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+Ring is a Clojure web applications library inspired by Python's WSGI and Ruby's Rack. By abstracting the details of HTTP into a simple, unified API, Ring allows web applications to be constructed of modular components that can be shared among a variety of applications, web servers, and web frameworks.
+
+The `SPEC` file at the root of this distribution for provides a complete description of the Ring interface.
+
+Examples
+--------
+
+A Ring handler:
+
+    (use 'ring.adapter.jetty)
+    
+    (defn app [req]
+      {:status  200
+       :headers {"Content-Type" "text/html"}
+       :body    "Hello World from Ring"})
+    
+    (run-jetty app {:port 8080})
+
+Adding simple middleware:
+
+    (defn with-upcase [app]
+      (fn [req]
+        (let [orig-resp (app req)]
+          (assoc orig-resp :body (.toUpperCase (:body orig-resp))))))
+    
+    (def upcase-app (with-upcase app))
+    
+    (run-jetty upcase-app {:port 8080})
+
+Quick Start
+-----------
+
+First clone the Ring source and download Ring's dependencies:
+
+    git clone git://github.com/mmcgrana/ring.git
+    cd ring  
+    ant deps
+
+To see a live "Hello World" Ring app, run:
+
+    java -Djava.ext.dirs=deps clojure.main src/ring/example/hello_world.clj
+
+Now visit `http://localhost:8080/` in your browser; the Ring app will respond to your request with a simple HTML page indicating the time of day.
+
+To see a more sophisticated Ring app, run:
+
+    java -Djava.ext.dirs=deps clojure.main src/ring/example/wrapping.clj
+
+* If you request `http://localhost:8080/` in your browser the `ring.handler.dump` handler will respond with an HTML page representing the request map that it received (see the `SPEC` for details on the request map).
+* If you request `http://localhost:8080/clojure.png`, the `ring.middleware.file` middleware will detect that there is a `clojure.png` file in the app's `public` directory and return that image as a response.
+* If you request `http://localhost:8080/error`, the app will produce an error that will be caught by the `ring.middleware.stacktrace` middleware, which will in turn return a readable stacktrace as the HTML response.
+ 
+Included Libs
+-------------
+
+* `ring.adapter.jetty`: Adapter for the Jetty webserver.
+* `ring.adapter.httpcore`: Adapter for the Apache HttpCore webserver. 
+* `ring.middleware.file`: Middleware that serves static files out of a public directory.
+* `ring.middleware.file-info`: Middleware that augments response headers with info about File responses.
+* `ring.middleware.lint`: Linter for the Ring interface, ensures compliance with the Ring spec.
+* `ring.middleware.reload`: Middleware to automatically reload selected libs before each requests, minimizing server restarts.
+* `ring.middleware.stacktrace`: Middleware that catches exceptions and displays readable stacktraces for debugging.
+* `ring.middleware.static`: Middleware that serves static files with specified prefixes out of a public directory.
+* `ring.handler.dump`: Handler that dumps request maps as HTML responses for debugging.
+* `ring.util.servlet`: Utilities for interfacing with Java Servlets.
+* `ring.example.*`: Various example Ring apps.
+
+Development
+-----------
+
+Ring is being actively developed; you can track its progress and contribute at the project's [GitHub](http://github.com/mmcgrana/ring) page.
+
+To run all the Ring unit tests:
+  
+    java -Djava.ext.dirs=deps clojure.main test/ring/run.clj
+
+You can learn more about Ring's dependencies at the following sites:
+
+* `clojure.jar`, `clojure-contrib.jar`: [clojure.org](http://clojure.org)
+* `jetty-6.1.14.jar`, `jetty-util-6.1.14.jar`, `servlet-api-2.5-6.1.14.jar`: [mortbay.org/jetty](http://www.mortbay.org/jetty)
+* `httpcore-4.0.jar`, `httpcore-nio-4.0.jar`: [hc.apache.org](http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-core/index.html)
+* `commons-io-1.4.jar`: [commons.apache.org/io](http://commons.apache.org/io/)
+* `clj-html.jar`, `clj-html-helpers.jar`, `clj-stacktrace.jar`, `clj-unit`: [github.com/mmcgrana](http://github.com/mmcgrana)
+
+Thanks
+------
+
+This project borrows heavily from Ruby's Rack and Python's WSGI, and I thank the communities developing and supporting those projects.
