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[Home](./index.md) &gt; [@loopback/rest](./rest.md) &gt; [MiddlewareSequence](./rest.middlewaresequence.md)

## MiddlewareSequence class

A sequence implementation using middleware chains

**Signature:**

```typescript
export declare class MiddlewareSequence implements SequenceHandler 
```
**Implements:** [SequenceHandler](./rest.sequencehandler.md)

## Constructors

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[(constructor)(context, invokeMiddleware, options)](./rest.middlewaresequence._constructor_.md)


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Constructor: Injects `InvokeMiddleware` and `InvokeMiddlewareOptions`


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## Properties

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[defaultOptions](./rest.middlewaresequence.defaultoptions.md)


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`static`


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InvokeMiddlewareOptions


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[invokeMiddleware](./rest.middlewaresequence.invokemiddleware.md)


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`readonly`


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InvokeMiddleware


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[options](./rest.middlewaresequence.options.md)


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`readonly`


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InvokeMiddlewareOptions


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## Methods

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[handle(context)](./rest.middlewaresequence.handle.md)


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Runs the default sequence. Given a handler context (request and response), running the sequence will produce a response or an error.

Default sequence executes these groups of middleware:

- `cors`<!-- -->: Enforces `CORS` - `openApiSpec`<!-- -->: Serves OpenAPI specs - `findRoute`<!-- -->: Finds the appropriate controller method, swagger spec and args for invocation - `parseParams`<!-- -->: Parses HTTP request to get API argument list - `invokeMethod`<!-- -->: Invokes the API which is defined in the Application controller method

In front of the groups above, we have a special middleware called `sendResponse`<!-- -->, which first invokes downstream middleware to get a result and handles the result or error respectively.

- Writes the result from API into the HTTP response (if the HTTP response has not been produced yet by the middleware chain. - Catches error logs it using 'logError' if any of the above steps in the sequence fails with an error.


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