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Feature: #86214 - Implement static routes
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See :issue:`86214`

Description
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The site configuration module now has configuration options to add static routes on a per site basis.
Take the following example: In a multi-site installation you want to have different :file:`robots.txt` files for each site that
should be reachable at ``/robots.txt`` on each site. You can now add a static route "robots.txt" to your site and
define which content should be delivered.

The TYPO3 SEO extension provides a sitemap for TYPO3 out of the box, but it's only reachable at a specific page type.
To enable easier access you can now configure a static route :file:`sitemap.xml` that maps to that page type (see example
below).

Routes can be configured as toplevel files (as in the :file:`sitemap.xml` and :file:`robots.txt` case) but may also be configured
to deeper route paths (`my/deep/path/to/a/static/text` for example). Matching is done on the full path but without any
parameters.

Impact
======

Static routes can be configured via the user interface or directly in the yaml configuration.
There are two options: deliver static text or resolve a TYPO3 URL.

StaticText
----------

The :yaml:`staticText` option allows to deliver simple text content. The text can be added through a text field directly in
the site configuration. This is suitable for files like :file:`robots.txt` or :file:`humans.txt`.

YAML Configuration Example:

..  code-block:: yaml

    route: robots.txt
    type: staticText
    content: |
      Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml
      User-agent: *
      Allow: /
      Disallow: /forbidden/

TYPO3 URL (t3://)
-----------------

The type :yaml:`uri` for TYPO3 URL provides the option to render either a file, page or url. Internally a request to the
file or URL is done and its content delivered.

YAML Configuration Examples:

..  code-block:: yaml

    -
      route: sitemap.xml
      type: uri
      source: 't3://page?uid=1&type=1533906435'
    -
      route: favicon.ico
      type: uri
      source: 't3://file?uid=77'


Implementation
==============

Static route resolving is implemented as a PSR-15 middleware. If the route path requested matches any one of the
configured site routes, a response is directly generated and returned. This way there is minimal bootstrap code to
be executed on a static route resolving request, mainly the site configuration needs to be loaded. Static routes cannot
get parameters as the matching is done solely on the path level.


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