javax.faces.context
Class ExternalContext

java.lang.Object
  javax.faces.context.ExternalContext

Direct Known Subclasses:

ExternalContextWrapper

public abstract class ExternalContext
extends Object

see Javadoc of JSF Specification

Version:

$Revision: 1187700 $ $Date: 2011-10-22 07:19:37 -0500 (Sat, 22 Oct 2011) $

Author:

Manfred Geiler (latest modification by $Author: bommel $)

Field Summary

static String	BASIC_AUTH
static String	CLIENT_CERT_AUTH
static String	DIGEST_AUTH
static String	FORM_AUTH

Constructor Summary

ExternalContext()

Method Summary

void	addResponseCookie(String name, String value, Map<String,Object> properties)
void	addResponseHeader(String name, String value)
abstract void	dispatch(String path)
abstract String	encodeActionURL(String url)
String	encodeBookmarkableURL(String baseUrl, Map<String,List<String>> parameters)
abstract String	encodeNamespace(String name)
String	encodePartialActionURL(String url)
String	encodeRedirectURL(String baseUrl, Map<String,List<String>> parameters)
abstract String	encodeResourceURL(String url)
abstract Map<String,Object>	getApplicationMap()
abstract String	getAuthType()
abstract Object	getContext()
String	getContextName() Returns the name of the underlying context
Flash	getFlash()
abstract String	getInitParameter(String name)
abstract Map	getInitParameterMap()
String	getMimeType(String file)
String	getRealPath(String path)
abstract String	getRemoteUser()
abstract Object	getRequest()
String	getRequestCharacterEncoding()
int	getRequestContentLength()
String	getRequestContentType()
abstract String	getRequestContextPath()
abstract Map<String,Object>	getRequestCookieMap()
abstract Map<String,String>	getRequestHeaderMap()
abstract Map<String,String[]>	getRequestHeaderValuesMap()
abstract Locale	getRequestLocale()
abstract Iterator<Locale>	getRequestLocales()
abstract Map<String,Object>	getRequestMap()
abstract Map<String,String>	getRequestParameterMap()
abstract Iterator<String>	getRequestParameterNames()
abstract Map<String,String[]>	getRequestParameterValuesMap()
abstract String	getRequestPathInfo()
String	getRequestScheme()
String	getRequestServerName()
int	getRequestServerPort()
abstract String	getRequestServletPath()
abstract URL	getResource(String path)
abstract InputStream	getResourceAsStream(String path)
abstract Set<String>	getResourcePaths(String path)
abstract Object	getResponse()
int	getResponseBufferSize()
String	getResponseCharacterEncoding()
String	getResponseContentType() throws UnsupportedOperationException by default.
OutputStream	getResponseOutputStream()
Writer	getResponseOutputWriter()
abstract Object	getSession(boolean create)
abstract Map<String,Object>	getSessionMap()
abstract Principal	getUserPrincipal()
void	invalidateSession()
boolean	isResponseCommitted()
abstract boolean	isUserInRole(String role)
abstract void	log(String message)
abstract void	log(String message, Throwable exception)
abstract void	redirect(String url)
void	responseFlushBuffer()
void	responseReset()
void	responseSendError(int statusCode, String message)
void	setRequest(Object request) throws UnsupportedOperationException by default.
void	setRequestCharacterEncoding(String encoding) throws UnsupportedOperationException by default.
void	setResponse(Object response) throws UnsupportedOperationException by default.
void	setResponseBufferSize(int size)
void	setResponseCharacterEncoding(String encoding) throws UnsupportedOperationException by default.
void	setResponseContentLength(int length)
void	setResponseContentType(String contentType)
void	setResponseHeader(String name, String value)
void	setResponseStatus(int statusCode)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

BASIC_AUTH

public static final String BASIC_AUTH

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Constant Field Values

CLIENT_CERT_AUTH

public static final String CLIENT_CERT_AUTH

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Constant Field Values

DIGEST_AUTH

public static final String DIGEST_AUTH

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Constant Field Values

FORM_AUTH

public static final String FORM_AUTH

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ExternalContext

public ExternalContext()

Method Detail

addResponseCookie

public void addResponseCookie(String name,
                              String value,
                              Map<String,Object> properties)

Parameters:

name -

value -

properties -

Since:

2.0

addResponseHeader

public void addResponseHeader(String name,
                              String value)

Parameters:

name -

value -

Since:

2.0

dispatch

public abstract void dispatch(String path)
                       throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

encodeActionURL

public abstract String encodeActionURL(String url)

encodeBookmarkableURL

public String encodeBookmarkableURL(String baseUrl,
                                    Map<String,List<String>> parameters)

Parameters:

baseUrl -

parameters -

Since:

2.0

encodeNamespace

public abstract String encodeNamespace(String name)

encodePartialActionURL

public String encodePartialActionURL(String url)

Since:

2.0

encodeRedirectURL

public String encodeRedirectURL(String baseUrl,
                                Map<String,List<String>> parameters)

Parameters:

baseUrl -

parameters -

Since:

