Class ExternalContext
- Direct Known Subclasses:
ExternalContextImpl
,ExternalContextWrapper
,ServletContextAdapter
This class allows the Faces API to be unaware of the nature of its containing application environment. In particular, this class allows Jakarta Faces based applications to run in either a Jakarta Servlet or a Portlet environment.
The documentation for this class only specifies the behavior for the Jakarta Servlet implementation of
ExternalContext
. The Portlet implementation of ExternalContext
is specified under
the revision of the Portlet Bridge Specification for JavaServer
Faces JSR that corresponds to this version of the Jakarta Faces Specification.
See the Preface of the Jakarta Faces Specification Document, for a reference.
If a reference to an ExternalContext
is obtained during application startup or shutdown time, any method
documented as "valid to call this method during application startup or shutdown" must be supported during application
startup or shutdown time. The result of calling a method during application startup or shutdown time that does not
have this designation is undefined.
An ExternalContext can be injected into a CDI managed bean using
@Inject ExternalContext externalContext;
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Field Summary
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Constructor Summary
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionvoid
Adds the cookie represented by the arguments to the response.void
addResponseHeader
(String name, String value) Add the given name and value to the response header.abstract void
Dispatch a request to the specified resource to create output for this response.abstract String
encodeActionURL
(String url) Return the input URL, after performing any rewriting needed to ensure that it will correctly identify an addressable action in the current application.The purpose of this method is to generate a query string from the collection of Parameter objects provided by the parameters argument and append that query string to the baseUrl.abstract String
encodeNamespace
(String name) Return the specified name, after prefixing it with a namespace that ensures that it will be unique within the context of a particular page.Return the input URL, after performing any rewriting needed to ensure that it can be used in a partial page submission (ajax request) to correctly identify an addressable action in the current application.The purpose of this method is to generate a query string from the collection of Parameter objects provided by the parameters argument and append that query string to the baseUrl.abstract String
encodeResourceURL
(String url) Return the input URL, after performing any rewriting needed to ensure that it will correctly identify an addressable resource in the current application.abstract String
encodeWebsocketURL
(String url) Return the websocket URL, after performing any rewriting needed to ensure that it will correctly identify an addressable websocket in the current application.Return the name of the container context for this application.Return a mutableMap
representing the application scope attributes for the current application.abstract String
Return the name of the authentication scheme used to authenticate the current user, if any; otherwise, returnnull
.Return theClientWindow
set in a preceding call tosetClientWindow(jakarta.faces.lifecycle.ClientWindow)
, ornull
if no such call has been made.abstract Object
Return the application environment object instance for the current appication.Return the name of the container context for this application.getFlash()
Return the threadsafeFlash
for this application.abstract String
getInitParameter
(String name) Return the value of the specified application initialization parameter (if any).Return an immutableMap
whose keys are the set of application initialization parameter names configured for this application, and whose values are the corresponding parameter values.getMimeType
(String file) Returns the MIME type of the specified file ornull
if the MIME type is not known.getRealPath
(String path) Returns a String containing the real path for a given virtual path.abstract String
Return the login name of the user making the current request if any; otherwise, returnnull
.abstract Object
Return the environment-specific object instance for the current request.Return the character encoding currently being used to interpret this request.int
Return the result of callinggetContentLenth()
on theServletRequest
instance for this request.Return the MIME Content-Type for this request.abstract String
Return the portion of the request URI that identifies the web application context for this request.Return an immutableMap
whose keys are the set of cookie names included in the current request, and whose values (of typejakarta.servlet.http.Cookie
) are the first (or only) cookie for each cookie name returned by the underlying request.Return an immutableMap
whose keys are the set of request header names included in the current request, and whose values (of type String) are the first (or only) value for each header name returned by the underlying request.Return an immutableMap
whose keys are the set of request header names included in the current request, and whose values (of type String[]) are all of the value for each header name returned by the underlying request.abstract Locale
Return the preferredLocale
in which the client will accept content.Return anIterator
over the preferredLocale
s specified in the request, in decreasing order of preference.Return a mutableMap
representing the request scope attributes for the current application.Return an immutableMap
whose keys are the set of request parameters names included in the current request, and whose values (of type String) are the first (or only) value for each parameter name returned by the underlying request.Return anIterator
over the names of all request parameters included in the current request.Return an immutableMap
whose keys are the set of request parameters names included in the current request, and whose values (of type String[]) are all of the values for each parameter name returned by the underlying request.abstract String
Return the extra path information (if any) included in the request URI; otherwise, returnnull
.Returns the name of the scheme used to make this request, for example, http, https, or ftp.Returns the host name of the server to which the request was sent.int
Returns the port number to which the request was sent.abstract String
Return the Jakarta Servlet path information (if any) included in the request URI; otherwise, returnnull
