type ServeMux struct {
mu sync.RWMutex
m map[string]muxEntry
hosts bool // whether any patterns contain hostnames
}
It is used in the following three places
When registering the handler of the specified pattern
// Handle registers the handler for the given pattern.
// If a handler already exists for pattern, Handle panics.
func (mux *ServeMux) Handle(pattern string, handler Handler) {
mux.mu.Lock()
defer mux.mu.Unlock()
Used to return the handler specified during execution
// handler is the main implementation of Handler.
// The path is known to be in canonical form, except for CONNECT methods.
func (mux *ServeMux) handler(host, path string) (h Handler, pattern string) {
mux.mu.RLock()
defer mux.mu.RUnlock()
Add when / needs to be added to the specified path
// redirectToPathSlash determines if the given path needs appending "/" to it.
// This occurs when a handler for path + "/" was already registered, but
// not for path itself. If the path needs appending to, it creates a new
// URL, setting the path to u.Path + "/" and returning true to indicate so.
func (mux *ServeMux) redirectToPathSlash(host, path string, u *url.URL) (*url.URL, bool) {
mux.mu.RLock()
shouldRedirect := mux.shouldRedirectRLocked(host, path)
mux.mu.RUnlock()