com.vaadin.server
Interface VaadinRequest

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

VaadinPortlet.VaadinGateInRequest, VaadinPortlet.VaadinHttpAndPortletRequest, VaadinPortlet.VaadinLiferayRequest, VaadinPortlet.VaadinWebSpherePortalRequest, VaadinPortletRequest, VaadinServletRequest

public interface VaadinRequest
extends java.io.Serializable

A generic request to the server, wrapping a more specific request type, e.g. HttpServletReqest or PortletRequest.

Since:

7.0.0

Author:

Vaadin Ltd

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	getAttribute(java.lang.String name) Gets a request attribute.
java.util.Enumeration<java.lang.String>	getAttributeNames() Returns an Enumeration containing the names of the attributes available to this request.
java.lang.String	getAuthType() Returns the name of the authentication scheme used for the connection between client and server, for example, BASIC_AUTH, CLIENT_CERT_AUTH, a custom one or null if there was no authentication.
java.lang.String	getCharacterEncoding() Returns the name of the character encoding used in the body of this request.
int	getContentLength() Returns the length of the request content that can be read from the input stream returned by getInputStream().
java.lang.String	getContentType() Returns the MIME type of the body of the request, or null if the type is not known.
java.lang.String	getContextPath() Returns the portion of the request URI that indicates the context of the request.
javax.servlet.http.Cookie[]	getCookies() Returns an array containing all of the Cookie objects the client sent with this request.
long	getDateHeader(java.lang.String name) Returns the value of the specified request header as a long value that represents a Date object.
java.lang.String	getHeader(java.lang.String headerName) Gets the value of a request header, e.g.
java.util.Enumeration<java.lang.String>	getHeaderNames() Returns an enumeration of all the header names this request contains.
java.util.Enumeration<java.lang.String>	getHeaders(java.lang.String name) Returns all the values of the specified request header as an Enumeration of String objects.
java.io.InputStream	getInputStream() Returns an input stream from which the request content can be read.
java.util.Locale	getLocale() Gets locale information from the query, e.g.
java.util.Enumeration<java.util.Locale>	getLocales() Returns an Enumeration of Locale objects indicating, in decreasing order starting with the preferred locale, the locales that are acceptable to the client based on the Accept-Language header.
java.lang.String	getMethod() Returns the name of the HTTP method with which this request was made, for example, GET, POST, or PUT.
java.lang.String	getParameter(java.lang.String parameter) Gets the named request parameter This is typically a HTTP GET or POST parameter, though other request types might have other ways of representing parameters.
java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String[]>	getParameterMap() Gets all the parameters of the request.
java.lang.String	getPathInfo() Gets the path of the requested resource relative to the application.
java.io.BufferedReader	getReader() Retrieves the body of the request as character data using a BufferedReader.
java.lang.String	getRemoteAddr() Returns the IP address from which the request came.
java.lang.String	getRemoteHost() Returns the fully qualified name of the client or the last proxy that sent the request.
int	getRemotePort() Returns the Internet Protocol (IP) source port of the client or last proxy that sent the request.
java.lang.String	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.
VaadinService	getService() Gets the vaadin service for the context of this request.
java.security.Principal	getUserPrincipal() Returns a java.security.Principal object containing the name of the current authenticated user.
WrappedSession	getWrappedSession() Gets the session associated with this request, creating a new if there is no session.
WrappedSession	getWrappedSession(boolean allowSessionCreation) Gets the session associated with this request, optionally creating a new if there is no session.
boolean	isSecure() Checks whether the request was made using a secure channel, e.g.
boolean	isUserInRole(java.lang.String role) Returns a boolean indicating whether the authenticated user is included in the specified logical "role".
void	removeAttribute(java.lang.String name) Removes an attribute from this request.
void	setAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value) Defines a request attribute.

Method Detail

getParameter

java.lang.String getParameter(java.lang.String parameter)

Gets the named request parameter This is typically a HTTP GET or POST parameter, though other request types might have other ways of representing parameters.

Parameters:

parameter - the name of the parameter

Returns:

The paramter value, or null if no parameter with the given name is present

See Also:

ServletRequest.getParameter(String), PortletRequest.getParameter(String)

getParameterMap

java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String[]> getParameterMap()

Gets all the parameters of the request. Framework's internal init parameters have prefix "v-" (does not include such parameters as "theme" and "debug").

Returns:

A mapping of parameter names to arrays of parameter values

See Also:

getParameter(String), ServletRequest.getParameterMap(), PortletRequest.getParameter(String)

getContentLength

int getContentLength()

Returns the length of the request content that can be read from the input stream returned by getInputStream().

Returns:

content length in bytes

See Also:

ServletRequest.getContentLength(), ClientDataRequest.getContentLength()

getInputStream

java.io.InputStream getInputStream()
                                   throws java.io.IOException

Returns an input stream from which the request content can be read. The request content length can be obtained with getContentLength() without reading the full stream contents.