2.0

encodeResourceURL

public abstract String encodeResourceURL(String url)

getApplicationMap

public abstract Map<String,Object> getApplicationMap()

getAuthType

public abstract String getAuthType()

getContext

public abstract Object getContext()

getContextName

public String getContextName()

Returns the name of the underlying context

Returns:

the name or null

Since:

2.0

getFlash

public Flash getFlash()

Since:

2.0

getInitParameter

public abstract String getInitParameter(String name)

getInitParameterMap

public abstract Map getInitParameterMap()

getMimeType

public String getMimeType(String file)

Since:

JSF 2.0

getRealPath

public String getRealPath(String path)

Since:

JSF 2.0

getRemoteUser

public abstract String getRemoteUser()

getRequest

public abstract Object getRequest()

getRequestCharacterEncoding

public String getRequestCharacterEncoding()

getRequestContentLength

public int getRequestContentLength()

Returns:

Since:

2.0

getRequestContentType

public String getRequestContentType()

getRequestContextPath

public abstract String getRequestContextPath()

getRequestCookieMap

public abstract Map<String,Object> getRequestCookieMap()

getRequestHeaderMap

public abstract Map<String,String> getRequestHeaderMap()

getRequestHeaderValuesMap

public abstract Map<String,String[]> getRequestHeaderValuesMap()

getRequestLocale

public abstract Locale getRequestLocale()

getRequestLocales

public abstract Iterator<Locale> getRequestLocales()

getRequestMap

public abstract Map<String,Object> getRequestMap()

getRequestParameterMap

public abstract Map<String,String> getRequestParameterMap()

getRequestParameterNames

public abstract Iterator<String> getRequestParameterNames()

getRequestParameterValuesMap

public abstract Map<String,String[]> getRequestParameterValuesMap()

getRequestPathInfo

public abstract String getRequestPathInfo()

getRequestScheme

public String getRequestScheme()

Since:

JSF 2.0

getRequestServerName

public String getRequestServerName()

Since:

JSF 2.0

getRequestServerPort

public int getRequestServerPort()

Since:

JSF 2.0

getRequestServletPath

public abstract String getRequestServletPath()

getResource

public abstract URL getResource(String path)
                         throws MalformedURLException

Throws:

MalformedURLException

getResourceAsStream

public abstract InputStream getResourceAsStream(String path)

getResourcePaths

public abstract Set<String> getResourcePaths(String path)

getResponse

public abstract Object getResponse()

getResponseBufferSize

public int getResponseBufferSize()

Returns:

Since:

2.0

getResponseCharacterEncoding

public String getResponseCharacterEncoding()

getResponseContentType

public String getResponseContentType()

throws UnsupportedOperationException by default.

Since:

JSF 1.2

getResponseOutputStream

public OutputStream getResponseOutputStream()
                                     throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

Since:

JSF 2.0

getResponseOutputWriter

public Writer getResponseOutputWriter()
                               throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

Since:

JSF 2.0

getSession

public abstract Object getSession(boolean create)

getSessionMap

public abstract Map<String,Object> getSessionMap()

getUserPrincipal

public abstract Principal getUserPrincipal()

invalidateSession

public void invalidateSession()

Since:

2.0

isResponseCommitted

public boolean isResponseCommitted()

Since:

2.0

isUserInRole

public abstract boolean isUserInRole(String role)

log

public abstract void log(String message)

Since:

2.0

log

public abstract void log(String message,
                         Throwable exception)

Since:

2.0

redirect

public abstract void redirect(String url)
                       throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

responseFlushBuffer

public void responseFlushBuffer()
                         throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

Since:

2.0

responseReset

public void responseReset()

Since:

2.0

responseSendError

public void responseSendError(int statusCode,
                              String message)
                       throws IOException

Parameters:

statusCode -

message -

Throws:

IOException

Since:

2.0

setRequest

public void setRequest(Object request)

throws UnsupportedOperationException by default.

Parameters:

request -

Since:

JSF 1.2

setRequestCharacterEncoding

public void setRequestCharacterEncoding(String encoding)
                                 throws UnsupportedEncodingException

throws UnsupportedOperationException by default.

Parameters:

encoding -

Throws:

UnsupportedEncodingException

Since:

JSF 1.2

setResponse

public void setResponse(Object response)

throws UnsupportedOperationException by default.

Parameters:

response -

Since:

JSF 1.2

setResponseBufferSize

public void setResponseBufferSize(int size)

Parameters:

size -

Since:

2.0

setResponseCharacterEncoding

public void setResponseCharacterEncoding(String encoding)

throws UnsupportedOperationException by default.

Parameters:

encoding -

Since:

JSF 1.2

setResponseContentLength

public void setResponseContentLength(int length)

Parameters:

length -

Since:

2.0

setResponseContentType

public void setResponseContentType(String contentType)

Parameters:

contentType -

Since:

2.0

setResponseHeader

public void setResponseHeader(String name,
                              String value)

Parameters:

name -

value -

Since:

2.0

setResponseStatus

public void setResponseStatus(int statusCode)

Parameters:

statusCode -

Since:

2.0