com.bea.portal.appflow
Interface PortalRequest

public interface PortalRequest

The PortalRequest is synonymous with the HttpServletRequest it only lives the life of the http request. The PortalRequest has references to the PortalContext, Portal, PortalState, HttpServletRequest and PortalAppflowEvent.

Field Summary

static String

KEY The HttpServletRequest parameter key to which the PortalRequest is stored.

Method Summary

Portal	getPortal() Retrieve an instance of the Portal definition.
PortalAppflowEvent	getPortalAppflowEvent() Retrieve the last appflow event.
PortalContext	getPortalContext() Retrieve an instance of the portalContext.
PortalSession	getPortalSession() Creates a PortalSession.
PortalState	getPortalState() Retrieve an instance of the PortalState.
HttpServletRequest	getServletRequest() Return a reference the the HttpServletRequest.

Field Detail

KEY

public static final String KEY

The HttpServletRequest parameter key to which the PortalRequest is stored.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getServletRequest

public HttpServletRequest getServletRequest()

Return a reference the the HttpServletRequest.

getPortalSession

public PortalSession getPortalSession()

Creates a PortalSession. If one already exist in the HttpSession then that will be returned, otherwise a new one will be created. This method just delegates to PortalAppflowFactory.createPortalSession(request).

See Also:

PortalAppflowFactory.createPortalSession(HttpServletRequest)

getPortalContext

public PortalContext getPortalContext()

Retrieve an instance of the portalContext.

getPortalAppflowEvent

public PortalAppflowEvent getPortalAppflowEvent()

Retrieve the last appflow event.

See Also:

PortalAppflowEvent

getPortal

public Portal getPortal()

Retrieve an instance of the Portal definition.

See Also:

Portal

getPortalState

public PortalState getPortalState()

Retrieve an instance of the PortalState. The Portal state differs from the Portal object in that all the personalization and entitlements have been applied. The Portal object just represents the portal definition in the .portal xml file.

See Also:

Portal