Oracle's implementation of the JSF 2.3 specification API. 2.3 · javax.faces.context.ExternalContext

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
public static final String	BASIC_AUTH String identifier for BASIC authentication.
public static final String	CLIENT_CERT_AUTH String identifier for CLIENT_CERT authentication.
private ExternalContext	defaultExternalContext
public static final String	DIGEST_AUTH String identifier for DIGEST authentication.
public static final String	FORM_AUTH String identifier for FORM authentication.

Access	Constructor and Description
public	ExternalContext()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public void	addResponseCookie(String To be passed as the first argument to the `Cookie` constructor. name, String To be passed as the second argument to the `Cookie` constructor. value, Map<String, Object> A `Map` containg key/value pairs to be passed as arguments to the setter methods as described above. properties) Adds the cookie represented by the arguments to the response.
public void	addResponseHeader(String The name of the response header. name, String The value of the response header. value) Add the given name and value to the response header.
public abstract void	dispatch(String Context relative path to the specified resource, which must start with a slash ("/") character path) Dispatch a request to the specified resource to create output for this response.
public abstract String	Returns: the encoded URL. encodeActionURL(String The input URL to be encoded url) Return the input URL, after performing any rewriting needed to ensure that it will correctly identify an addressable action in the current application.
public String	Returns: the result of encoding. encodeBookmarkableURL(String The base URL onto which the query string generated by this method will be appended. The URL may contain query parameters. baseUrl, Map<String, List<String>> The collection of Parameter objects, representing name=value pairs that are used to produce a query string parameters) 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.
public abstract String	Returns: the unique name prefixed with namespace. encodeNamespace(String Name to be encoded 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.
public String	Returns: the encoded URL. encodePartialActionURL(String The input URL to be encoded url) 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.
public String	Returns: the result of encoding. encodeRedirectURL(String The base URL onto which the query string generated by this method will be appended. The URL may contain query parameters. baseUrl, Map<String, List<String>> The collection of Parameter objects, representing name=value pairs that are used to produce a query string parameters) 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.
public abstract String	Returns: the encoded resource URL. encodeResourceURL(String The input URL to be encoded url) Return the input URL, after performing any rewriting needed to ensure that it will correctly identify an addressable resource in the current application.
public abstract String	Returns: the encoded websocket URL. encodeWebsocketURL(String The input URL to be encoded. url) Return the websocket URL, after performing any rewriting needed to ensure that it will correctly identify an addressable websocket in the current application.
public String	Returns: the context path of this application. getApplicationContextPath() Return the name of the container context for this application.
public abstract Map<String, Object>	Returns: the map associated with the backed `ServletContext`. getApplicationMap() Return a mutable `Map` representing the application scope attributes for the current application.
public abstract String	Returns: the authentication type. getAuthType() Return the name of the authentication scheme used to authenticate the current user, if any; otherwise, return `null`.
public ClientWindow	Returns: the instance of the `ClientWindow`. getClientWindow() Return the `ClientWindow` set in a preceding call to `setClientWindow`, or `null` if no such call has been made.
public abstract Object	Returns: the object of the `ServletContext`. getContext() Return the application environment object instance for the current appication.
public String	Returns: the name the `ServletContext`. getContextName() Return the name of the container context for this application.
public Flash	Returns: the `Flash` for this application. getFlash() Return the threadsafe `Flash` for this application.
public abstract String	Returns: the value of the specified parameter. getInitParameter(String Name of the requested initialization parameter name) Return the value of the specified application initialization parameter (if any).
public abstract Map<String, String>	Returns: the init parameter map for this application. 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.
public String	Returns: the MIME type of the file. getMimeType(String The file for which the mime type should be obtained. file) Returns the MIME type of the specified file or `null` if the MIME type is not known.
public String	Returns: the real path for the specified virtual path. getRealPath(String The context of the requested initialization parameter path) Returns a String containing the real path for a given virtual path.
public abstract String	Returns: the user name of the current request. getRemoteUser() Return the login name of the user making the current request if any; otherwise, return `null`.
public abstract Object	Returns: the instance of the current request. getRequest() Return the environment-specific object instance for the current request.
public String	Returns: the character encoding currently being used. getRequestCharacterEncoding() Return the character encoding currently being used to interpret this request.
public int	Returns: the content length of the current request. getRequestContentLength() Return the result of calling `getContentLenth()` on the `ServletRequest` instance for this request.
public String	Returns: the Content-Type for this request. getRequestContentType() Return the MIME Content-Type for this request.
public abstract String	Returns: the context path for this request. getRequestContextPath() Return the portion of the request URI that identifies the web application context for this request.
public abstract Map<String, Object>	Returns: the cookie map in the current request. getRequestCookieMap() Return an immutable `Map` whose keys are the set of cookie names included in the current request, and whose values (of type `javax.servlet.http.Cookie`) are the first (or only) cookie for each cookie name returned by the underlying request.
public abstract Map<String, String>	Returns: the header map in the current request. 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.
public abstract Map<String, String[]>	Returns: the header values map in the current request. 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.
public abstract Locale	Returns: the `Locale` of the current request. getRequestLocale() Return the preferred `Locale` in which the client will accept content.
public abstract Iterator<Locale>	Returns: the `Iterator` of `Locale`s of the current request. getRequestLocales() Return an `Iterator` over the preferred `Locale`s specified in the request, in decreasing order of preference.
public abstract Map<String, Object>	Returns: the map including the attributes of the current request. getRequestMap() Return a mutable `Map` representing the request scope attributes for the current application.
public abstract Map<String, String>	Returns: the map for the current request parameters. 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.
public abstract Iterator<String>	Returns: the `Iterator` for the names of the current request parameters. getRequestParameterNames() Return an `Iterator` over the names of all request parameters included in the current request.