.abstract URL
getResource
(String path) Return aURL
for the application resource mapped to the specified path, if it exists; otherwise, returnnull
.abstract InputStream
getResourceAsStream
(String path) Return anInputStream
for an application resource mapped to the specified path, if it exists; otherwise, returnnull
.getResourcePaths
(String path) Return theSet
of resource paths for all application resources whose resource path starts with the specified argument.abstract Object
Return the environment-specific object instance for the current response.int
Return the buffer size for the current response.Returns the name of the character encoding (MIME charset) used for the body sent in this response.Return the MIME Content-Type for this response.Returns anOutputStream
suitable for writing binary data to the user-agent.Returns aWriter
suitable for writing character data to the user-agent.abstract Object
getSession
(boolean create) If thecreate
parameter istrue
, create (if necessary) and return a session instance associated with the current request.getSessionId
(boolean create) Return the id of the current session or the empty string if no session has been created and thecreate
parameter isfalse
.Return a mutableMap
representing the session scope attributes for the current application.int
Returns the maximum time interval, in seconds, that the Jakarta Servlet container will keep this session open between client accesses.abstract Principal
Return thePrincipal
object containing the name of the current authenticated user, if any; otherwise, returnnull
.void
Invalidates this session then unbinds any objects bound to it.boolean
Check if the current response has been committed.boolean
isSecure()
Returns a boolean indicating whether this request was made using a secure channel, such as HTTPS.abstract boolean
isUserInRole
(String role) Returntrue
if the currently authenticated user is included in the specified role.abstract void
Log the specified message to the application object.abstract void
Log the specified message and exception to the application object.abstract void
Redirect a request to the specified URL, and cause theresponseComplete()
method to be called on theFacesContext
instance for the current request.abstract void
release()
Release any resources associated with thisExternalContext
instance.void
Flushes the buffered response content to the client.void
Resets the current response.void
responseSendError
(int statusCode, String message) Sends an HTTP status code with message.void
setClientWindow
(ClientWindow window) Associate this instance with aClientWindow
.void
setRequest
(Object request) Set the environment-specific request to be returned by subsequent calls togetRequest()
.void
setRequestCharacterEncoding
(String encoding) Overrides the name of the character encoding used in the body of this request.void
setResponse
(Object response) Set the environment-specific response to be returned by subsequent calls togetResponse()
.void
setResponseBufferSize
(int size) Set the buffer size for the current response.void
setResponseCharacterEncoding
(String encoding) Sets the character encoding (MIME charset) of the response being sent to the client, for example, to UTF-8.void
setResponseContentLength
(int length) Set the content length of the response.void
setResponseContentType
(String contentType) Sets the content type of the response being sent to the client, if the response has not been committed yet.void
setResponseHeader
(String name, String value) Set the response header with the given name and value.void
setResponseStatus
(int statusCode) Sets the HTTP status code for the response.void
setSessionMaxInactiveInterval
(int interval) Specifies the time, in seconds, between client requests before the Jakarta Servlet container will invalidate this session.
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Field Details
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BASIC_AUTH
String identifier for BASIC authentication.
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CLIENT_CERT_AUTH
String identifier for CLIENT_CERT authentication.
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DIGEST_AUTH
String identifier for DIGEST authentication.
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FORM_AUTH
String identifier for FORM authentication.
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Constructor Details
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ExternalContext
public ExternalContext()
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Method Details
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addResponseCookie
Adds the cookie represented by the arguments to the response.
Jakarta Servlet: This must be accomplished by calling the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse
methodaddCookie()
. TheCookie
argument must be constructed by passing thename
andvalue
parameters. If theproperties
arugument is non-null
and not empty, theCookie
instance must be initialized as described below.Cookie handling table Key in "values" Map
(case sensitive)Expected type of value. Name of setter method on Cookie
instance to be set with the value from theMap
.comment String setComment domain String setDomain maxAge Integer setMaxAge secure Boolean setSecure path String setPath httpOnly Boolean setHttpOnly any other attribute (e.g. SameSite) String setAttribute The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Parameters:
name
- To be passed as the first argument to theCookie
constructor.value
- To be passed as the second argument to theCookie
constructor.properties
- AMap
containg key/value pairs to be passed as arguments to the setter methods as described above.- Since:
- 2.0
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dispatch
Dispatch a request to the specified resource to create output for this response.
Jakarta Servlet: This must be accomplished by calling the
jakarta.servlet.ServletContext
methodgetRequestDispatcher(path)
, and calling theforward()
method on the resulting object.If the call to
getRequestDisatcher(path)
returnsnull
, send aServletResponse SC_NOT_FOUND
error code.- Parameters:
path
- Context relative path to the specified resource, which must start with a slash ("/") character- Throws:
FacesException
- thrown if aServletException
occursIOException
- if an input/output error occurs
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encodeActionURL
Return the input URL, after performing any rewriting needed to ensure that it will correctly identify an addressable action in the current application.
