The GearContext
interface extends PortalContext
. Its getGearMode
method provides access to the gear mode. The GearContext
also provides access to the community, display mode, page, and portal made available by the PortalContext
.
Each gear renders in a particular GearContext
. You can access the current GearContext
from a gear by accessing the GEARSERVLETREQUEST attribute, part of the HttpServletRequest
. To create your own GearContext
you can use the GearContextImpl
class