we support bifs and components and whatever now

build.gradle

@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ compileJava {
 	options.debug()
 }
 
+compileTestJava {
+	source sourceSets.test.java
+	dependsOn compileJava, serviceLoaderBuild
+	options.encoding = 'UTF-8'
+}
+
 jar {
     archiveVersion =  "${version}"
  	manifest {
@@ -82,7 +88,7 @@ jar {
 }
 shadowJar {
     destinationDirectory = file( "build/distributions" )
-	//mergeServiceFiles()
+	mergeServiceFiles()
 	exclude "schema/**"
 	exclude "org/antlr/v4/gui/**"
 	exclude "org/antlr/v4/gui/**"
@@ -110,13 +116,13 @@ build.finalizedBy( renameDistributionFile )
  * - https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/com.github.harbby.gradle.serviceloader
  * This generates the META-INF/services files for the ServiceLoader as part of the `build` task
  */
-// serviceLoader {
-//     serviceInterface 'ortus.boxlang.runtime.bifs.BIF'
-//     serviceInterface 'ortus.boxlang.runtime.components.Component'
-//     serviceInterface 'ortus.boxlang.runtime.async.tasks.IScheduler'
-//     serviceInterface 'ortus.boxlang.runtime.cache.providers.ICacheProvider'
-// 	serviceInterface 'ortus.boxlang.runtime.events.IInterceptor'
-// }
+serviceLoader {
+    serviceInterface 'ortus.boxlang.runtime.bifs.BIF'
+    serviceInterface 'ortus.boxlang.runtime.components.Component'
+    serviceInterface 'ortus.boxlang.runtime.async.tasks.IScheduler'
+    serviceInterface 'ortus.boxlang.runtime.cache.providers.ICacheProvider'
+	serviceInterface 'ortus.boxlang.runtime.events.IInterceptor'
+}
 
 /**
  * Token Replacements for files

src/main/java/ortus/boxlang/web/WebErrorHandler.java

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import ortus.boxlang.runtime.types.exceptions.LockException;
 import ortus.boxlang.runtime.types.exceptions.MissingIncludeException;
 import ortus.boxlang.runtime.util.FRTransService;
+import ortus.boxlang.web.context.WebRequestBoxContext;
 
 /**
  * I handle default errors for a web request

src/main/java/ortus/boxlang/web/WebRequestExecutor.java

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import ortus.boxlang.runtime.types.exceptions.AbortException;
 import ortus.boxlang.runtime.types.exceptions.MissingIncludeException;
 import ortus.boxlang.runtime.util.FRTransService;
+import ortus.boxlang.web.context.WebRequestBoxContext;
 
 /**
  * I handle running a web request

src/main/java/ortus/boxlang/web/bifs/Forward.java

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/**
+ * [BoxLang]
+ *
+ * Copyright [2024] [Ortus Solutions, Corp]
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+ * License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+ * BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language
+ * governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ */
+package ortus.boxlang.web.bifs;
+
+import io.undertow.server.HttpServerExchange;
+import ortus.boxlang.runtime.bifs.BIF;
+import ortus.boxlang.runtime.bifs.BoxBIF;
+import ortus.boxlang.runtime.context.IBoxContext;
+import ortus.boxlang.runtime.scopes.ArgumentsScope;
+import ortus.boxlang.runtime.scopes.Key;
+import ortus.boxlang.runtime.types.Argument;
+import ortus.boxlang.web.context.WebRequestBoxContext;
+
+@BoxBIF
+public class Forward extends BIF {
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructor
+	 */
+	public Forward() {
+		super();
+		declaredArguments = new Argument[] {
+		    new Argument( true, Argument.STRING, Key.template )
+		};
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 *
+	 * Leads the request to a different page.
+	 * This function acts like the location functionality except that the relocation is done directly on the server and not the browser
+	 *
+	 * @param context   The context in which the BIF is being invoked.
+	 * @param arguments Argument scope for the BIF.
+	 *
+	 * @argument.template The logical path to which the request should be forwarded to.
+	 *
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings( "deprecation" )
+	public Object _invoke( IBoxContext context, ArgumentsScope arguments ) {
+		String					templatePath	= arguments.getAsString( Key.template );
+		WebRequestBoxContext	requestContext	= context.getParentOfType( WebRequestBoxContext.class );
+		HttpServerExchange		exchange		= requestContext.getExchange();
+
+		exchange.setRequestPath( templatePath );
+		exchange.setRelativePath( templatePath );
+		exchange.dispatch();
+
+		return null;
+	}
+
+}

src/main/java/ortus/boxlang/web/WebRequestBoxContext.java → src/main/java/ortus/boxlang/web/context/WebRequestBoxContext.java

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package ortus.boxlang.web;
+package ortus.boxlang.web.context;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;

src/test/java/ortus/boxlang/web/bifs/ForwardTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package ortus.boxlang.web.bifs;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import ortus.boxlang.runtime.BoxRuntime;
+import ortus.boxlang.runtime.context.IBoxContext;
+import ortus.boxlang.runtime.context.ScriptingRequestBoxContext;
+import ortus.boxlang.runtime.scopes.IScope;
+import ortus.boxlang.runtime.scopes.Key;
+import ortus.boxlang.runtime.scopes.VariablesScope;
+import ortus.boxlang.runtime.types.exceptions.BoxRuntimeException;
+
+public class ForwardTest {
+
+	static BoxRuntime	runtime;
+	IBoxContext			context;
+	IScope				variables;
+	static Key			result	= new Key( "result" );
+
+	@BeforeAll
+	public static void setUp() {
+		runtime = BoxRuntime.getInstance( true );
+	}
+
+	@AfterAll
+	public static void teardown() {
+	}
+
+	@BeforeEach
+	public void setupEach() {
+		// TODO: Brad you need to simulate the web request context here please.
+		context		= new ScriptingRequestBoxContext( runtime.getRuntimeContext() );
+		variables	= context.getScopeNearby( VariablesScope.name );
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@DisplayName( "It should fail if the template argument is not provided" )
+	public void testNoTemplate() {
+		// @formatter:off
+		assertThrows( BoxRuntimeException.class, () -> {
+			runtime.executeSource(
+			"""
+			forward();
+			""",
+			context );
+		} );
+		// @formatter:on
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@Disabled( "Until Brad figures out how to do web request context tests" )
+	@DisplayName( "Forward to a different page" )
+	public void testForward() {
+		// @formatter:off
+		runtime.executeSource(
+		"""
+		forward( template: "/some/path" );
+		""",
+		context );
+		// @formatter:on
+	}
+
+}