Encoding the
ClientWindow
Call
ClientWindow.isClientWindowRenderModeEnabled(jakarta.faces.context.FacesContext)
. If the result isfalse
take no further action and return the rewritten URL. If the result istrue
, callgetClientWindow()
. If the result is non-null
, callClientWindow.getId()
and append the id to the query string of the URL, making the necessary allowances for a pre-existing query string or no query-string.Call
ClientWindow.getQueryURLParameters(jakarta.faces.context.FacesContext)
. If the result is non-null
, for each parameter in the map, unconditionally add that parameter to the URL.The name of the query string parameter is given by the value of the constant
ResponseStateManager.CLIENT_WINDOW_URL_PARAM
.Jakarta Servlet: This must be the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse
methodencodeURL(url)
.- Parameters:
url
- The input URL to be encoded- Returns:
- the encoded URL.
- Throws:
NullPointerException
- ifurl
isnull
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encodeNamespace
Return the specified name, after prefixing it with a namespace that ensures that it will be unique within the context of a particular page.
Jakarta Servlet: The input value must be returned unchanged.
- Parameters:
name
- Name to be encoded- Returns:
- the unique name prefixed with namespace.
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encodeResourceURL
Return the input URL, after performing any rewriting needed to ensure that it will correctly identify an addressable resource in the current application.
Jakarta Servlet: This must be the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse
methodencodeURL(url)
.- Parameters:
url
- The input URL to be encoded- Returns:
- the encoded resource URL.
- Throws:
NullPointerException
- ifurl
isnull
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encodeWebsocketURL
Return the websocket URL, after performing any rewriting needed to ensure that it will correctly identify an addressable websocket in the current application.
Jakarta Servlet: This must ensure that the input URL is prefixed with the correct websocket scheme, domain and port and then encoded by
encodeResourceURL(String)
.- Parameters:
url
- The input URL to be encoded.- Returns:
- the encoded websocket URL.
- Throws:
NullPointerException
- ifurl
isnull
.- Since:
- 2.3
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getApplicationMap
Return a mutable
Map
representing the application scope attributes for the current application. The returnedMap
must implement the entire contract for a modifiable map as described in the JavaDocs forjava.util.Map
. Modifications made in theMap
must cause the corresponding changes in the set of application scope attributes. Particularly theclear()
,remove()
,put()
,putAll()
, andget()
operations must take the appropriate action on the underlying data structure.It is valid to call this method during application startup or shutdown. If called at startup or shutdown time, this method returns a
Map
that is backed by the same container context instance (ServletContext
orPortletContext
) as the one returned by callinggetApplicationMap()
on theExternalContext
returned by theFacesContext
during an actual request.Jakarta Servlet: This must be the set of attributes available via the
jakarta.servlet.ServletContext
methodsgetAttribute()
,getAttributeNames()
,removeAttribute()
, andsetAttribute()
.- Returns:
- the map associated with the backed
ServletContext
.
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getAuthType
Return the name of the authentication scheme used to authenticate the current user, if any; otherwise, return
null
. For standard authentication schemes, the returned value will match one of the following constants:BASIC_AUTH
,CLIENT_CERT_AUTH
,DIGEST_AUTH
, orFORM_AUTH
.Jakarta Servlet: This must be the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest
methodgetAuthType()
.- Returns:
- the authentication type.
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getFlash
Return the threadsafe
Flash
for this application. The default implementation will throwUnsupportedOperationException
. Compliant Jakarta Faces runtimes must provide an implementation of this method.- Returns:
- the
Flash
for this application. - Since:
- 2.0
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getMimeType
Returns the MIME type of the specified file or
null
if the MIME type is not known. The MIME type is determined by the container.It is valid to call this method during application startup or shutdown. If called during application startup or shutdown, this method calls through to the
getMimeType()
method on the same container context instance (ServletContext
orPortletContext
) as the one used when callinggetMimeType()
on theExternalContext
returned by theFacesContext
during an actual request.Jakarta Servlet: This must be the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.ServletContext
methodgetMimeType()
.- Parameters:
file
- The file for which the mime type should be obtained.- Returns:
- the MIME type of the file.
- Since:
- 2.0
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getContext
Return the application environment object instance for the current appication.
It is valid to call this method during application startup or shutdown. If called during application startup or shutdown, this returns the same container context instance (
ServletContext
orPortletContext
) as the one returned when callinggetContext()
on theExternalContext
returned by theFacesContext
during an actual request.Jakarta Servlet: This must be the current application's
jakarta.servlet.ServletContext
instance.- Returns:
- the object of the
ServletContext
.
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getContextName
Return the name of the container context for this application.
Return the result of calling
getServletContextName()
on theServletContext
instance for this application. It is valid to call this method during application startup or shutdown.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Returns:
- the name the
ServletContext
.
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getApplicationContextPath
Return the name of the container context for this application.
Jakarta Servlet: Return the result of calling
getContextPath()
on theServletContext
instance for this application.It is valid to call this method during application startup or shutdown.
The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Returns:
- the context path of this application.
