Re: static method to get servlet context

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>  "Nilesh Bansal" <nileshbansal@...> wrote in message
>  news:f36128690805111357u526d2c52h61b3a54b3faae380@......
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> > hi all,
>  >
>  > I want to know if Tomcat (servlet api) provides some way by which a
>  > Java method can get session information or page context associated
>  > with the current executing thread?
>  >
>  The short answer is no:  Tomcat out-of-the-box doesn't provide this type of
>  functionality
>
>
>  > Inside a JSP or a class implementing HttpServlet, one can easily get
>  > the page context and session information. But is there some static
>  > helper function which can return the same information for the current
>  > executing thread? I don't want to pass the pageContext as an
>  > additional variable to all method calls in JSP.
>  >
>  Long answer:  There is nothing to prevent you from creating you a static
>  ThreadLocal and storing whatever information you need in that.  If you don't
>  actually need the pageContext, then a simple Filter could be used to set
>  this information up.
>
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>  > DWR for example provides the following for all DWR requests:
>  > WebContext webContext = WebContextFactory.get();  // get() is a static
>  > function
>  > HttpSession session = webContext.getHttpServletRequest().getSession();
>  >
>  > thanks
>  > Nilesh
>  >
>  > --
>  > Nilesh Bansal
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