removed static requirement

README.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ A java library for bootstrapping a web application with java backend, and ldf+mu
 <dependency>
   <groupId>codes.fepi</groupId>
   <artifactId>ldfSpark</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0</version>
+  <version>1.1</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 **gradle**
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ The user only has to implement a Handler Class for handling the page content (an
 	@PageHandler
 	public class Handler {
 
-		public static Object index() {
+		public Object index() {
 			return "page content";
 		}
 
-		public static Object otherPage(Request req) {
+		public Object otherPage(Request req) {
 			return "other page content";
 		}
 		
-		public static Object login(Request req, Response res) {
+		public Object login(Request req, Response res) {
 			return "login page content";
 		}
 	}

build.gradle

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group 'codes.fepi'
-version '1.0'
+version '1.1'
 
 sourceCompatibility = 1.8
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.12'
     api group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-simple', version: '1.7.25'
     implementation group: 'eu.infomas', name: 'annotation-detector', version: '3.0.5'
-    api 'com.sparkjava:spark-core:2.7.2'
+    api 'com.sparkjava:spark-core:2.9.0'
     api "com.sparkjava:spark-template-mustache:2.7.1"
 }
 

src/main/java/codes/fepi/ldfspark/AnnotationDiscover.java

@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 package codes.fepi.ldfspark;
 
-import codes.fepi.ldfspark.PageHandler;
 import eu.infomas.annotation.AnnotationDetector;
 
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
 
 public class AnnotationDiscover implements AnnotationDetector.TypeReporter {
 
-	private Consumer<Method> consumer;
+	private BiConsumer<Method, Object> consumer;
 
-	public AnnotationDiscover(Consumer<Method> consumer) {
+	public AnnotationDiscover(BiConsumer<Method, Object> consumer) {
 		super();
 		this.consumer = consumer;
 	}
@@ -20,12 +19,14 @@ public AnnotationDiscover(Consumer<Method> consumer) {
 	public void reportTypeAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> annotation, String className) {
 		try {
 			Class<?> clazz = Class.forName(className);
+			Object pageHandler = clazz.newInstance();
 			for (Method method : clazz.getMethods()) {
 				if (method.getDeclaringClass() == Object.class && !method.isAccessible()) continue;
-				consumer.accept(method);
+				consumer.accept(method, pageHandler);
 			}
-		} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-			System.out.println("something went horribly wrong with the library: " + e.getMessage());
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			System.out.println("something went wrong with the reflection: ");
+			e.printStackTrace();
 		}
 	}
 

src/main/java/codes/fepi/ldfspark/LdfSpark.java

@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ public static void stop() {
 		spark.Spark.stop();
 	}
 
-	private static void handleHandlerMethod(Method method) {
+	private static void handleHandlerMethod(Method method, Object pageHandler) {
 		pages.add(method.getName());
-		pageLogic.page(method.getName(), method);
+		pageLogic.page(method, pageHandler);
 	}
 }

src/main/java/codes/fepi/ldfspark/PageHandler.java

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 /**
  * Annotate a class with this annotation. <br/>
- * All methods of the annotated class have to be public static to be detected, and have to return something. <br/>
+ * All methods of the annotated class have to be public to be detected, and have to return something. <br/>
  * Possible Parameters are:
  * <ul>
  *     <li>nothing</li>

src/main/java/codes/fepi/ldfspark/PageLogic.java

@@ -19,18 +19,19 @@ class PageLogic {
 		LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger("LdfPageLogic");
 	}
 
-	void page(String page, Method handler) {
+	void page(Method method, Object handler) {
+		String page = method.getName();
 		String route = String.format("/pages/%s/%s.html", page, page);
 		LOGGER.info("registered page: {}", route);
 		get(route, (req, res) -> {
 			Object entity = null;
-			switch (handler.getParameterCount()) {
+			switch (method.getParameterCount()) {
 				case 2:
-					entity = handler.invoke(null, req, res); break;
+					entity = method.invoke(handler, req, res); break;
 				case 1:
-					entity = handler.invoke(null, req); break;
+					entity = method.invoke(handler, req); break;
 				case 0:
-					entity = handler.invoke(null); break;
+					entity = method.invoke(handler); break;
 			}
 			return mte.render(new ModelAndView(entity, page + ".html"));
 		});

src/test/java/codes/fepi/libuser/TestHandler.java

@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 @PageHandler
 public class TestHandler {
 
-	public static Object index() {
+	public Object index() {
 		return new TestEntity("ldfSpark", Arrays.asList("static rendering", "single page application"));
 	}
 
-	public static Object other(Request req) {
+	public Object other(Request req) {
 		return req.userAgent();
 	}
 }