Accessing HttpServletRequest using RequestContext

[ravi.mukkavilli]

Hi All,

How can I get a handle of HttpServletRequest throught a RequestContext. My motive is to upload a file using multipart and the MultipartParser Class.

I would be great full if you can help me out.


Thank in advance.

Regards,
Ravi.

[labsilts]

ServletExternalContext externalContext =
  (ServletExternalContext)context.getExternalContext();
HttpServletRequest resquest = externalContext.getRequest();

Bye!

[ravi.mukkavilli]

Thanks a lot,

[emulcahy]

My apologies for bumping an old post back from the dead, but...

The solution above does not work for me. externalContext.getRequest() is protected. I need to have access to the request.getServerName() method. I have a solution that involves using reflection to access the request, but it is messy and I would really like to replace it.

Here is the reflection code:

            ServletExternalContext servletExternalContext = ((ServletExternalContext) (context.getExternalContext()));
            HttpServletRequest request;
            Field requestField = ServletExternalContext.class.getDeclaredField("request");
            requestField.setAccessible(true);

Is there a better way?

[InverseFalcon]

Have you tried externalContext.getNativeRequest() ? You should be able to cast this into an HttpServletRequest, and not deal with reflection at all.

[emulcahy]

That did the trick, thank you!