public abstract Map<String, String[]>	Returns: the map for the parameter values of the current request. 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.
public abstract String	Returns: the path information of the current request. getRequestPathInfo() Return the extra path information (if any) included in the request URI; otherwise, return `null`.
public String	Returns: the name of the scheme. getRequestScheme() Returns the name of the scheme used to make this request, for example, http, https, or ftp.
public String	Returns: the host name of the server. getRequestServerName() Returns the host name of the server to which the request was sent.
public int	Returns: the port number to which the request was sent. getRequestServerPort() Returns the port number to which the request was sent.
public abstract String	Returns: the servlet path information of the current request. getRequestServletPath() Return the servlet path information (if any) included in the request URI; otherwise, return `null`.
public abstract URL	Returns: the URL of the resource. getResource(String The path to the requested resource, which must start with a slash ("/" character path) Return a `URL` for the application resource mapped to the specified path, if it exists; otherwise, return `null`.
public abstract InputStream	Returns: the `InputStream` for the application resource. getResourceAsStream(String The path to the requested resource, which must start with a slash ("/" character path) Return an `InputStream` for an application resource mapped to the specified path, if it exists; otherwise, return `null`.
public abstract Set<String>	Returns: the `Set` of resource paths for the application resources. getResourcePaths(String Partial path used to match resources, which must start with a slash ("/") character path) Return the `Set` of resource paths for all application resources whose resource path starts with the specified argument.
public abstract Object	Returns: the instance of the current `javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse`. getResponse() Return the environment-specific object instance for the current response.
public int	Returns: the buffer size of the response. getResponseBufferSize() Return the buffer size for the current response.
public String	Returns: the name of the character encoding. getResponseCharacterEncoding() Returns the name of the character encoding (MIME charset) used for the body sent in this response.
public String	Returns: the MIME Content-Type for this response. getResponseContentType() Return the MIME Content-Type for this response.
public OutputStream	Returns: the `OutputStream` for the current response. getResponseOutputStream() Returns an `OutputStream` suitable for writing binary data to the user-agent.
public Writer	Returns: the `Writer` for the current response. getResponseOutputWriter() Returns a `Writer` suitable for writing character data to the user-agent.
public abstract Object	Returns: the session object of the current request. getSession(boolean Flag indicating whether or not a new session should be created if there is no session associated with the current request create) If the `create` parameter is `true`, create (if necessary) and return a session instance associated with the current request.
public String	Returns: the session id for the current request. getSessionId(boolean Flag indicating whether or not a new session should be created if there is no session associated with the current request create) Return the id of the current session or the empty string if no session has been created and the `create` parameter is `false`.
public abstract Map<String, Object>	Returns: the session map for the current application. getSessionMap() Return a mutable `Map` representing the session scope attributes for the current application.
public int	Returns: the session maximum inactive interval. getSessionMaxInactiveInterval() Returns the maximum time interval, in seconds, that the servlet container will keep this session open between client accesses.
public abstract Principal	Returns: the `Principal` object. getUserPrincipal() Return the `Principal` object containing the name of the current authenticated user, if any; otherwise, return `null`.
public void	invalidateSession() Invalidates this session then unbinds any objects bound to it.
public boolean	Returns: the flag indicating whether the current response has been committed. isResponseCommitted() Check if the current response has been committed.
public boolean	Returns: the boolean indicating whether this request is secured. isSecure() Returns a boolean indicating whether this request was made using a secure channel, such as HTTPS.
public abstract boolean	Returns: the flag indicating whether the current user is in the specified role. isUserInRole(String Logical role name to be checked role) Return `true` if the currently authenticated user is included in the specified role.
public abstract void	log(String Message to be logged message) Log the specified message to the application object.
public abstract void	log(String Message to be logged message, Throwable Exception to be logged exception) Log the specified message and exception to the application object.
public abstract void	redirect(String Absolute URL to which the client should be redirected url) Redirect a request to the specified URL, and cause the `responseComplete()` method to be called on the `FacesContext` instance for the current request.
public void	responseFlushBuffer() Flushes the buffered response content to the client.
public void	responseReset() Resets the current response.
public void	responseSendError(int an HTTP status code statusCode, String an option message to detail the cause of the code message) Sends an HTTP status code with message.
public void	setClientWindow(ClientWindow the window with which this instance is associated. window) Associate this instance with a `ClientWindow`.
public void	setRequest(Object the request object to be set. request) Set the environment-specific request to be returned by subsequent calls to `getRequest`.
public void	setRequestCharacterEncoding(String the encoding name to be set. encoding) Overrides the name of the character encoding used in the body of this request.
public void	setResponse(Object the response instance to be set. response) Set the environment-specific response to be returned by subsequent calls to `getResponse`.
public void	setResponseBufferSize(int the new buffer size size) Set the buffer size for the current response.
public void	setResponseCharacterEncoding(String the character encoding to be sent by the current response. encoding) Sets the character encoding (MIME charset) of the response being sent to the client, for example, to UTF-8.
public void	setResponseContentLength(int the value to be set. length) Set the content length of the response.
public void	setResponseContentType(String The content type to be set as the contentType of the response. contentType) Sets the content type of the response being sent to the client, if the response has not been committed yet.
public void	setResponseHeader(String The name of the response header. name, String The value of the response header. value) Set the response header with the given name and value.
public void	setResponseStatus(int an HTTP status code statusCode) Sets the HTTP status code for the response.
public void	setSessionMaxInactiveInterval(int the value to be set. interval) Specifies the time, in seconds, between client requests before the servlet container will invalidate this session.

Inherited from java.lang.Object:: clone equals finalize getClass hashCode notify notifyAll toString wait wait wait

public abstract Class ExternalContext

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