+
+License
+-------
+
+Copyright (c) 2009 Mark McGranaghan and released under an MIT license.
+
+Clojure logo by Tom Hickey.

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-h1. Ring
-
-Ring is a Clojure web applications library inspired by Python's WSGI and Ruby's Rack. By abstracting the details of HTTP into a simple, unified API, Ring allows web applications to be constructed of modular components that can be shared among a variety of applications, web servers, and web frameworks.
-
-The @SPEC@ file at the root of this distribution for provides a complete description of the Ring interface.
-
-h2. Quick Start
-
-First clone the Ring source and download Ring's dependencies:
-
-<pre><code>  
-git clone git://github.com/mmcgrana/ring.git
-cd ring  
-ant deps
-</code></pre>
-
-To see a live "Hello World" Ring app, run:
-
-<pre><code>
-java -Djava.ext.dirs=deps clojure.main src/ring/example/hello_world.clj
-</code></pre>
-
-Now visit @http://localhost:8080/@ in your browser; the Ring app will respond to your request with a simple HTML page indicating the time of day.
-
-To see a more sophisticated Ring app, run:
-
-<pre><code>
-java -Djava.ext.dirs=deps clojure.main src/ring/example/wrapping.clj
-</code></pre>
-
- * If you request @http://localhost:8080/@ in your browser the @ring.handler.dump@ handler will respond with an HTML page representing the request map that it received (see the @SPEC@ for details on the request map).
- * If you request @http://localhost:8080/clojure.png@, the @ring.middleware.file@ middleware will detect that there is a @clojure.png@ file in the app's @public@ directory and return that image as a response.
- * If you request @http://localhost:8080/error@, the app will produce an error that will be caught by the @ring.middleware.stacktrace@ middleware, which will in turn return a readable stacktrace as the HTML response.
- 
-h2. Included Libs
-
- * @ring.adapter.jetty@: Adapter for the Jetty webserver.
- * @ring.adapter.httpcore@: Adapter for the Apache HttpCore webserver. 
- * @ring.middleware.file@: Middleware that serves static files out of a public directory.
- * @ring.middleware.file-info@: Middleware that augments response headers with info about File responses.
- * @ring.middleware.lint@: Linter for the Ring interface, ensures compliance with the Ring spec.
- * @ring.middleware.reload@: Middleware to automatically reload selected libs before each requests, minimizing server restarts.
- * @ring.middleware.stacktrace@: Middleware that catches exceptions and displays readable stacktraces for debugging.
- * @ring.middleware.static@: Middleware that serves static files with specified prefixes out of a public directory.
- * @ring.handler.dump@: Handler that dumps request maps as HTML responses for debugging.
- * @ring.util.servlet@: Utilities for interfacing with Java Servlets.
- * @ring.example.*@: Various example Ring apps.
-
-h2. Development
-
-Ring is being actively developed; you can track its progress and contribute at the project's "GitHub"::http://github.com/mmcgrana/ring page.
-
-To run all the Ring unit tests:
-  
-<pre><code>
-java -Djava.ext.dirs=deps clojure.main test/ring/run.clj
-</code></pre>
-
-You can learn more about Ring's dependencies at the following sites:
-
- * @clojure.jar@, @clojure-contrib.jar@: "clojure.org":http://clojure.org
- * @jetty-6.1.14.jar@, @jetty-util-6.1.14.jar@, @servlet-api-2.5-6.1.14.jar@: "mortbay.org/jetty":http://www.mortbay.org/jetty
- * @httpcore-4.0.jar@, @httpcore-nio-4.0.jar@: "hc.apache.org":http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-core/index.html
- * @commons-io-1.4.jar@: "commons.apache.org/io":http://commons.apache.org/io/
- * @clj-html.jar@, @clj-html-helpers.jar@, @clj-stacktrace.jar@, @clj-unit@: "github.com/mmcgrana":http://github.com/mmcgrana
-
-h2. Thanks
-
-This project borrows heavily from Ruby's Rack and Python's WSGI, and I thank the communities developing and supporting those projects.
-
----
-
-Copyright (c) 2009 Mark McGranaghan and released under an MIT license.
-Clojure logo by Tom Hickey.