Extends theServletRequest
interface to provide request information for HTTP servlets.
The servlet container creates anHttpServletRequest
object and passes it as an argument to the servlet's service methods (doGet
,doPost
, etc).
BASIC_AUTH String identifier for Basic authentication. | |
CLIENT_CERT_AUTH String identifier for Basic authentication. | |
DIGEST_AUTH String identifier for Basic authentication. | |
FORM_AUTH String identifier for Basic authentication. |
getAuthType() Returns the name of the authentication scheme used to protect the servlet. | |
getContextPath() Returns the portion of the request URI that indicates the context of the request. | |
getCookies() Returns an array containing all of the Cookie objects the client sent with this request. | |
getDateHeader(java.lang.String name) Returns the value of the specified request header as a long value that represents aDate object. | |
getHeader(java.lang.String name) Returns the value of the specified request header as a String . | |
getHeaderNames() Returns an enumeration of all the header names this request contains. | |
getHeaders(java.lang.String name) Returns all the values of the specified request header as an Enumeration ofString objects. | |
getIntHeader(java.lang.String name) Returns the value of the specified request header as an int . | |
getMethod() Returns the name of the HTTP method with which this request was made, for example, GET, POST, or PUT. | |
getPathInfo() Returns any extra path information associated with the URL the client sent when it made this request. | |
getPathTranslated() Returns any extra path information after the servlet name but before the query string, and translates it to a real path. | |
getQueryString() Returns the query string that is contained in the request URL after the path. | |
getRemoteUser() Returns the login of the user making this request, if the user has been authenticated, or null if the user has not been authenticated. | |
getRequestedSessionId() Returns the session ID specified by the client. | |
getRequestURI() Returns the part of this request's URL from the protocol name up to the query string in the first line of the HTTP request. | |
getRequestURL() Reconstructs the URL the client used to make the request. | |
getServletPath() Returns the part of this request's URL that calls the servlet. | |
getSession() Returns the current session associated with this request, or if the request does not have a session, creates one. | |
getSession(boolean create) Returns the current HttpSession associated with this request or, if if there is no current session andcreate is true, returns a new session. | |
getUserPrincipal() Returns a java.security.Principal object containing the name of the current authenticated user. | |
isRequestedSessionIdFromCookie() Checks whether the requested session ID came in as a cookie. | |
isRequestedSessionIdFromUrl() Deprecated. As of Version 2.1 of the Java ServletAPI, use isRequestedSessionIdFromURL() instead. | |
isRequestedSessionIdFromURL() Checks whether the requested session ID came in as part of the request URL. | |
isRequestedSessionIdValid() Checks whether the requested session ID is still valid. | |
isUserInRole(java.lang.String role) Returns a boolean indicating whether the authenticated user is included in the specified logical "role". |
public static final java.lang.StringBASIC_AUTH
public static final java.lang.StringFORM_AUTH
public static final java.lang.StringCLIENT_CERT_AUTH
public static final java.lang.StringDIGEST_AUTH
public java.lang.StringgetAuthType()
null
is returned.Same as the value of the CGI variable AUTH_TYPE.
null
if the request was not authenticated.publicCookie[]getCookies()
Cookie
objects the client sent with this request. This method returnsnull
if no cookies were sent.Cookies
included with this request, ornull
if the request has no cookiespublic longgetDateHeader(java.lang.String name)
long
value that represents aDate
object. Use this method with headers that contain dates, such asIf-Modified-Since
.The date is returned as the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 GMT. The header name is case insensitive.
If the request did not have a header of the specified name, this method returns -1. If the header can't be converted to a date, the method throws anIllegalArgumentException
.
name
- aString
specifying thename of the headerlong
valuerepresenting the date specifiedin the header expressed asthe number of millisecondssince January 1, 1970 GMT,or -1 if the named headerwas not included with thereqestjava.lang.IllegalArgumentException
- If the header valuecan't be convertedto a datepublic java.lang.StringgetHeader(java.lang.String name)
String
. If the request did not include a header of the specified name, this method returnsnull
. The header name is case insensitive. You can use this method with any request header.name
- aString
specifying theheader nameString
containing thevalue of the requestedheader, ornull
if the request does nothave a header of that namepublic java.util.EnumerationgetHeaders(java.lang.String name)
Enumeration
ofString
objects.Some headers, such asAccept-Language
can be sent by clients as several headers each with a different value rather than sending the header as a comma separated list.
