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Interface HttpContext

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

Modifier and Type	Method and 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