Possible to set a cookie from inside of surf?

[jtorelli]

Hey everyone!

Quick, stupid question Is there any way to set a cookie from inside of a SURF-based app? (from either a java or javascript-backed bean? )

I've found the FrameworkUtil and ServletUtil classes, from which I can access the current HttpServletRequest object, but can't find access to the HttpServletResponse object to set the cookie..

Thanks!
jim

[kroast]

Hi,

From a URL executed Java backed WebScript you can access the HttpServletRequest and HttpServletResponse to get/set Cookies etc. thus:

    public void execute(WebScriptRequest req, WebScriptResponse res) throws IOException
    {
        HttpServletRequest httpReq = ((WebScriptServletRequest)req).getHttpServletRequest();
        HttpServletResponse httpRes = ((WebScriptServletResponse)res).getHttpServletResponse();
        ...
    }

From within a Surf component WebScript you are more limited in that you are running as part of a full page execution - i.e. you cannot directly write to the response header as part of it may already have been committed - such as Cookies etc. and any number of components previously to yours, so you can only access the HttpServletRequest as that is safe to do so.

Cheers,

Kev

[jtorelli]

Thanks Kevin!

Lol I guess I should have checked the most obvious place first I've actually only been using DeclarativeWebScripts so far..

Is there a recommened/preferred way to return a page from the SURF page flow at the end of an AbstractWebScript? (other than just a sendRedirect?)

Thanks again for all your help!
jim

[kroast]

>Is there a recommened/preferred way to return a page from the SURF page flow at the end of an AbstractWebScript? (other than just a sendRedirect?)

Not sure what you would expect to do? Do you mean from a component webscript or a Java backed URL executed webscript?