If the request did not include any headers of the specified name, this method returns an emptyEnumeration
. The header name is case insensitive. You can use this method with any request header.
name
- aString
specifying theheader nameEnumeration
containing the values of the requested header. If the request does not have any headers of that name return an empty enumeration. If the container does not allow access to header information, return nullpublic java.util.EnumerationgetHeaderNames()
Some servlet containers do not allow do not allow servlets to access headers using this method, in which case this method returnsnull
null
public intgetIntHeader(java.lang.String name)
int
. If the request does not have a header of the specified name, this method returns -1. If the header cannot be converted to an integer, this method throws aNumberFormatException
.The header name is case insensitive.
name
- aString
specifying the nameof a request headerjava.lang.NumberFormatException
- If the header valuecan't be convertedto anint
public java.lang.StringgetMethod()
String
specifying the nameof the method with whichthis request was madepublic java.lang.StringgetPathInfo()
null
if there was no extra path information.Same as the value of the CGI variable PATH_INFO.
String
, decoded by theweb container, specifying extra path information that comesafter the servlet path but beforethe query string in the request URL;ornull
if the URL does not haveany extra path informationpublic java.lang.StringgetPathTranslated()
If the URL does not have any extra path information, this method returnsnull
. The web container does not decode thins string.
String
specifying thereal path, ornull
ifthe URL does not have any extra pathinformationpublic java.lang.StringgetContextPath()
String
specifying theportion of the request URI that indicates the contextof the requestpublic java.lang.StringgetQueryString()
null
if the URL does not have a query string. Same as the value of the CGI variable QUERY_STRING.String
containing the querystring ornull
if the URL contains no query string. The value is notdecoded by the container.public java.lang.StringgetRemoteUser()
null
if the user has not been authenticated. Whether the user name is sent with each subsequent request depends on the browser and type of authentication. Same as the value of the CGI variable REMOTE_USER.String
specifying the loginof the user making this request, ornull
public booleanisUserInRole(java.lang.String role)
false
.role
- aString
specifying the nameof the roleboolean
indicating whetherthe user making this request belongs to a given role;false
if the user has not been authenticatedpublic java.security.PrincipalgetUserPrincipal()
java.security.Principal
object containing the name of the current authenticated user. If the user has not been authenticated, the method returnsnull
.java.security.Principal
containingthe name of the user making this request;null
if the user has not been authenticatedpublic java.lang.StringgetRequestedSessionId()
null
.String
specifying the sessionID, ornull
if the request didnot specify a session IDisRequestedSessionIdValid()
public java.lang.StringgetRequestURI()
First line of HTTP request | Returned Value | |
---|---|---|
POST /some/path.html HTTP/1.1 | /some/path.html | |
GET http://foo.bar/a.html HTTP/1.0 | /a.html | |
HEAD /xyz?a=b HTTP/1.1 | /xyz |
To reconstruct an URL with a scheme and host, useHttpUtils.getRequestURL(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest)
.
String
containingthe part of the URL from the protocol name up to the query stringHttpUtils.getRequestURL(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest)
public java.lang.StringBuffergetRequestURL()
Because this method returns aStringBuffer
, not a string, you can modify the URL easily, for example, to append query parameters.
This method is useful for creating redirect messages and for reporting errors.
StringBuffer
object containingthe reconstructed URLpublic java.lang.StringgetServletPath()
String
containingthe name or path of the servlet beingcalled, as specified in the request URL,decoded.publicHttpSessiongetSession(boolean create)
HttpSession
associated with this request or, if if there is no current session andcreate
is true, returns a new session.Ifcreate
isfalse
and the request has no validHttpSession
, this method returnsnull
.
To make sure the session is properly maintained, you must call this method before the response is committed. If the container is using cookies to maintain session integrity and is asked to create a new session when the response is committed, an IllegalStateException is thrown.
true
- to createa new session for this request if necessary;false
to returnnull
if there's no current sessionHttpSession
associated with this request ornull
ifcreate
isfalse
and the request has no valid sessiongetSession()
publicHttpSessiongetSession()
HttpSession
associatedwith this requestgetSession(boolean)
public booleanisRequestedSessionIdValid()
true
if thisrequest has an id for a valid sessionin the current session context;false
otherwisegetRequestedSessionId()
,getSession(boolean)
,HttpSessionContext
public booleanisRequestedSessionIdFromCookie()
true
if the session IDcame in as acookie; otherwise,false
getSession(boolean)
public booleanisRequestedSessionIdFromURL()
true
if the session IDcame in as part of a URL; otherwise,false
getSession(boolean)
public booleanisRequestedSessionIdFromUrl()
isRequestedSessionIdFromURL()
instead.