javax.servlet.jsp

Class JspContext

java.lang.Object
- javax.servlet.jsp.JspContext

Known Direct Subclasses:: PageContext

public abstract class JspContext

extends java.lang.Object

JspContext serves as the base class for the PageContext class and abstracts all information that is not specific to servlets. This allows for Simple Tag Extensions to be used outside of the context of a request/response Servlet.

The JspContext provides a number of facilities to the page/component author and page implementor, including:

a single API to manage the various scoped namespaces
a mechanism to obtain the JspWriter for output
a mechanism to expose page directive attributes to the scripting environment

Methods Intended for Container Generated Code

The following methods enable the management of nested JspWriter streams to implement Tag Extensions: pushBody() and popBody()

Methods Intended for JSP authors

Some methods provide uniform access to the diverse objects representing scopes. The implementation must use the underlying machinery corresponding to that scope, so information can be passed back and forth between the underlying environment (e.g. Servlets) and JSP pages. The methods are: setAttribute(), getAttribute(), findAttribute(), removeAttribute(), getAttributesScope() and getAttributeNamesInScope().

The following methods provide convenient access to implicit objects: getOut()

The following methods provide programmatic access to the Expression Language evaluator: getExpressionEvaluator(), getVariableResolver()

Since:: 2.0

Constructor Summary
`JspContext()` Sole constructor.

Method Summary
`abstract Object`	`findAttribute(String name)` Searches for the named attribute in page, request, session (if valid), and application scope(s) in order and returns the value associated or null.
`abstract Object`	`getAttribute(String name)` Returns the object associated with the name in the page scope or null if not found.
`abstract Object`	`getAttribute(String name, int scope)` Return the object associated with the name in the specified scope or null if not found.
`abstract Enumeration`	`getAttributeNamesInScope(int scope)` Enumerate all the attributes in a given scope.
`abstract int`	`getAttributesScope(String name)` Get the scope where a given attribute is defined.
`abstract ExpressionEvaluator`	`getExpressionEvaluator()` Provides programmatic access to the ExpressionEvaluator.
`abstract JspWriter`	`getOut()` The current value of the out object (a JspWriter).
`abstract VariableResolver`	`getVariableResolver()` Returns an instance of a VariableResolver that provides access to the implicit objects specified in the JSP specification using this JspContext as the context object.
`JspWriter`	`popBody()` Return the previous JspWriter "out" saved by the matching pushBody(), and update the value of the "out" attribute in the page scope attribute namespace of the JspContext.
`JspWriter`	`pushBody(java.io.Writer writer)` Return a new JspWriter object that sends output to the provided Writer.
`abstract void`	`removeAttribute(String name)` Remove the object reference associated with the given name from all scopes.
`abstract void`	`removeAttribute(String name, int scope)` Remove the object reference associated with the specified name in the given scope.
`abstract void`	`setAttribute(String name, Object value)` Register the name and value specified with page scope semantics.
`abstract void`	`setAttribute(String name, Object value, int scope)` Register the name and value specified with appropriate scope semantics.

JspContext

public JspContext()

Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically implicit.)

findAttribute

public abstract Object findAttribute(String name)

Searches for the named attribute in page, request, session (if valid), and application scope(s) in order and returns the value associated or null.
Parameters:
name - the name of the attribute to search for
Returns:
the value associated or null

getAttribute

public abstract Object getAttribute(String name)

Returns the object associated with the name in the page scope or null if not found.
Parameters:
name - the name of the attribute to get
Returns:
the object associated with the name in the page scope or null if not found.

getAttribute

public abstract Object getAttribute(String name,
                                    int scope)

Return the object associated with the name in the specified scope or null if not found.
Parameters:
name - the name of the attribute to set
scope - the scope with which to associate the name/object
Returns:
the object associated with the name in the specified scope or null if not found.

getAttributeNamesInScope

public abstract Enumeration getAttributeNamesInScope(int scope)

Enumerate all the attributes in a given scope.
Parameters:
scope - the scope to enumerate all the attributes for
Returns:
an enumeration of names (java.lang.String) of all the attributes the specified scope

getAttributesScope

public abstract int getAttributesScope(String name)

Get the scope where a given attribute is defined.
Parameters:
name - the name of the attribute to return the scope for
Returns:
the scope of the object associated with the name specified or 0

getExpressionEvaluator

public abstract ExpressionEvaluator getExpressionEvaluator()

Provides programmatic access to the ExpressionEvaluator. The JSP Container must return a valid instance of an ExpressionEvaluator that can parse EL expressions.
Returns:
A valid instance of an ExpressionEvaluator.
Since:
2.0

getOut

public abstract JspWriter getOut()

The current value of the out object (a JspWriter).
Returns:
the current JspWriter stream being used for client response

getVariableResolver

public abstract VariableResolver getVariableResolver()

Returns an instance of a VariableResolver that provides access to the implicit objects specified in the JSP specification using this JspContext as the context object.
Returns:
A valid instance of a VariableResolver.
Since:
2.0

popBody

public JspWriter popBody()

Return the previous JspWriter "out" saved by the matching pushBody(), and update the value of the "out" attribute in the page scope attribute namespace of the JspContext.
Returns:
the saved JspWriter.

pushBody

public JspWriter pushBody(java.io.Writer writer)

Return a new JspWriter object that sends output to the provided Writer. Saves the current "out" JspWriter, and updates the value of the "out" attribute in the page scope attribute namespace of the JspContext.
The returned JspWriter must implement all methods and behave as though it were unbuffered. More specifically:
clear() must throw an IOException
clearBuffer() does nothing
getBufferSize() always returns 0
getRemaining() always returns 0

Parameters:
writer - The Writer for the returned JspWriter to send output to.
Returns:
a new JspWriter that writes to the given Writer.
Since:
2.0

removeAttribute

public abstract void removeAttribute(String name)

Remove the object reference associated with the given name from all scopes. Does nothing if there is no such object.
Parameters:
name - The name of the object to remove.

removeAttribute

public abstract void removeAttribute(String name,
                                     int scope)

Remove the object reference associated with the specified name in the given scope. Does nothing if there is no such object.
Parameters:
name - The name of the object to remove.
scope - The scope where to look.

setAttribute

public abstract void setAttribute(String name,
                                  Object value)

Register the name and value specified with page scope semantics. If the value passed in is null, this has the same effect as calling removeAttribute( name, PageContext.PAGE_SCOPE ).
Parameters:
name - the name of the attribute to set
value - the value to associate with the name, or null if the attribute is to be removed from the page scope.

setAttribute

public abstract void setAttribute(String name,
                                  Object value,
                                  int scope)

Register the name and value specified with appropriate scope semantics. If the value passed in is null, this has the same effect as calling removeAttribute( name, scope ).
Parameters:
name - the name of the attribute to set
value - the object to associate with the name, or null if the attribute is to be removed from the specified scope.
scope - the scope with which to associate the name/object

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javax.servlet.jsp

Class JspContext

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Constructor Details

JspContext

Method Details

findAttribute

getAttribute

getAttribute

getAttributeNamesInScope

getAttributesScope

getExpressionEvaluator

getOut

getVariableResolver

popBody

pushBody

removeAttribute

removeAttribute

setAttribute

setAttribute