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play.api.mvc

Action

trait Action[A] extends EssentialAction

An action is essentially a (Request[A] => Result) function that handles a request and generates a result to be sent to the client.

For example,

val echo = Action { request =>
  Ok("Got request [" + request + "]")
}
A

the type of the request body

Source
Action.scala
Linear Supertypes
EssentialAction, Handler, (RequestHeader) => Accumulator[ByteString, Result], AnyRef, Any
Known Subclasses
JavaAction
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Type Members

  1. type BODY_CONTENT = A

    Type of the request body.

Abstract Value Members

  1. abstract def apply(request: Request[A]): Future[Result]

    Invokes this action.

    Invokes this action.

    request

    the incoming HTTP request

    returns

    the result to be sent to the client

  2. abstract def executionContext: ExecutionContext

    returns

    The execution context to run the action in

  3. abstract def parser: BodyParser[A]

    Body parser associated with this action.

Concrete Value Members

  1. def andThen[A](g: (Accumulator[ByteString, Result]) => A): (RequestHeader) => A
    Definition Classes
    Function1
    Annotations
    @unspecialized()
  2. def apply(): Action[A]

    returns

    itself, for better support in the routes file.

    Definition Classes
    Action → EssentialAction
  3. def apply(rh: RequestHeader): Accumulator[ByteString, Result]
    Definition Classes
    Action → Function1
  4. def asJava: mvc.EssentialAction
    Definition Classes
    EssentialAction
  5. def compose[A](g: (A) => RequestHeader): (A) => Accumulator[ByteString, Result]
    Definition Classes
    Function1
    Annotations
    @unspecialized()
  6. def toString(): String
    Definition Classes
    Action → Function1 → AnyRef → Any