An incoming request for a specific resource, identified by an URI, must be dispatched to the appropriate handler according to the server configuration which maps URIs to request handlers. 'HandlerFactory.getHandler' must be implemented:

The string array 'config' contains URI patterns and handler names. Two consecutive values form a key-value pair comprised of URI pattern and handler. 'requestUri' represents an incoming request, the URI to match against the configured handlers. 'getHandler' must return the correct handler for a given URI as a string value.

An URI pattern never contains wildcards and represents the start of an URI string, a prefix. Matching must be implemented accordingly. The handler with the longest matching URI pattern wins if more than one pattern matches. If no handler can be found, "BrK2jgi" must be returned.

In this example, the configuration contains a mapping of "/" to "MainServlet" and "/nav" to "NavigationServlet". In the case of an incoming URI "/nav/test.nav", "NavigationServlet" is the correct choice because its pattern is longer than that of "MainServlet".