BREAKING CHANGE(typedserver): migrate route handlers to use IRequestContext and lazy body parsers

ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@api.global/typedserver',
-  version: '7.11.1',
+  version: '8.0.0',
   description: 'A TypeScript-based project for easy serving of static files with support for live reloading, compression, and typed requests.'
 }

ts/classes.typedserver.ts

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export interface IServerOptions {
 export type THttpMethod = 'GET' | 'POST' | 'PUT' | 'DELETE' | 'PATCH' | 'HEAD' | 'OPTIONS' | 'ALL';
 
 export interface IRouteHandler {
-  (request: Request): Promise<Response | null>;
+  (ctx: plugins.smartserve.IRequestContext): Promise<Response | null>;
 }
 
 export class TypedServer {
@@ -202,19 +202,11 @@ export class TypedServer {
    * Supports Express-style path patterns like '/path/:param' and '/path/*splat'
    * @param path - The route path pattern
    * @param method - HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, ALL)
-   * @param handler - Async function that receives Request and returns Response or null
+   * @param handler - Async function that receives IRequestContext and returns Response or null
    */
   public addRoute(path: string, method: THttpMethod, handler: IRouteHandler): void {
     // Delegate to smartserve's ControllerRegistry
-    plugins.smartserve.ControllerRegistry.addRoute(path, method, async (ctx: plugins.smartserve.IRequestContext) => {
-      // Convert context to Request for backwards compatibility
-      const request = new Request(ctx.url.toString(), {
-        method: ctx.method,
-        headers: ctx.headers,
-      });
-      (request as any).params = ctx.params;
-      return handler(request);
-    });
+    plugins.smartserve.ControllerRegistry.addRoute(path, method, handler);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -274,6 +266,9 @@ export class TypedServer {
     });
 
     // Register controllers with SmartServe's ControllerRegistry
+    // Note: @Route decorators auto-register classes at import time.
+    // Controllers with constructor args (like DevToolsController) use default no-op
+    // constructors to handle auto-instantiation gracefully.
     if (this.options.injectReload) {
       plugins.smartserve.ControllerRegistry.registerInstance(this.devToolsController);
     }
@@ -389,10 +384,10 @@ export class TypedServer {
   /**
    * Create an IRequestContext from a Request
    */
-  private async createContext(
+  private createContext(
     request: Request,
     params: Record<string, string>
-  ): Promise<plugins.smartserve.IRequestContext> {
+  ): plugins.smartserve.IRequestContext {
     const url = new URL(request.url);
     const method = request.method.toUpperCase() as THttpMethod;
 
@@ -402,20 +397,14 @@ export class TypedServer {
       query[key] = value;
     });
 
-    // Parse body
-    let body: unknown = undefined;
-    const contentType = request.headers.get('content-type');
-    if (contentType?.includes('application/json')) {
-      try {
-        body = await request.clone().json();
-      } catch {
-        body = {};
-      }
-    }
+    // Cached body parsers (lazy evaluation)
+    let jsonCache: unknown;
+    let textCache: string;
+    let arrayBufferCache: ArrayBuffer;
+    let formDataCache: FormData;
 
     return {
       request,
-      body,
       params,
       query,
       headers: request.headers,
@@ -424,6 +413,30 @@ export class TypedServer {
       url,
       runtime: 'node' as const,
       state: {},
+      async json<T = unknown>(): Promise<T> {
+        if (jsonCache === undefined) {
+          jsonCache = await request.clone().json();
+        }
+        return jsonCache as T;
+      },
+      async text(): Promise<string> {
+        if (textCache === undefined) {
+          textCache = await request.clone().text();
+        }
+        return textCache;
+      },
+      async arrayBuffer(): Promise<ArrayBuffer> {
+        if (arrayBufferCache === undefined) {
+          arrayBufferCache = await request.clone().arrayBuffer();
+        }
+        return arrayBufferCache;
+      },
+      async formData(): Promise<FormData> {
+        if (formDataCache === undefined) {
+          formDataCache = await request.clone().formData();
+        }
+        return formDataCache;
+      },
     };
   }
 
@@ -577,7 +590,7 @@ export class TypedServer {
     }
 
     // Process the request and wrap response with all configured headers
-    const response = await this.handleRequestInternal(request, url, path, method);
+    const response = await this.handleRequestInternal(request, path, method);
     return this.applyResponseHeaders(response);
   }
 
@@ -586,7 +599,6 @@ export class TypedServer {
    */
   private async handleRequestInternal(
     request: Request,
-    url: URL,
     path: string,
     method: THttpMethod
   ): Promise<Response> {
@@ -594,7 +606,7 @@ export class TypedServer {
     const match = plugins.smartserve.ControllerRegistry.matchRoute(path, method);
     if (match) {
       try {
-        const context = await this.createContext(request, match.params);
+        const context = this.createContext(request, match.params);
         const result = await match.route.handler(context);
 
         // Handle Response or convert to Response

ts/controllers/controller.devtools.ts

@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ export class DevToolsController {
   private getLastReload: () => number;
   private getEnded: () => boolean;
 
-  constructor(options: { getLastReload: () => number; getEnded: () => boolean }) {
-    this.getLastReload = options.getLastReload;
-    this.getEnded = options.getEnded;
+  constructor(options?: { getLastReload: () => number; getEnded: () => boolean }) {
+    // Default no-op functions for when controller is auto-instantiated without options
+    this.getLastReload = options?.getLastReload ?? (() => 0);
+    this.getEnded = options?.getEnded ?? (() => false);
   }
 
   @plugins.smartserve.Get('/devtools')

ts/controllers/controller.typedrequest.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ export class TypedRequestController {
   @plugins.smartserve.Post('')
   async handleTypedRequest(ctx: plugins.smartserve.IRequestContext): Promise<Response> {
     try {
-      const response = await this.typedRouter.routeAndAddResponse(ctx.body as plugins.typedrequestInterfaces.ITypedRequest);
+      const body = await ctx.json() as plugins.typedrequestInterfaces.ITypedRequest;
+      const response = await this.typedRouter.routeAndAddResponse(body);
 
       return new Response(plugins.smartjson.stringify(response), {
         status: 200,

ts/utilityservers/classes.websiteserver.ts

@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ export class UtilityWebsiteServer {
     this.typedserver.addRoute(
       '/assetbroker/manifest/:manifestAsset',
       'GET',
-      async (request: Request) => {
-        let manifestAssetName = (request as any).params?.manifestAsset;
+      async (ctx) => {
+        let manifestAssetName = ctx.params?.manifestAsset;
         if (manifestAssetName === 'favicon.png') {
           manifestAssetName = `favicon_${this.options.domain
             .replace('.', '')