refactor(core): remove out-of-scope HTTP/2 client/proxy, reorganize docs, refresh README

HttpProxy and Http2Client (719 LOC) shipped a reverse-proxy adapter and outbound HTTP/2
client from flash core with zero callers anywhere in the server itself — only each
other and their own tests. An HTTP/1.1+2 server framework has no business bundling an
outbound client; that capability belongs in its own flash-extensions/flash-ext-*
module if/when it's needed. Removed, along with the now-dead src/bench load driver
that depended on Http2Client (no replacement client written here — flagged as
follow-up work, not silently dropped).

docs/http2/ had accumulated core, cross-protocol documentation alongside genuine
HTTP/2-protocol internals: HTTP1-HARDENING, TRANSPORT, MESSAGE-MODEL,
TRAILERS-AND-STREAMING and BYTES all describe machinery HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 share, not
HTTP/2 specifically. Moved to a new docs/core/, leaving docs/http2/ to the protocol
layers, wire internals and operational docs that are actually HTTP/2-specific.
CLEARTEXT-AND-PROXY.md renamed to CLEARTEXT.md and its now-removed upstream-client
section cut, matching the source removal above.

README.md: removed the "HTTP/2 upstream proxy" section (documented the deleted
HttpProxy/Http2Client), the flash-bench module row and build command (not a module
that exists in this repo), and fixed every doc link to the new docs/core/ paths.
Added the new FlashConfiguration.maxConnections field to the configuration reference.