- Since:
- 2.2
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getInitParameter
Return the value of the specified application initialization parameter (if any).
Jakarta Servlet: This must be the result of the
jakarta.servlet.ServletContext
methodgetInitParameter(name)
.It is valid to call this method during application startup or shutdown. If called during application startup or shutdown, this method calls through to the actual container context to return the init parameter value.
- Parameters:
name
- Name of the requested initialization parameter- Returns:
- the value of the specified parameter.
- Throws:
NullPointerException
- ifname
isnull
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getInitParameterMap
Return an immutable
Map
whose keys are the set of application initialization parameter names configured for this application, and whose values are the corresponding parameter values. The returnedMap
must implement the entire contract for an unmodifiable map as described in the JavaDocs forjava.util.Map
.It is valid to call this method during application startup or shutdown. If called during application startup or shutdown, this method returns a
Map
that is backed by the same container context instance (ServletContext
orPortletContext
) as the one returned by callinggetInitParameterMap()
on theExternalContext
returned by theFacesContext
during an actual request.Jakarta Servlet: This result must be as if it were synthesized by calling the
jakarta.servlet.ServletContext
methodgetInitParameterNames
, and putting each configured parameter name/value pair into the result.- Returns:
- the init parameter map for this application.
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getRemoteUser
Return the login name of the user making the current request if any; otherwise, return
null
.Jakarta Servlet: This must be the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest
methodgetRemoteUser()
.- Returns:
- the user name of the current request.
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getRequest
Return the environment-specific object instance for the current request.
Jakarta Servlet: This must be the current request's
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest
instance.- Returns:
- the instance of the current request.
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setRequest
Set the environment-specific request to be returned by subsequent calls to
getRequest()
. This may be used to install a wrapper for the request.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Parameters:
request
- the request object to be set.- Since:
- 1.2
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getRequestScheme
Returns the name of the scheme used to make this request, for example, http, https, or ftp.
Jakarta Servlet: This must be the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.ServletRequest
methodgetScheme()
.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Returns:
- the name of the scheme.
- Since:
- 2.0
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getRequestServerName
Returns the host name of the server to which the request was sent.
Jakarta Servlet: This must be the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.ServletRequest
methodgetServerName()
.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Returns:
- the host name of the server.
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- 2.0
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getRequestServerPort
public int getRequestServerPort()Returns the port number to which the request was sent.
Jakarta Servlet: This must be the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.ServletRequest
methodgetServerPort()
.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Returns:
- the port number to which the request was sent.
- Since:
- 2.0
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setRequestCharacterEncoding
Overrides the name of the character encoding used in the body of this request.
Calling this method after the request has been accessed will have no no effect, unless a
Reader
orStream
has been obtained from the request, in which case anIllegalStateException
is thrown.Jakarta Servlet: This must call through to the
jakarta.servlet.ServletRequest
methodsetCharacterEncoding()
.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Parameters:
encoding
- the encoding name to be set.- Throws:
UnsupportedEncodingException
- if this is not a valid encoding- Since:
- 1.2
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getRealPath
Returns a String containing the real path for a given virtual path.
It is valid to call this method during application startup or shutdown. If called during application startup or shutdown, this method calls through to the
getRealPath()
method on the same container context instance (ServletContext
orPortletContext
) as the one used when callinggetRealPath()
on theExternalContext
returned by theFacesContext
during an actual request.Jakarta Servlet: This must be the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.ServletContext
methodgetRealPath()
.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Parameters:
path
- The context of the requested initialization parameter- Returns:
- the real path for the specified virtual path.
- Since:
- 2.0
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getRequestContextPath
Return the portion of the request URI that identifies the web application context for this request.
Jakarta Servlet: This must be the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest
methodgetContextPath()
.- Returns:
- the context path for this request.
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getRequestCookieMap
Return an immutable
Map
whose keys are the set of cookie names included in the current request, and whose values (of typejakarta.servlet.http.Cookie
) are the first (or only) cookie for each cookie name returned by the underlying request. The returnedMap
must implement the entire contract for an unmodifiable map as described in the JavaDocs forjava.util.Map
.Jakarta Servlet: This must be the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest
methodgetCookies()
, unlessnull
was returned, in which case this must be a zero-length array.- Returns:
- the cookie map in the current request.
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getRequestHeaderMap
Return an immutable
Map
whose keys are the set of request header names included in the current request, and whose values (of type String) are the first (or only) value for each header name returned by the underlying request. The returnedMap
must implement the entire contract for an unmodifiable map as described in the JavaDocs forjava.util.Map
. In addition, key comparisons must be performed in a case insensitive manner.Jakarta Servlet: This must be the set of headers available via the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest
methodsgetHeader()
andgetHeaderNames()
.- Returns:
- the header map in the current request.
