private function handleCustomerOperations($request)
 {
     //include_once data handling class
     include_once __DIR__ . '/../dataController/CustomerController.php';
     //create a new customer object which carries out the further operations
     $customerController = new CustomerController();
     //set data and header
     if (isset($request[1])) {
         $this->setResponseCodesAndData($customerController->getById($request[1]), 1);
     } else {
         $this->setResponseCodesAndData($customerController->getAll(), 1);
     }
 }