oracle.adf.share
Class Environment

java.lang.Object
oracle.adf.share.Environment

public abstract class Environment

extends java.lang.Object

Managed an anonymous environment consisting of a request, a response and a context.

This class allows the Faces API to be unaware of the nature of its containing application environment. In particular, this class allows JavaServer Faces based appications to run in either a Servlet or a Portlet environment.

In the method descriptions below, paragraphs starting with Servlet: and Portlet: denote behavior that is specific to that particular environment.

Constructor Summary

Environment()

Method Summary

abstract java.lang.Object	getContext() Return the application environment object instance for the current appication.
abstract java.lang.Object	getRequest() Return the environment-specific object instance for the current request.
abstract java.lang.Object	getResponse() Return the environment-specific object instance for the current response.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Environment

public Environment()

Method Detail

getRequest

public abstract java.lang.Object getRequest()

Return the environment-specific object instance for the current request.

Servlet: This must be the current request's javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest instance.

Portlet: This must be the current request's javax.portlet.PortletRequest instance, which will be either an ActionRequest or a RenderRequest depending upon when this method is called.

getResponse

public abstract java.lang.Object getResponse()

Return the environment-specific object instance for the current response.

Servlet: This is the current request's javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse instance.

Portlet: This is the current request's javax.portlet.PortletResponse instance, which will be either an ActionResponse or a RenderResponse depending upon when this method is called.

getContext

public abstract java.lang.Object getContext()

Return the application environment object instance for the current appication.

Servlet: This must be the current application's javax.servlet.ServletContext instance.

Portlet: This must be the current application's javax.portlet.PortletContext instance.