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getRequestHeaderValuesMap
Return an immutable
Map
whose keys are the set of request header names included in the current request, and whose values (of type String[]) are all of the value for each header name returned by the underlying request. The returnedMap
must implement the entire contract for an unmodifiable map as described in the JavaDocs forjava.util.Map
. In addition, key comparisons must be performed in a case insensitive manner.Jakarta Servlet: This must be the set of headers available via the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest
methodsgetHeaders()
andgetHeaderNames()
.- Returns:
- the header values map in the current request.
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getRequestLocale
Return the preferred
Locale
in which the client will accept content.Jakarta Servlet: This must be the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.ServletRequest
methodgetLocale()
.- Returns:
- the
Locale
of the current request.
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getRequestLocales
Return an
Iterator
over the preferredLocale
s specified in the request, in decreasing order of preference.Jakarta Servlet: This must be an
Iterator
over the values returned by thejakarta.servlet.ServletRequest
methodgetLocales()
.- Returns:
- the
Iterator
ofLocale
s of the current request.
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getRequestMap
Return a mutable
Map
representing the request scope attributes for the current application. The returnedMap
must implement the entire contract for a modifiable map as described in the JavaDocs forjava.util.Map
. Modifications made in theMap
must cause the corresponding changes in the set of request scope attributes. Particularly theclear()
,remove()
,put()
,putAll()
, andget()
operations must take the appropriate action on the underlying data structure.Jakarta Servlet: This must be the set of attributes available via the
jakarta.servlet.ServletRequest
methodsgetAttribute()
,getAttributeNames()
,removeAttribute()
, andsetAttribute()
.- Returns:
- the map including the attributes of the current request.
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getRequestParameterMap
Return an immutable
Map
whose keys are the set of request parameters names included in the current request, and whose values (of type String) are the first (or only) value for each parameter name returned by the underlying request. The returnedMap
must implement the entire contract for an unmodifiable map as described in the JavaDocs forjava.util.Map
.Jakarta Servlet: This must be the set of parameters available via the
jakarta.servlet.ServletRequest
methodsgetParameter()
andgetParameterNames()
.- Returns:
- the map for the current request parameters.
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getRequestParameterNames
Return an
Iterator
over the names of all request parameters included in the current request.Jakarta Servlet: This must be an
Iterator
over the values returned by thejakarta.servlet.ServletRequest
methodgetParameterNames()
.- Returns:
- the
Iterator
for the names of the current request parameters.
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getRequestParameterValuesMap
Return an immutable
Map
whose keys are the set of request parameters names included in the current request, and whose values (of type String[]) are all of the values for each parameter name returned by the underlying request. The returnedMap
must implement the entire contract for an unmodifiable map as described in the JavaDocs forjava.util.Map
.Jakarta Servlet: This must be the set of parameters available via the
jakarta.servlet.ServletRequest
methodsgetParameterValues()
andgetParameterNames()
.- Returns:
- the map for the parameter values of the current request.
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getRequestPathInfo
Return the extra path information (if any) included in the request URI; otherwise, return
null
.Jakarta Servlet: This must be the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest
methodgetPathInfo()
.- Returns:
- the path information of the current request.
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getRequestServletPath
Return the Jakarta Servlet path information (if any) included in the request URI; otherwise, return
null
.Jakarta Servlet: This must be the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest
methodgetServletPath()
.- Returns:
- the Jakarta Servlet path information of the current request.
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getRequestCharacterEncoding
Return the character encoding currently being used to interpret this request.
Jakarta Servlet: This must return the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.ServletRequest
methodgetCharacterEncoding()
.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Returns:
- the character encoding currently being used.
- Since:
- 1.2
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getRequestContentType
Return the MIME Content-Type for this request. If not available, return
null
.Jakarta Servlet: This must return the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.ServletRequest
methodgetContentType()
.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Returns:
- the Content-Type for this request.
- Since:
- 1.2
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getRequestContentLength
public int getRequestContentLength()Return the result of calling
getContentLenth()
on theServletRequest
instance for this request.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Returns:
- the content length of the current request.
- Since:
- 2.0
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getResponseCharacterEncoding
Returns the name of the character encoding (MIME charset) used for the body sent in this response.
Jakarta Servlet: This must return the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.ServletResponse
methodgetCharacterEncoding()
.Portlet: if this method is called during a lifecycle phase other than RENDER_RESPONSE, this must return
null
. If called during RENDER_RESPONSE, return the response encoding of the portlet response.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Returns:
- the name of the character encoding.
- Since:
- 1.2
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getResponseContentType
Return the MIME Content-Type for this response. If not available, return
null
.Jakarta Servlet: This must return the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.ServletResponse
methodgetContentType()
.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Returns:
- the MIME Content-Type for this response.
- Since:
- 1.2
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getResource
Return a
URL
for the application resource mapped to the specified path, if it exists; otherwise, returnnull
.It is valid to call this method during application startup or shutdown. If called during application startup or shutdown, this method calls through to the
getResource()
method on the same container context instance (ServletContext
orPortletContext
) as the one used when callinggetResource()
on theExternalContext
returned by theFacesContext
during an actual request.Jakarta Servlet: This must be the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.ServletContext
methodgetResource(path)
.- Parameters:
path
- The path to the requested resource, which must start with a slash ("/" character- Returns:
- the URL of the resource.