Returns:

the input stream from which the contents of the request can be read

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the input stream can not be opened

See Also:

ServletRequest.getInputStream(), ClientDataRequest.getPortletInputStream()

getAttribute

java.lang.Object getAttribute(java.lang.String name)

Gets a request attribute.

Parameters:

name - the name of the attribute

Returns:

the value of the attribute, or null if there is no attribute with the given name

See Also:

ServletRequest.getAttribute(String), PortletRequest.getAttribute(String)

setAttribute

void setAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                  java.lang.Object value)

Defines a request attribute.

Parameters:

name - the name of the attribute

value - the attribute value

See Also:

ServletRequest.setAttribute(String, Object), PortletRequest.setAttribute(String, Object)

getPathInfo

java.lang.String getPathInfo()

Gets the path of the requested resource relative to the application. The path be null if no path information is available. Does always start with / if the path isn't null.

Returns:

a string with the path relative to the application.

See Also:

HttpServletRequest.getPathInfo()

getContextPath

java.lang.String getContextPath()

Returns the portion of the request URI that indicates the context of the request. The context path always comes first in a request URI.

Returns:

a String specifying the portion of the request URI that indicates the context of the request

See Also:

HttpServletRequest.getContextPath(), PortletRequest.getContextPath()

getWrappedSession

WrappedSession getWrappedSession()

Gets the session associated with this request, creating a new if there is no session.

Returns:

the wrapped session for this request

See Also:

WrappedSession, HttpServletRequest.getSession(), PortletRequest.getPortletSession()

getWrappedSession

WrappedSession getWrappedSession(boolean allowSessionCreation)

Gets the session associated with this request, optionally creating a new if there is no session.

Parameters:

allowSessionCreation - true to create a new session for this request if necessary; false to return null if there's no current session

Returns:

the wrapped session for this request

See Also:

WrappedSession, HttpServletRequest.getSession(boolean), PortletRequest.getPortletSession(boolean)

getContentType

java.lang.String getContentType()

Returns the MIME type of the body of the request, or null if the type is not known.

Returns:

a string containing the name of the MIME type of the request, or null if the type is not known

See Also:

ServletRequest.getContentType(), ClientDataRequest.getContentType()

getLocale

java.util.Locale getLocale()

Gets locale information from the query, e.g. using the Accept-Language header.

Returns:

the preferred Locale

See Also:

ServletRequest.getLocale(), PortletRequest.getLocale()

getRemoteAddr

java.lang.String getRemoteAddr()

Returns the IP address from which the request came. This might also be the address of a proxy between the server and the original requester.

Returns:

a string containing the IP address, or null if the address is not available

See Also:

ServletRequest.getRemoteAddr()

isSecure

boolean isSecure()

Checks whether the request was made using a secure channel, e.g. using https.

Returns:

a boolean indicating if the request is secure

See Also:

ServletRequest.isSecure(), PortletRequest.isSecure()

getHeader

java.lang.String getHeader(java.lang.String headerName)

Gets the value of a request header, e.g. a http header for a HttpServletRequest.

Parameters:

headerName - the name of the header

Returns:

the header value, or null if the header is not present in the request

See Also:

HttpServletRequest.getHeader(String)

getService

VaadinService getService()

Gets the vaadin service for the context of this request.

Returns:

the vaadin service

See Also:

VaadinService

getCookies

javax.servlet.http.Cookie[] getCookies()

Returns an array containing all of the Cookie objects the client sent with this request. This method returns null if no cookies were sent.

Returns:

an array of all the Cookies included with this request, or null if the request has no cookies

See Also:

HttpServletRequest.getCookies(), PortletRequest.getCookies()

getAuthType

java.lang.String getAuthType()

Returns the name of the authentication scheme used for the connection between client and server, for example, BASIC_AUTH, CLIENT_CERT_AUTH, a custom one or null if there was no authentication.

Returns:

a string indicating the authentication scheme, or null if the request was not authenticated.

See Also:

HttpServletRequest.getAuthType(), PortletRequest.getAuthType()

getRemoteUser

java.lang.String 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. Whether the user name is sent with each subsequent request depends on the browser and type of authentication.

Returns:

a String specifying the login of the user making this request, or null if the user login is not known.

See Also:

HttpServletRequest.getRemoteUser(), PortletRequest.getRemoteUser()

getUserPrincipal

java.security.Principal getUserPrincipal()

Returns a java.security.Principal object containing the name of the current authenticated user. If the user has not been authenticated, the method returns null.

Returns:

a java.security.Principal containing the name of the user making this request; null if the user has not been authenticated

See Also:

HttpServletRequest.getUserPrincipal(), PortletRequest.getUserPrincipal()

isUserInRole

boolean isUserInRole(java.lang.String role)

Returns a boolean indicating whether the authenticated user is included in the specified logical "role". Roles and role membership can be defined using deployment descriptors. If the user has not been authenticated, the method returns false.

