yanzhenjie/AndServer
AndServer
AndServer is a Java library for hosting a lightweight HTTP server and API endpoints directly within an Android application process. It functions as an annotation-based web framework that maps network requests to specific application methods to decouple business logic from network handling.
The project distinguishes itself as a mobile network gateway capable of routing incoming traffic and proxying data on an Android device. It includes an embedded static file server for delivering HTML files and web assets from the device to other clients over HTTP.
The framework provides a middleware engine for global request interception, authentication, and logging. It covers additional capabilities such as session and cookie management, global exception handling, web response caching, and reverse proxy routing to remote backend servers.
Features
- In-Process Android HTTP Servers - Hosts a network gateway directly within the Android application process to handle traffic without external infrastructure.
- Mobile - Provides a mobile network gateway for routing incoming traffic and proxying data directly on an Android device.
- Android REST API Development - Enables the creation of dynamic REST endpoints within a mobile application to expose internal data.
- Android HTTP Server Frameworks - Provides a Java library for hosting a lightweight HTTP server and API endpoints directly within an Android application process.
- Android Mobile Gateways - Routes and proxies incoming network traffic through a mobile device to other backend services or internal logic.
- Annotation-Driven Request Mappings - Maps HTTP endpoints to handler methods using code annotations to decouple business logic from network handling.
- Embedded Web Servers - Provides a lightweight HTTP server component integrated directly into the Android application process.
- Interface-to-Endpoint Mappings - Maps Java method signatures and annotations to specific HTTP endpoints and verbs for request handling.
- Request Interception Middlewares - Implements a middleware pipeline to execute custom logic for authentication and logging before requests reach their route.
- HTTP Middleware Pipelines - Implements middleware chains that intercept and transform HTTP requests and responses for authentication and logging.
- HTTP Data Transformation Pipelines - Transforms request and response data between formats using a centralized sequence of translation plugins.
- Web Message Converters - Provides global converters to transform request and response data between different representations for consistent exchange.
- Static Website Hosting - Serving HTML files and web assets directly from an Android device to other clients on the same network.
- Global Exception Handlers - Implements a centralized mechanism to catch unhandled errors and convert them into standardized HTTP responses.
- Reverse Proxies - Ships with reverse proxy routing capabilities to forward incoming requests to remote backend servers.
- Exception Response Mapping - Catches unhandled server errors and converts them into standardized HTTP response status codes and bodies.
- Reflection-Based Data Binding - Automatically maps raw network request payloads to typed Java objects using runtime type inspection.
- Static File Servers - Provides a mechanism for serving HTML files and web assets from an Android device to clients over HTTP.
- Static Website Hosting - Serves static HTML files and web assets directly to clients over HTTP.
- Web Server Hosting - Runs an HTTP server on a device with configurable ports and security settings to handle local network traffic.