- Throws:
MalformedURLException
- if the specified path is not in the correct formNullPointerException
- ifpath
isnull
-
getResourceAsStream
Return an
InputStream
for an application resource mapped to the specified path, if it exists; otherwise, returnnull
.It is valid to call this method during application startup or shutdown. If called during application startup or shutdown, this method calls through to the
getResourceAsStream()
method on the same container context instance (ServletContext
orPortletContext
) as the one used when callinggetResourceAsStream()
on theExternalContext
returned by theFacesContext
during an actual request.Jakarta Servlet: This must be the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.ServletContext
methodgetResourceAsStream(path)
.- Parameters:
path
- The path to the requested resource, which must start with a slash ("/" character- Returns:
- the
InputStream
for the application resource. - Throws:
NullPointerException
- ifpath
isnull
-
getResourcePaths
Return the
Set
of resource paths for all application resources whose resource path starts with the specified argument.It is valid to call this method during application startup or shutdown. If called during application startup or shutdown, this method calls through to the
getResourcePaths()
method on the same container context instance (ServletContext
orPortletContext
) as the one used when callinggetResourcePaths()
on theExternalContext
returned by theFacesContext
during an actual request.Jakarta Servlet: This must be the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.ServletContext
methodgetResourcePaths(path).
- Parameters:
path
- Partial path used to match resources, which must start with a slash ("/") character- Returns:
- the
Set
of resource paths for the application resources. - Throws:
NullPointerException
- ifpath
isnull
-
getResponse
Return the environment-specific object instance for the current response.
Jakarta Servlet: This is the current request's
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse
instance.- Returns:
- the instance of the current
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse
.
-
setResponse
Set the environment-specific response to be returned by subsequent calls to
getResponse()
. This may be used to install a wrapper for the response.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Parameters:
response
- the response instance to be set.- Since:
- 1.2
-
getResponseOutputStream
Returns an
OutputStream
suitable for writing binary data to the user-agent.Jakarta Servlet: This must return the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.ServletResponse
methodgetOutputStream()
.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Returns:
- the
OutputStream
for the current response. - Throws:
IOException
- any IO related exception.- Since:
- 2.0
-
getResponseOutputWriter
Returns a
Writer
suitable for writing character data to the user-agent.Jakarta Servlet: This must return the value returned by the
ServletResponse.getWriter()
.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Returns:
- the
Writer
for the current response. - Throws:
IOException
- any IO related exception.- Since:
- 2.0
-
setResponseCharacterEncoding
Sets the character encoding (MIME charset) of the response being sent to the client, for example, to UTF-8.
Jakarta Servlet: This must call through to the
jakarta.servlet.ServletResponse
methodsetCharacterEncoding()
.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Parameters:
encoding
- the character encoding to be sent by the current response.- Since:
- 1.2
-
setResponseContentType
Sets the content type of the response being sent to the client, if the response has not been committed yet.
Jakarta Servlet: This must call
setContentType()
on the underlyingjakarta.servlet.ServletResponse
instance.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Parameters:
contentType
- The content type to be set as the contentType of the response.- Since:
- 2.0
-
getSession
If the
create
parameter istrue
, create (if necessary) and return a session instance associated with the current request. If thecreate
parameter isfalse
return any existing session instance associated with the current request, or returnnull
if there is no such session.Jakarta Servlet: This must return the result of calling
getSession(create)
on the underlyingjakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest
instance.- Parameters:
create
- Flag indicating whether or not a new session should be created if there is no session associated with the current request- Returns:
- the session object of the current request.
-
getSessionId
Return the id of the current session or the empty string if no session has been created and the
create
parameter isfalse
.Jakarta Servlet: If
create
is true, obtain a reference to theHttpSession
for the current request (creating the session if necessary) and return its id. Ifcreate
isfalse
, obtain a reference to the current session, if one exists, and return its id. If no session exists, return the empty string.- Parameters:
create
- Flag indicating whether or not a new session should be created if there is no session associated with the current request- Returns:
- the session id for the current request.
- Since:
- 2.2
-
getSessionMaxInactiveInterval
public int getSessionMaxInactiveInterval()Returns the maximum time interval, in seconds, that the Jakarta Servlet container will keep this session open between client accesses. After this interval, the Jakarta Servlet container will invalidate the session. The maximum time interval can be set with the
setSessionMaxInactiveInterval(int)
method.A return value of zero or less indicates that the session will never timeout.
Jakarta Servlet: This must return the result of calling
getMaxInactiveInterval
on the underlyingjakarta.servlet.http.HttpSession
instance.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Returns:
- the session maximum inactive interval.
