How to access ServletContext from a Java DeclarativeWebScript

[BillyBacon]

I don't see a way of getting a handle to a javax.servlet.ServletContext object so that I can get attributes out of that object which are in application scope. Here is my code:

public class ProductDetailsController extends DeclarativeWebScript {

    @Override
    public Map<String, Object> executeImpl(WebScriptRequest req, Status status, Cache cache) {

        HttpServletRequest request = ((WebScriptServletRequest) req).getHttpServletRequest();

    }
}

As you can see, I tried getting a handle to an HttpServletRequest but that does not help me as well.

What is the proper way to retrieve objects out of application scope within a Java Declarative WebScript?

[BillyBacon]

I figured out a solution to this, not entirely sure if it's the preferred way or a best practice.

I was able to inject a javax.servlet.ServletContext object onto my DeclaritiveWebScript by having it implement ServletContextAware. Here's the code:

public class ProductDetailsController extends DeclarativeWebScript implements ServletContextAware {

    private ServletContext sc;

    @Override
    public Map<String, Object> executeImpl(WebScriptRequest req, Status status, Cache cache) {
        System.out.println("Injected ServletContext: ["+sc+"]");
    }


    @Override
    public void setServletContext(ServletContext sc) {
        this.sc = sc;
    }

}

[kroast]

There is no direct access to ServletContext from a WebScript, so what you have done using Spring injection is perfectly acceptable.

Cheers,

Kev

[BillyBacon]

Thanks Kev.