public interface

HttpContext

com.atlassian.confluence.web.context.HttpContext
Known Indirect Subclasses

Class Overview

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.

Summary

Public Methods
HttpServletRequest getRequest()
Returns the active HTTP request or null if one cannot be found.
HttpServletResponse getResponse()
Returns the active HTTP response or null if one cannot be found.
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.

Public Methods

public HttpServletRequest getRequest ()

Returns the active HTTP request or null if one cannot be found.

public HttpServletResponse getResponse ()

Returns the active HTTP response or null if one cannot be found.

public 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