HttpContext (Atlassian Confluence 8.0.0-m90 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

StaticHttpContext
```
public interface HttpContext
```
Provides access to the key objects provided by the servlet API when processing an HTTP request.
Use this interface rather than making static calls to classes like ServletActionContext directly.

Since:

2.9

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest`	`getRequest()`	Returns the active HTTP request or `null` if one cannot be found.
`javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse`	`getResponse()`	Returns the active HTTP response or `null` if one cannot be found.
`javax.servlet.http.HttpSession`	`getSession(boolean create)`	Returns the session associated with the active request or, if there is no current session and `create` is true, returns a new session.

- Method Detail
  - getRequest
```
javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest getRequest()
```
    Returns the active HTTP request or null if one cannot be found.
  - getResponse
```
javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse getResponse()
```
    Returns the active HTTP response or null if one cannot be found.
  - getSession
```
javax.servlet.http.HttpSession getSession(boolean create)
```
    Returns the session associated with the active request or, if there is no current session and create is true, returns a new session.
    
    Parameters:
    
    create - should be true to create a new session for the current request or false to return null if there is no current session
    
    Returns:
    
    the HttpSession associated with this request or null if create is false and the request has no session