org.springframework.web.jsf
Class FacesContextUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.web.jsf.FacesContextUtils

public abstract class FacesContextUtils

extends Object

Convenience methods to retrieve the root WebApplicationContext for a given FacesContext. This is e.g. useful for accessing a Spring context from custom JSF code.

Analogous to Spring's WebApplicationContextUtils for the ServletContext.

Since:

02.08.2004

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

ContextLoader, WebApplicationContextUtils

Constructor Summary

FacesContextUtils()

Method Summary

static WebApplicationContext	getRequiredWebApplicationContext(javax.faces.context.FacesContext fc) Find the root WebApplicationContext for this web app, which is typically loaded via ContextLoaderListener or ContextLoaderServlet.
static WebApplicationContext	getWebApplicationContext(javax.faces.context.FacesContext fc) Find the root WebApplicationContext for this web app, which is typically loaded via ContextLoaderListener or ContextLoaderServlet.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FacesContextUtils

public FacesContextUtils()

Method Detail

getWebApplicationContext

public static WebApplicationContext getWebApplicationContext(javax.faces.context.FacesContext fc)

Find the root WebApplicationContext for this web app, which is typically loaded via ContextLoaderListener or ContextLoaderServlet.

Will rethrow an exception that happened on root context startup, to differentiate between a failed context startup and no context at all.

Parameters:

fc - FacesContext to find the web application context for

Returns:

the root WebApplicationContext for this web app, or null if none

See Also:

WebApplicationContext.ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE

getRequiredWebApplicationContext

public static WebApplicationContext getRequiredWebApplicationContext(javax.faces.context.FacesContext fc)
                                                              throws IllegalStateException

Find the root WebApplicationContext for this web app, which is typically loaded via ContextLoaderListener or ContextLoaderServlet.

Will rethrow an exception that happened on root context startup, to differentiate between a failed context startup and no context at all.

Parameters:

fc - FacesContext to find the web application context for

Returns:

the root WebApplicationContext for this web app

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if the root WebApplicationContext could not be found

See Also:

WebApplicationContext.ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE