add access to Route from Request, issue #459

request.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ type Request struct {
 	pathParameters    map[string]string
 	attributes        map[string]interface{} // for storing request-scoped values
 	selectedRoutePath string                 // root path + route path that matched the request, e.g. /meetings/{id}/attendees
+	selectedRoute     *Route
 }
 
 func NewRequest(httpRequest *http.Request) *Request {
@@ -114,5 +115,10 @@ func (r Request) Attribute(name string) interface{} {
 
 // SelectedRoutePath root path + route path that matched the request, e.g. /meetings/{id}/attendees
 func (r Request) SelectedRoutePath() string {
-	return r.selectedRoutePath
+	return r.selectedRoute.Path
+}
+
+// SelectedRoute return the Route that selected by the container
+func (r Request) SelectedRoute() RouteReader {
+	return routeAccessor{route: r.selectedRoute}
 }

route.go

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (r *Route) postBuild() {
 func (r *Route) wrapRequestResponse(httpWriter http.ResponseWriter, httpRequest *http.Request, pathParams map[string]string) (*Request, *Response) {
 	wrappedRequest := NewRequest(httpRequest)
 	wrappedRequest.pathParameters = pathParams
-	wrappedRequest.selectedRoutePath = r.Path
+	wrappedRequest.selectedRoute = r
 	wrappedResponse := NewResponse(httpWriter)
 	wrappedResponse.requestAccept = httpRequest.Header.Get(HEADER_Accept)
 	wrappedResponse.routeProduces = r.Produces

route_reader.go

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package restful
+
+// Copyright 2021 Ernest Micklei. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a license
+// that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+type RouteReader interface {
+	Method() string
+	Consumes() []string
+	Path() string
+	Doc() string
+	Notes() string
+	Operation() string
+	ParameterDocs() []*Parameter
+	// Returns a copy
+	Metadata() map[string]interface{}
+	Deprecated() bool
+}
+
+type routeAccessor struct {
+	route *Route
+}
+
+func (r routeAccessor) Method() string {
+	return r.route.Method
+}
+func (r routeAccessor) Consumes() []string {
+	return r.route.Consumes[:]
+}
+func (r routeAccessor) Path() string {
+	return r.route.Path
+}
+func (r routeAccessor) Doc() string {
+	return r.route.Doc
+}
+func (r routeAccessor) Notes() string {
+	return r.route.Notes
+}
+func (r routeAccessor) Operation() string {
+	return r.route.Operation
+}
+func (r routeAccessor) ParameterDocs() []*Parameter {
+	return r.route.ParameterDocs[:]
+}
+
+// Returns a copy
+func (r routeAccessor) Metadata() map[string]interface{} {
+	return copyMap(r.route.Metadata)
+}
+func (r routeAccessor) Deprecated() bool {
+	return r.route.Deprecated
+}
+
+// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23057785/how-to-copy-a-map
+func copyMap(m map[string]interface{}) map[string]interface{} {
+	cp := make(map[string]interface{})
+	for k, v := range m {
+		vm, ok := v.(map[string]interface{})
+		if ok {
+			cp[k] = copyMap(vm)
+		} else {
+			cp[k] = v
+		}
+	}
+	return cp
+}