org.apache.tiles.request.servlet

## Class ServletRequest

- java.lang.Object
- - org.apache.tiles.request.AbstractRequest
  - - org.apache.tiles.request.AbstractClientRequest
    - - org.apache.tiles.request.servlet.ServletRequest

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    DispatchRequest, Request

      public class ServletRequest
      extends AbstractClientRequest

  Servlet-based implementation of the TilesApplicationContext interface.

- - ### Field Summary

    - ### Fields inherited from class org.apache.tiles.request.AbstractRequest

      `FORCE_INCLUDE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME`

    - ### Fields inherited from interface org.apache.tiles.request.Request

      `APPLICATION_SCOPE, REQUEST_SCOPE`

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `ServletRequest(ApplicationContext applicationContext, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)` Creates a new instance of ServletTilesRequestContext.

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | `doForward(String path)` Forwards to a path.
    `void` | `doInclude(String path)` Includes the result of a path.
    `List<String>` | `getAvailableScopes()` Returns all available scopes.
    `Map<String,Object>` | `getContext(String scope)` Returns a context map, given the scope name.
    `Map<String,String>` | `getHeader()` Return an immutable Map that maps header names to the first (or only) header value (as a String).
    `Map<String,String[]>` | `getHeaderValues()` Return an immutable Map that maps header names to the set of all values specified in the request (as a String array).
    `OutputStream` | `getOutputStream()` Returns an output stream to be used to write directly in the response.
    `Map<String,String>` | `getParam()` Return an immutable Map that maps request parameter names to the first (or only) value (as a String).
    `Map<String,String[]>` | `getParamValues()` Return an immutable Map that maps request parameter names to the set of all values (as a String array).
    `PrintWriter` | `getPrintWriter()` Returns a print writer to be used to write directly in the response.
    `javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest` | `getRequest()`
    `Locale` | `getRequestLocale()` Return the preferred Locale in which the client will accept content.
    `Map<String,Object>` | `getRequestScope()`
    `javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse` | `getResponse()`
    `Addable<String>` | `getResponseHeaders()` Return an Addable object that can be used to write headers to the response.
    `Map<String,Object>` | `getSessionScope()`
    `Writer` | `getWriter()` Returns a writer to be used to write directly in the response.
    `boolean` | `isResponseCommitted()` Checks if the response has been committed.
    `boolean` | `isUserInRole(String role)` Determine whether the specified user is in the given role.
    `void` | `setContentType(String contentType)` Sets the content type when rendering the result.

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.apache.tiles.request.AbstractClientRequest

      `dispatch, getApplicationContext, getApplicationScope, include`

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.apache.tiles.request.AbstractRequest

      `isForceInclude, setForceInclude`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### ServletRequest

          public ServletRequest(ApplicationContext applicationContext,
                                javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)

      Creates a new instance of ServletTilesRequestContext.
      Parameters:
        `applicationContext` - The application context.
        `request` - The request object.
        `response` - The response object.

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### getHeader

          public Map<String,String> getHeader()

      Return an immutable Map that maps header names to the first (or only) header value (as a String).
      Returns:
        The header map.

    - #### getResponseHeaders

          public Addable<String> getResponseHeaders()

      Return an Addable object that can be used to write headers to the response.
      Returns:
        An Addable object.

    - #### getHeaderValues

          public Map<String,String[]> getHeaderValues()

      Return an immutable Map that maps header names to the set of all values specified in the request (as a String array). Header names must be matched in a case-insensitive manner.
      Returns:
        The header values map.

    - #### getParam

          public Map<String,String> getParam()

      Return an immutable Map that maps request parameter names to the first (or only) value (as a String).
      Returns:
        The parameter map.

    - #### getParamValues

          public Map<String,String[]> getParamValues()

      Return an immutable Map that maps request parameter names to the set of all values (as a String array).
      Returns:
        The parameter values map.

    - #### getContext

          public Map<String,Object> getContext(String scope)

      Description copied from interface: `Request`
      Returns a context map, given the scope name. This method always return a map for all the scope names returned by getAvailableScopes(). That map may be writable, or immutable, depending on the implementation.
      Parameters:
        `scope` - The name of the scope.
      Returns:
        The context.

    - #### getRequestScope

          public Map<String,Object> getRequestScope()

    - #### getSessionScope

          public Map<String,Object> getSessionScope()

    - #### getAvailableScopes

          public List<String> getAvailableScopes()

      Description copied from interface: `Request`
      Returns all available scopes. The scopes are ordered according to their lifetime, the innermost, shorter lived scope appears first, and the outermost, longer lived scope appears last. Besides, the scopes "request" and "application" always included in the list.
      Returns:
        All the available scopes.

    - #### doForward

          public void doForward(String path)
                         throws IOException

      Forwards to a path.
      Specified by:
        `doForward` in class `AbstractClientRequest`
      Parameters:
        `path` - The path to forward to.
      Throws:
        `IOException` - If something goes wrong when forwarding.

    - #### doInclude

          public void doInclude(String path)
                         throws IOException

      Includes the result of a path.
      Specified by:
        `doInclude` in class `AbstractClientRequest`
      Parameters:
        `path` - The path to forward to.
      Throws:
        `IOException` - If something goes wrong when forwarding.

    - #### getOutputStream

          public OutputStream getOutputStream()
                                       throws IOException

      Returns an output stream to be used to write directly in the response.
      Returns:
        The output stream that writes in the response.
      Throws:
        `IOException` - If something goes wrong when getting the output stream.

    - #### getWriter

          public Writer getWriter()
                           throws IOException

      Returns a writer to be used to write directly in the response.
      Returns:
        The writer that writes in the response.
      Throws:
        `IOException` - If something goes wrong when getting the writer.

    - #### getPrintWriter

          public PrintWriter getPrintWriter()
                                     throws IOException

      Returns a print writer to be used to write directly in the response.
      Returns:
        The print writer that writes in the response.
      Throws:
        `IOException` - If something goes wrong when getting the print writer.

    - #### isResponseCommitted

          public boolean isResponseCommitted()

      Checks if the response has been committed.
      Returns:
        `true` only if the response has been committed.

    - #### setContentType

          public void setContentType(String contentType)

      Sets the content type when rendering the result.
      Parameters:
        `contentType` - The content type. It should follow the specifications from W3C about content types.

    - #### getRequestLocale

          public Locale getRequestLocale()

      Return the preferred Locale in which the client will accept content.
      Returns:
        The current request locale. It is the locale of the request object itself, and it is NOT the locale that the user wants to use. See `LocaleResolver` to implement strategies to resolve locales.

    - #### getRequest

          public javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest getRequest()

    - #### getResponse

          public javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse getResponse()

    - #### isUserInRole

          public boolean isUserInRole(String role)

      Determine whether the specified user is in the given role.
      Parameters:
        `role` - the role to check against.
      Returns:
        `true` if the user is in the given role.

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