Package org.springframework.web.context.request

Class RequestContextHolder

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestContextHolder

public abstract class RequestContextHolder
extends Object

Holder class to expose the web request in the form of a thread-bound RequestAttributes object. The request will be inherited by any child threads spawned by the current thread if the inheritable flag is set to true.

Use RequestContextListener or RequestContextFilter to expose the current web request. Note that DispatcherServlet already exposes the current request by default.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Juergen Hoeller, Rod Johnson

See Also:

• RequestContextListener
• RequestContextFilter
• DispatcherServlet

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
RequestContextHolder()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static RequestAttributes	currentRequestAttributes()	Return the RequestAttributes currently bound to the thread.
static RequestAttributes	getRequestAttributes()	Return the RequestAttributes currently bound to the thread.
static void	resetRequestAttributes()	Reset the RequestAttributes for the current thread.
static void	setRequestAttributes(RequestAttributes attributes)	Bind the given RequestAttributes to the current thread, not exposing it as inheritable for child threads.
static void	setRequestAttributes(RequestAttributes attributes, boolean inheritable)	Bind the given RequestAttributes to the current thread.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

RequestContextHolder

public RequestContextHolder()

Method Details

resetRequestAttributes

public static void resetRequestAttributes()

Reset the RequestAttributes for the current thread.

setRequestAttributes

public static void setRequestAttributes(@Nullable
 RequestAttributes attributes)

Bind the given RequestAttributes to the current thread, not exposing it as inheritable for child threads.

Parameters:

attributes - the RequestAttributes to expose

See Also:

• setRequestAttributes(RequestAttributes, boolean)

setRequestAttributes

public static void setRequestAttributes(@Nullable
 RequestAttributes attributes,
 boolean inheritable)

Bind the given RequestAttributes to the current thread.

Parameters:

attributes - the RequestAttributes to expose, or null to reset the thread-bound context

inheritable - whether to expose the RequestAttributes as inheritable for child threads (using an InheritableThreadLocal)

getRequestAttributes

@Nullable
public static RequestAttributes getRequestAttributes()

Return the RequestAttributes currently bound to the thread.

Returns:

the RequestAttributes currently bound to the thread, or null if none bound

currentRequestAttributes

public static RequestAttributes currentRequestAttributes()
                                                  throws IllegalStateException

Return the RequestAttributes currently bound to the thread.

Exposes the previously bound RequestAttributes instance, if any. Falls back to the current JSF FacesContext, if any.

Returns:

the RequestAttributes currently bound to the thread

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if no RequestAttributes object is bound to the current thread

See Also:

• setRequestAttributes(org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestAttributes)
• ServletRequestAttributes
• FacesRequestAttributes
• FacesContext.getCurrentInstance()