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# Application
Actix web provides some primitives to build web servers and applications with Rust.
It provides routing, middlewares, pre-processing of requests, and post-processing of responses,
Actix web provides various primitives to build web servers and applications with Rust.
It provides routing, middlewares, pre-processing of requests, post-processing of responses,
websocket protocol handling, multipart streams, etc.
All actix web servers are built around the `App` instance.
It is used for registering routes for resources, and middlewares.
It also stores application specific state that is shared across all handlers
within same application.
It is used for registering routes for resources and middlewares.
It also stores application state shared across all handlers within same application.
Application acts as a namespace for all routes, i.e all routes for a specific application
Applications act as a namespace for all routes, i.e all routes for a specific application
have the same url path prefix. The application prefix always contains a leading "/" slash.
If supplied prefix does not contain leading slash, it gets inserted.
The prefix should consist of value path segments. i.e for an application with prefix `/app`
any request with the paths `/app`, `/app/` or `/app/test` would match,
but path `/application` would not match.
If a supplied prefix does not contain leading slash, it is automatically inserted.
The prefix should consist of value path segments.
> For an application with prefix `/app`,
> any request with the paths `/app`, `/app/`, or `/app/test` would match;
> however, the path `/application` would not match.
```rust,ignore
# extern crate actix_web;
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# }
```
In this example application with `/app` prefix and `index.html` resource
gets created. This resource is available as on `/app/index.html` url.
For more information check
[*URL Matching*](./qs_5.html#using-a-application-prefix-to-compose-applications) section.
In this example, an application with the `/app` prefix and a `index.html` resource
are created. This resource is available through the `/app/index.html` url.
> For more information, check the
> [URL Dispatch](./qs_5.html#using-a-application-prefix-to-compose-applications) section.
Multiple applications can be served with one server:
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}
```
All `/app1` requests route to the first application, `/app2` to the second and then all other to the third.
Applications get matched based on registration order, if an application with more general
prefix is registered before a less generic one, that would effectively block the less generic
application from getting matched. For example, if *application* with prefix "/" gets registered
as first application, it would match all incoming requests.
All `/app1` requests route to the first application, `/app2` to the second, and all other to the third.
**Applications get matched based on registration order**. If an application with a more generic
prefix is registered before a less generic one, it would effectively block the less generic
application matching. For example, if an `App` with the prefix `"/"` was registered
as the first application, it would match all incoming requests.
## State
Application state is shared with all routes and resources within the same application.
State can be accessed with the `HttpRequest::state()` method as a read-only,
but an interior mutability pattern with `RefCell` can be used to achieve state mutability.
State can be accessed with `HttpContext::state()` when using an http actor.
When using an http actor,state can be accessed with the `HttpRequest::state()` as read-only,
but interior mutability with `RefCell` can be used to achieve state mutability.
State is also available for route matching predicates and middlewares.
Let's write a simple application that uses shared state. We are going to store request count
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}
```
Note on application state, http server accepts an application factory rather than an application
instance. Http server constructs an application instance for each thread, so application state
must be constructed multiple times. If you want to share state between different threads, a
shared object should be used, like `Arc`. Application state does not need to be `Send` and `Sync`
but the application factory must be `Send` + `Sync`.
> **Note**: http server accepts an application factory rather than an application
> instance. Http server constructs an application instance for each thread, thus application state
> must be constructed multiple times. If you want to share state between different threads, a
> shared object should be used, e.g. `Arc`. Application state does not need to be `Send` and `Sync`,
> but the application factory must be `Send` + `Sync`.