- Since:
- 2.1
-
getSessionMap
Return a mutable
Map
representing the session scope attributes for the current application. The returnedMap
must implement the entire contract for a modifiable map as described in the JavaDocs forjava.util.Map
. Modifications made in theMap
must cause the corresponding changes in the set of session scope attributes. Particularly theclear()
,remove()
,put()
, andget()
operations must take the appropriate action on the underlying data structure. Accessing attributes via thisMap
must cause the creation of a session associated with the current request, if such a session does not already exist.Jakarta Servlet: This must be the set of attributes available via the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpSession
methodsgetAttribute()
,getAttributeNames()
,removeAttribute()
, andsetAttribute()
.- Returns:
- the session map for the current application.
-
getUserPrincipal
Return the
Principal
object containing the name of the current authenticated user, if any; otherwise, returnnull
.Jakarta Servlet: This must be the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest
methodgetUserPrincipal()
.- Returns:
- the
Principal
object.
-
getClientWindow
Return the
ClientWindow
set in a preceding call tosetClientWindow(jakarta.faces.lifecycle.ClientWindow)
, ornull
if no such call has been made.- Returns:
- the instance of the
ClientWindow
. - Since:
- 2.2
-
invalidateSession
public void invalidateSession()Invalidates this session then unbinds any objects bound to it.
Jakarta Servlet: This must be the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpSession
methodinvalidate()
.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Since:
- 2.0
-
isUserInRole
Return
true
if the currently authenticated user is included in the specified role. Otherwise, returnfalse
.Jakarta Servlet: This must be the value returned by the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest
methodisUserInRole(role)
.- Parameters:
role
- Logical role name to be checked- Returns:
- the flag indicating whether the current user is in the specified role.
- Throws:
NullPointerException
- ifrole
isnull
-
log
Log the specified message to the application object.
It is valid to call this method during application startup or shutdown. If called during application startup or shutdown, this calls the
log()
method on the same container context instance (ServletContext
orPortletContext
) as the one used during a call tolog()
on theExternalContext
returned by theFacesContext
during an actual request.Jakarta Servlet: This must be performed by calling the
jakarta.servlet.ServletContext
methodlog(String)
.- Parameters:
message
- Message to be logged- Throws:
NullPointerException
- ifmessage
isnull
-
log
Log the specified message and exception to the application object.
It is valid to call this method during application startup or shutdown. If called during application startup or shutdown, this calls the
log()
method on the same container context instance (ServletContext
orPortletContext
) as the one used when callinglog()
on theExternalContext
returned by theFacesContext
during an actual request.Jakarta Servlet: This must be performed by calling the
jakarta.servlet.ServletContext
methodlog(String,Throwable)
.- Parameters:
message
- Message to be loggedexception
- Exception to be logged- Throws:
NullPointerException
- ifmessage
orexception
isnull
-
redirect
Redirect a request to the specified URL, and cause the
responseComplete()
method to be called on theFacesContext
instance for the current request.The implementation must determine if the request is an
Ajax
request by obtaining aPartialViewContext
instance from theFacesContext
and callingPartialViewContext.isAjaxRequest()
.Jakarta Servlet: For non
Ajax
requests, this must be accomplished by calling thejakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse
methodsendRedirect()
.For Ajax requests, the implementation must:- Get a
PartialResponseWriter
instance from theFacesContext
. - Call
setResponseContentType(java.lang.String)
withtext/xml
- Call
setResponseCharacterEncoding(java.lang.String)
withUTF-8
- Call
addResponseHeader(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
withCache-Control
,no-cache
- Call
PartialResponseWriter.startDocument()
- Call
PartialResponseWriter.redirect(java.lang.String)
with theurl
argument. - Call
PartialResponseWriter.endDocument()
- Parameters:
url
- Absolute URL to which the client should be redirected- Throws:
IllegalArgumentException
- if the specified url is relativeIllegalStateException
- if, in a portlet environment, the current response object is aRenderResponse
instead of anActionResponse
IllegalStateException
- if, in a Jakarta Servlet environment, the current response has already been committedIOException
- if an input/output error occurs
- Get a
-
setResponseHeader
Set the response header with the given name and value.
Jakarta Servlet:This must be performed by calling the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse
setHeader
method.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Parameters:
name
- The name of the response header.value
- The value of the response header.- Since:
- 2.0
-
addResponseHeader
Add the given name and value to the response header.
Jakarta Servlet:This must be performed by calling the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse
addHeader
method.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Parameters:
name
- The name of the response header.value
- The value of the response header.- Since:
- 2.0
-
setResponseBufferSize
public void setResponseBufferSize(int size) Set the buffer size for the current response.
Jakarta Servlet: This must be performed by calling the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse
setBufferSize
method.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Parameters:
size
- the new buffer size- Since:
- 2.0
-
getResponseBufferSize
public int getResponseBufferSize()Return the buffer size for the current response.
