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ctx.mapQueryParams()

This feature is mostly useful for Kotlin users, as it allows for very neat query-param declaration with destructuring and elvis-throws:

app.post("/new-user") { ctx ->
    val (name, email) = ctx.mapQueryParams("name", "email") ?: throw MissingQueryParamException()
}

ctx.anyQueryParamNull()

This is band-aid for Java developers who can’t use ctx.mapQueryParams(), at least you can make sure that your query-params are present:

app.post("/new-user", ctx ->
    if (ctx.anyQueryParamNull("name", "email")) {
        throw new MissingQueryParamException();
    }
});

Minor change in before/after

Previously before and after used /* as path when called pathless (like before(handler)). This has been changed to *, in order to include the root path (/).