code int) {
 	c.Writer.WriteHeader(code)
 	c.Abort()
 }
 
+// It calls AbortWithStatus() and Error() internally. This method stops the chain, writes the status code and
+// pushes the specified error to `c.Errors`.
+// See Context.Error() for more details.
 func (c *Context) AbortWithError(code int, err error) *Error {
 	c.AbortWithStatus(code)
 	return c.Error(err)
 }
 
-func (c *Context) IsAborted() bool {
-	return c.index == AbortIndex
-}
-
 /************************************/
 /********* ERROR MANAGEMENT *********/
 /************************************/
@@ -161,8 +141,8 @@ func (c *Context) Error(err error) *Error {
 /******** METADATA MANAGEMENT********/
 /************************************/
 
-// Sets a new pair key/value just for the specified context.
-// It also lazy initializes the hashmap.
+// Sets a new pair key/value just for this context.
+// It also lazy initializes the hashmap if it was not used previously.
 func (c *Context) Set(key string, value interface{}) {
 	if c.Keys == nil {
 		c.Keys = make(map[string]interface{})
@@ -170,7 +150,8 @@ func (c *Context) Set(key string, value interface{}) {
 	c.Keys[key] = value
 }
 
-// Get returns the value for the given key or an error if the key does not exist.
+// Returns the value for the given key, ie: (value, true).
+// If the value does not exists it returns (nil, false)
 func (c *Context) Get(key string) (value interface{}, exists bool) {
 	if c.Keys != nil {
 		value, exists = c.Keys[key]
@@ -178,7 +159,7 @@ func (c *Context) Get(key string) (value interface{}, exists bool) {
 	return
 }
 
-// MustGet returns the value for the given key or panics if the value doesn't exist.
+// Returns the value for the given key if it exists, otherwise it panics.
 func (c *Context) MustGet(key string) interface{} {
 	if value, exists := c.Get(key); exists {
 		return value
@@ -254,6 +235,7 @@ func (c *Context) Bind(obj interface{}) error {
 	return c.BindWith(obj, b)
 }
 
+// Shortcut for c.Bind(obj, binding.JSON)
 func (c *Context) BindJSON(obj interface{}) error {
 	return c.BindWith(obj, binding.JSON)
 }
@@ -266,6 +248,8 @@ func (c *Context) BindWith(obj interface{}, b binding.Binding) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Best effort algoritm to return the real client IP, it parses
+// X-Real-IP and X-Forwarded-For in order to work properly with reverse-proxies such us: nginx or haproxy.
 func (c *Context) ClientIP() string {
 	clientIP := strings.TrimSpace(c.Request.Header.Get("X-Real-IP"))
 	if len(clientIP) > 0 {
@@ -287,6 +271,9 @@ func (c *Context) ContentType() string {
 /******** RESPONSE RENDERING ********/
 /************************************/
 
+// Intelligent shortcut for c.Writer.Header().Set(key, value)
+// it writes a header in the response.
+// If value == "", this method removes the header `c.Writer.Header().Del(key)`
 func (c *Context) Header(key, value string) {
 	if len(value) == 0 {
 		c.Writer.Header().Del(key)
@@ -311,23 +298,27 @@ func (c *Context) HTML(code int, name string, obj interface{}) {
 	c.Render(code, instance)
 }
 
+// Serializes the given struct as pretty JSON (indented + endlines) into the response body.
+// It also sets the Content-Type as "application/json".
+// WARNING: we recommend to use this only for development propuses since printing pretty JSON is
+// more CPU and bandwidth consuming. Use Context.JSON() instead.
 func (c *Context) IndentedJSON(code int, obj interface{}) {
 	c.Render(code, render.IndentedJSON{Data: obj})
 }
 
-// Serializes the given struct as JSON into the response body in a fast and efficient way.
+// Serializes the given struct as JSON into the response body.
 // It also sets the Content-Type as "application/json".
 func (c *Context) JSON(code int, obj interface{}) {
 	c.Render(code, render.JSON{Data: obj})
 }
 
-// Serializes the given struct as XML into the response body in a fast and efficient way.
+// Serializes the given struct as XML into the response body.
 // It also sets the Content-Type as "application/xml".
 func (c *Context) XML(code int, obj interface{}) {
 	c.Render(code, render.XML{Data: obj})
 }
 
-// Writes the given string into the response body and sets the Content-Type to "text/plain".
+// Writes the given string into the response body.
 func (c *Context) String(code int, format string, values ...interface{}) {
 	c.Render(code, render.String{
 		Format: format,
@@ -352,7 +343,7 @@ func (c *Context) Data(code int, contentType string, data []byte) {
 	})
 }
 
-// Writes the specified file into the body stream
+// Writes the specified file into the body stream in a efficient way.
 func (c *Context) File(filepath string) {
 	http.ServeFile(c.Writer, c.Request, filepath)
 }

gin.go

@@ -195,20 +195,13 @@ func (engine *Engine) RunUnix(file string) (err error) {
 
 // ServeHTTP makes the router implement the http.Handler interface.
 func (engine *Engine) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
-	c := engine.getcontext(w, req)
-	engine.handleHTTPRequest(c)
-	engine.putcontext(c)
-}
-
-func (engine *Engine) getcontext(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) *Context {
 	c := engine.pool.Get().(*Context)
 	c.writermem.reset(w)
 	c.Request = req
 	c.reset()
-	return c
-}
 
-func (engine *Engine) putcontext(c *Context) {
+	engine.handleHTTPRequest(c)
+
 	engine.pool.Put(c)
 }
 

tree.go

@@ -9,6 +9,33 @@ import (
 	"unicode"
 )
 
+// Param is a single URL parameter, consisting of a key and a value.
+type Param struct {
+	Key   string
+	Value string
+}
+
+// Params is a Param-slice, as returned by the router.
+// The slice is ordered, the first URL parameter is also the first slice value.
+// It is therefore safe to read values by the index.
+type Params []Param
+
+// ByName returns the value of the first Param which key matches the given name.
+// If no matching Param is found, an empty string is returned.
+func (ps Params) Get(name string) (string, bool) {
+	for _, entry := range ps {
+		if entry.Key == name {
+			return entry.Value, true
+		}
+	}
+	return "", false
+}
+
+func (ps Params) ByName(name string) (va string) {
+	va, _ = ps.Get(name)
+	return
+}
+
 func min(a, b int) int {
 	if a <= b {
 		return a