Parameters:

role - a String specifying the name of the role

Returns:

a boolean indicating whether the user making this request belongs to a given role; false if the user has not been authenticated

See Also:

HttpServletRequest.isUserInRole(String), PortletRequest.isUserInRole(String)

removeAttribute

void removeAttribute(java.lang.String name)

Removes an attribute from this request. This method is not generally needed as attributes only persist as long as the request is being handled.

Parameters:

name - a String specifying the name of the attribute to remove

See Also:

ServletRequest.removeAttribute(String), PortletRequest.removeAttribute(String)

getAttributeNames

java.util.Enumeration<java.lang.String> getAttributeNames()

Returns an Enumeration containing the names of the attributes available to this request. This method returns an empty Enumeration if the request has no attributes available to it.

Returns:

an Enumeration of strings containing the names of the request's attributes

See Also:

ServletRequest.getAttributeNames(), PortletRequest.getAttributeNames()

getLocales

java.util.Enumeration<java.util.Locale> getLocales()

Returns an Enumeration of Locale objects indicating, in decreasing order starting with the preferred locale, the locales that are acceptable to the client based on the Accept-Language header. If the client request doesn't provide an Accept-Language header, this method returns an Enumeration containing one Locale, the default locale for the server.

Returns:

an Enumeration of preferred Locale objects for the client

See Also:

ServletRequest.getLocales(), PortletRequest.getLocales()

getRemoteHost

java.lang.String getRemoteHost()

Returns the fully qualified name of the client or the last proxy that sent the request. If the engine cannot or chooses not to resolve the hostname (to improve performance), this method returns the dotted-string form of the IP address.

Returns:

a String containing the fully qualified name of the client, or null if the information is not available.

See Also:

ServletRequest.getRemoteHost()

getRemotePort

int getRemotePort()

Returns the Internet Protocol (IP) source port of the client or last proxy that sent the request.

Returns:

an integer specifying the port number, or -1 if the information is not available.

See Also:

ServletRequest.getRemotePort()

getCharacterEncoding

java.lang.String getCharacterEncoding()

Returns the name of the character encoding used in the body of this request. This method returns null if the request does not specify a character encoding.

Returns:

a String containing the name of the character encoding, or null if the request does not specify a character encoding

See Also:

ServletRequest.getCharacterEncoding(), ClientDataRequest.getCharacterEncoding()

getReader

java.io.BufferedReader getReader()
                                 throws java.io.IOException

Retrieves the body of the request as character data using a BufferedReader. The reader translates the character data according to the character encoding used on the body. Either this method or getInputStream() may be called to read the body, not both.

Returns:

a BufferedReader containing the body of the request

Throws:

java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException - - if the character set encoding used is not supported and the text cannot be decoded

java.lang.IllegalStateException - - if getInputStream() method has been called on this request

java.io.IOException - if an input or output exception occurred

See Also:

ServletRequest.getReader(), ClientDataRequest.getReader()

getMethod

java.lang.String getMethod()

Returns the name of the HTTP method with which this request was made, for example, GET, POST, or PUT.

Returns:

a String specifying the name of the method with which this request was made

See Also:

HttpServletRequest.getMethod(), ClientDataRequest.getMethod()

getDateHeader

long getDateHeader(java.lang.String name)

Returns the value of the specified request header as a long value that represents a Date object. Use this method with headers that contain dates, such as If-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 an IllegalArgumentException.

Parameters:

name - a String specifying the name of the header

Returns:

a long value representing the date specified in the header expressed as the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 GMT, or -1 if the named header was not included with the request

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the header value can't be converted to a date

See Also:

HttpServletRequest.getDateHeader(String)

getHeaderNames

java.util.Enumeration<java.lang.String> getHeaderNames()

Returns an enumeration of all the header names this request contains. If the request has no headers, this method returns an empty enumeration.

Some implementations do not allow access headers using this method, in which case this method returns null

Returns:

an enumeration of all the header names sent with this request; if the request has no headers, an empty enumeration; if the implementation does not allow this method, null

See Also:

HttpServletRequest.getHeaderNames()

getHeaders

java.util.Enumeration<java.lang.String> getHeaders(java.lang.String name)

Returns all the values of the specified request header as an Enumeration of String objects.

Some headers, such as Accept-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 empty Enumeration. If the request does not support accessing headers, this method returns null.

The header name is case insensitive. You can use this method with any request header.

Parameters:

name - a String specifying the header name

Returns:

an Enumeration containing the values of the requested header. If the request does not have any headers of that name return an empty enumeration. If the header information is not available, return null

See Also:

HttpServletRequest.getHeaders(String)