Play Java Starter

This is a starter application that shows how Play works. Please see the documentation at https://www.playframework.com/documentation/latest/Home for more details.

Running

Run this using sbt. If you downloaded this project from http://www.playframework.com/download then you'll find a prepackaged version of sbt in the project directory:

sbt run

And then go to http://localhost:9000 to see the running web application.

Controllers

There are several demonstration files available in this template.

• HomeController.java:

  Shows how to handle simple HTTP requests.

• AsyncController.java:

  Shows how to do asynchronous programming when handling a request.

• CountController.java:

  Shows how to inject a component into a controller and use the component when handling requests.

Components

• Module.java:

  Shows how to use Guice to bind all the components needed by your application.

• Counter.java:

  An example of a component that contains state, in this case a simple counter.

• ApplicationTimer.java:

  An example of a component that starts when the application starts and stops when the application stops.

Filters

• Filters.java:

  Creates the list of HTTP filters used by your application.

• ExampleFilter.java

  A simple filter that adds a header to every response.