src/bench/ (a load-test harness distinct from the JMH suite, not wired into any Maven
profile or CI) is committed here for the first time.
This commit is contained in:
Zakaria El Orche
2026-08-14 18:13:03 +00:00
parent cf16be08c0
commit a0dda8e47a
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package dev.relism.flash.http2;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
import dev.relism.flash.extension.FlashApp;
import dev.relism.flash.extension.FlashConfiguration;
import dev.relism.flash.http.HttpMethod;
import dev.relism.flash.http.proxy.HttpProxy;
import dev.relism.flash.http2.client.Http2Client;
import dev.relism.flash.http2.client.Http2ClientResponse;
import dev.relism.flash.models.MutableHeaderMap;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.net.URI;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
class ProxyTrailerRelayTest {
private FlashApp upstream;
private FlashApp proxy;
private Http2Client proxyUpstream;
@AfterEach
void stop() {
if (proxyUpstream != null) proxyUpstream.close();
if (proxy != null) proxy.stop().join();
if (upstream != null) upstream.stop().join();
}
@Test
void requestAndResponseTrailersSurviveH2AndH1DownstreamProxyHops() throws Exception {
int upstreamPort = freePort();
upstream =
FlashApp.create(
FlashConfiguration.builder()
.host("127.0.0.1")
.port(upstreamPort)
.http2CleartextEnabled(true)
.build());
upstream.post(
"/relay",
(request, response) ->
response
.header("x-query", request.query("mode"))
.header("x-private-seen", String.valueOf(request.header("x-private") != null))
.body(request.body().bytes())
.trailer("x-relayed-trailer", request.trailers().first("x-request-trailer")));
upstream.start();
int proxyPort = freePort();
proxyUpstream = new Http2Client();
proxy =
FlashApp.create(
FlashConfiguration.builder()
.host("127.0.0.1")
.port(proxyPort)
.http2CleartextEnabled(true)
.build());
proxy.post(
"/relay",
HttpProxy.toHttp2(URI.create("http://127.0.0.1:" + upstreamPort), proxyUpstream));
proxy.start();
MutableHeaderMap h2Headers = fields("connection", "x-private");
add(h2Headers, "x-private", "must-not-cross");
MutableHeaderMap h2Trailers = fields("x-request-trailer", "from-h2");
try (Http2Client downstream = new Http2Client()) {
Http2ClientResponse response =
downstream.exchange(
URI.create("http://127.0.0.1:" + proxyPort + "/relay?mode=h2"),
HttpMethod.POST,
h2Headers,
"hello-h2".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8),
h2Trailers);
assertEquals("hello-h2", new String(response.body(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
assertEquals("h2", response.headers().first("x-query"));
assertEquals("false", response.headers().first("x-private-seen"));
assertEquals("from-h2", response.trailers().first("x-relayed-trailer"));
}
String h1 = h1Exchange(proxyPort);
assertTrue(h1.contains("hello-h1"), h1);
assertTrue(h1.toLowerCase().contains("x-query: h1"), h1);
assertTrue(h1.toLowerCase().contains("x-private-seen: false"), h1);
assertTrue(h1.toLowerCase().contains("x-relayed-trailer: from-h1"), h1);
assertFalse(h1.contains("must-not-cross"), h1);
}
private static String h1Exchange(int port) throws Exception {
try (Socket socket = new Socket("127.0.0.1", port)) {
socket.setSoTimeout(2_000);
socket
.getOutputStream()
.write(
("POST /relay?mode=h1 HTTP/1.1\r\n"
+ "Host: 127.0.0.1\r\n"
+ "Connection: x-private, close\r\n"
+ "X-Private: must-not-cross\r\n"
+ "Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n"
+ "Trailer: x-request-trailer\r\n\r\n"
+ "8\r\nhello-h1\r\n"
+ "0\r\nX-Request-Trailer: from-h1\r\n\r\n")
.getBytes(StandardCharsets.US_ASCII));
ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
socket.getInputStream().transferTo(bytes);
return bytes.toString(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
}
}
private static MutableHeaderMap fields(String name, String value) {
MutableHeaderMap headers = new MutableHeaderMap();
add(headers, name, value);
return headers;
}
private static void add(MutableHeaderMap headers, String name, String value) {
byte[] nameBytes = name.getBytes(StandardCharsets.US_ASCII);
byte[] valueBytes = value.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
headers.add(nameBytes, 0, nameBytes.length, valueBytes, 0, valueBytes.length);
}
private static int freePort() throws Exception {
try (ServerSocket socket = new ServerSocket(0)) {
return socket.getLocalPort();
}
}
}
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package dev.relism.flash.http2.client;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertArrayEquals;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
import dev.relism.flash.extension.FlashApp;
import dev.relism.flash.extension.FlashConfiguration;
import dev.relism.flash.http.HttpMethod;
import dev.relism.flash.models.MutableHeaderMap;
import dev.relism.flash.tls.TestKeystores;
import dev.relism.flash.tls.TlsConfig;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.net.URI;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
class Http2ClientTest {
private FlashApp app;
@AfterEach
void stop() {
if (app != null) app.stop().join();
}
@Test
void reusesOriginConnectionAndExchangesFlowControlledBodiesAndTrailers() throws Exception {
int port = freePort();
app =
FlashApp.create(
FlashConfiguration.builder()
.host("127.0.0.1")
.port(port)
.http2CleartextEnabled(true)
.build());
app.post(
"/relay",
(request, response) -> {
byte[] body = request.body().bytes();
String checksum = request.trailers().first("x-request-checksum");
return response
.header("x-upstream", request.header("x-forwarded-test"))
.body(body)
.trailer("x-response-checksum", checksum);
});
app.start();
byte[] body = new byte[2 * 1024 * 1024 + 31];
for (int i = 0; i < body.length; i++) body[i] = (byte) (i * 29);
MutableHeaderMap requestHeaders = fields("x-forwarded-test", "yes");
MutableHeaderMap requestTrailers = fields("x-request-checksum", "valid");
try (Http2Client client = new Http2Client()) {
URI uri = URI.create("http://127.0.0.1:" + port + "/relay");
Http2ClientResponse first =
client.exchange(uri, HttpMethod.POST, requestHeaders, body, requestTrailers);
Http2ClientResponse second =
client.exchange(
uri,
HttpMethod.POST,
requestHeaders,
"again".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8),
requestTrailers);
assertEquals(200, first.statusCode());
assertEquals("yes", first.headers().first("x-upstream"));
assertArrayEquals(body, first.body());
assertEquals("valid", first.trailers().first("x-response-checksum"));
assertArrayEquals("again".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8), second.body());
assertEquals(1, client.pooledConnectionCount());
}
}
@Test
void negotiatesTlsAlpnAndVerifiesTheUpstreamHostname(@TempDir Path directory) throws Exception {
int port = freePort();
Path keystore =
TestKeystores.build(
directory,
"http2-client.p12",
"changeit",
TestKeystores.Entry.of("server", "localhost", "localhost"));
app =
FlashApp.create(
FlashConfiguration.builder()
.host("127.0.0.1")
.port(port)
.tls(TlsConfig.keystore(keystore, "changeit"))
.http2Enabled(true)
.build());
app.get("/secure", (request, response) -> "tls-h2");
app.start();
try (Http2Client client = new Http2Client(TestKeystores.trustAllClientContext())) {
Http2ClientResponse response =
client.get(URI.create("https://localhost:" + port + "/secure"));
assertEquals(200, response.statusCode());
assertEquals("tls-h2", new String(response.body(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
}
}
@Test
void configuresConnectionsForRequestResponseLatency() throws Exception {
try (Socket socket = new Socket()) {
assertFalse(socket.getTcpNoDelay());
Http2Client.configureLowLatency(socket);
assertTrue(socket.getTcpNoDelay());
}
}
private static MutableHeaderMap fields(String name, String value) {
MutableHeaderMap headers = new MutableHeaderMap();
byte[] nameBytes = name.getBytes(StandardCharsets.US_ASCII);
byte[] valueBytes = value.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
headers.add(nameBytes, 0, nameBytes.length, valueBytes, 0, valueBytes.length);
return headers;
}
private static int freePort() throws Exception {
try (ServerSocket socket = new ServerSocket(0)) {
return socket.getLocalPort();
}
}
}