Jakarta Servlet: This must be performed by calling the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse
getBufferSize
method.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Returns:
- the buffer size of the response.
- Since:
- 2.0
-
isResponseCommitted
public boolean isResponseCommitted()Check if the current response has been committed.
Jakarta Servlet: This must be performed by calling the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse
isCommitted
method.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Returns:
- the flag indicating whether the current response has been committed.
- Since:
- 2.0
-
responseReset
public void responseReset()Resets the current response.
Jakarta Servlet: This must be performed by calling the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse
reset
method.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Since:
- 2.0
-
responseSendError
Sends an HTTP status code with message.
Jakarta Servlet: This must be performed by calling the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse
sendError
method.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Parameters:
statusCode
- an HTTP status codemessage
- an option message to detail the cause of the code- Throws:
IOException
- any IO related exceptions.- Since:
- 2.0
-
setResponseStatus
public void setResponseStatus(int statusCode) Sets the HTTP status code for the response.
Jakarta Servlet: This must be performed by calling the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse
setStatus
method.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Parameters:
statusCode
- an HTTP status code- Since:
- 2.0
-
setSessionMaxInactiveInterval
public void setSessionMaxInactiveInterval(int interval) Specifies the time, in seconds, between client requests before the Jakarta Servlet container will invalidate this session.
An interval value of zero or less indicates that the session should never timeout.
Jakarta Servlet: This must call
setMaxInactiveInterval
on the underlyingjakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest
instance.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Parameters:
interval
- the value to be set.- Since:
- 2.1
-
setClientWindow
Associate this instance with a
ClientWindow
.- Parameters:
window
- the window with which this instance is associated.- Since:
- 2.2
-
responseFlushBuffer
Flushes the buffered response content to the client.
Jakarta Servlet: This must be performed by calling the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse
flushBuffer
method.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Throws:
IOException
- any IO related exception.- Since:
- 2.0
-
setResponseContentLength
public void setResponseContentLength(int length) Set the content length of the response.
Jakarta Servlet: This must be performed by calling the
jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse
setContentLength
method.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Parameters:
length
- the value to be set.- Since:
- 2.0
-
encodeBookmarkableURL
The purpose of this method is to generate a query string from the collection of Parameter objects provided by the parameters argument and append that query string to the baseUrl. This method must be able to encode the parameters to a baseUrl that may or may not have existing query parameters. The parameter values should be encoded appropriately for the environment so that the resulting URL can be used as the target of a link (e.g., in an href attribute) in a Jakarta Faces response. It's possible for an ExternalContext implementation to override this method in any way that would make the URL bookmarkable in that environment.
See
encodeActionURL(java.lang.String)
for the required specification of how to encode theClientWindow
.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Parameters:
baseUrl
- The base URL onto which the query string generated by this method will be appended. The URL may contain query parameters.parameters
- The collection of Parameter objects, representing name=value pairs that are used to produce a query string- Returns:
- the result of encoding.
- Since:
- 2.0
-
encodeRedirectURL
The purpose of this method is to generate a query string from the collection of Parameter objects provided by the parameters argument and append that query string to the baseUrl. This method must be able to encode the parameters to a baseUrl that may or may not have existing query parameters. The parameter values should be encoded appropriately for the environment so that the resulting URL can be used as the target of a redirect. It's possible for an ExternalContext implementation to override this method to accomodate the definition of redirect for that environment.See
encodeActionURL(java.lang.String)
for the required specification of how to encode theClientWindow
.- Parameters:
baseUrl
- The base URL onto which the query string generated by this method will be appended. The URL may contain query parameters.parameters
- The collection of Parameter objects, representing name=value pairs that are used to produce a query string- Returns:
- the result of encoding.
- Since:
- 2.0
-
encodePartialActionURL
Return the input URL, after performing any rewriting needed to ensure that it can be used in a partial page submission (ajax request) to correctly identify an addressable action in the current application.
See
encodeActionURL(java.lang.String)
for the required specification of how to encode theClientWindow
.Jakarta Servlet:Returns the same encoded URL as the
encodeActionURL(String url)
method.Portlet:Returns an encoded URL that, upon HTTP POST, will invoke the RESOURCE_PHASE of the portlet lifecycle.
- Parameters:
url
- The input URL to be encoded- Returns:
- the encoded URL.
- Throws:
NullPointerException
- ifurl
isnull
- Since:
- 2.0
-
isSecure
public boolean isSecure()Returns a boolean indicating whether this request was made using a secure channel, such as HTTPS.
Jakarta Servlet: This must return the result of calling
isSecure
on the underlyingjakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest
instance.The default implementation throws
UnsupportedOperationException
and is provided for the sole purpose of not breaking existing applications that extend this class.- Returns:
- the boolean indicating whether this request is secured.
- Since:
- 2.1
-
release
public abstract void release()Release any resources associated with this
ExternalContext
instance. This method is called during during destruction of the associatedFacesContext
.- Since:
- 4.0
-