HST Request Handling
The HST Request Handling can be split into two separate main phases, namely
First the hostname, portnumber, and url are matched to a resolved sitemap item (in case of a site). This is the Request Matching phase. The HST Request Processing makes use of this resolved sitemap item to deduce what component tree to render with which (repository) content. A simplified grand scheme of the HST Request Handling can be drawn as follows ( download as PDF for better readability):