groovy.servlet
Class ServletBinding

java.lang.Object
  groovy.lang.GroovyObjectSupport
      groovy.lang.Binding
          groovy.servlet.ServletBinding

All Implemented Interfaces:

GroovyObject

public class ServletBinding
extends Binding

Servlet-specific binding extension to lazy load the writer or the output stream from the response.

Eager variables bound

• "request" : the HttpServletRequest object
• "response" : the HttpServletRequest object
• "context" : the ServletContext object
• "application" : same as context
• "session" : shorthand for request.getSession(false) - can be null!
• "params" : map of all form parameters - can be empty
• "headers" : map of all request header fields

Lazy variables bound

• "out" : response.getWriter()
• "sout" : response.getOutputStream()
• "html" : new MarkupBuilder(response.getWriter())

Author:

Guillaume Laforge, Christian Stein

Constructor Summary

ServletBinding(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, ServletContext context)
Initializes a servlet binding.

Method Summary

Object	getVariable(String name)
Map	getVariables()
void	setVariable(String name, Object value) Sets the value of the given variable

Methods inherited from class groovy.lang.Binding

getProperty, setProperty

Methods inherited from class groovy.lang.GroovyObjectSupport

getMetaClass, invokeMethod, setMetaClass

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ServletBinding

public ServletBinding(HttpServletRequest request,
                      HttpServletResponse response,
                      ServletContext context)

Initializes a servlet binding.

Parameters:

request - the HttpServletRequest object

response - the HttpServletRequest object

context - the ServletContext object

Method Detail

setVariable

public void setVariable(String name,
                        Object value)

Description copied from class: Binding

Sets the value of the given variable

Overrides:

setVariable in class Binding

Parameters:

name - the name of the variable to set

value - the new value for the given variable

getVariables

public Map getVariables()

Overrides:

getVariables in class Binding

getVariable

public Object getVariable(String name)

Overrides:

getVariable in class Binding

Parameters:

name - the name of the variable to lookup

Returns:

a writer, an output stream, a markup builder or another requested object