org.springframework.web.filter

Class RequestContextFilter

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.web.filter.GenericFilterBean

org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter

org.springframework.web.filter.RequestContextFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Aware, BeanNameAware, DisposableBean, InitializingBean, EnvironmentAware, ServletContextAware

public class RequestContextFilter
extends OncePerRequestFilter

Servlet 2.3 Filter that exposes the request to the current thread, through both LocaleContextHolder and RequestContextHolder. To be registered as filter in web.xml.

Alternatively, Spring's RequestContextListener and Spring's DispatcherServlet also expose the same request context to the current thread.

This filter is mainly for use with third-party servlets, e.g. the JSF FacesServlet. Within Spring's own web support, DispatcherServlet's processing is perfectly sufficient.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Juergen Hoeller, Rod Johnson

See Also:

LocaleContextHolder, RequestContextHolder, RequestContextListener, DispatcherServlet

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private boolean	threadContextInheritable

Fields inherited from class org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter

ALREADY_FILTERED_SUFFIX

Fields inherited from class org.springframework.web.filter.GenericFilterBean

logger

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RequestContextFilter()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected void	doFilterInternal(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, FilterChain filterChain) Same contract as for doFilter, but guaranteed to be just invoked once per request.
void	setThreadContextInheritable(boolean threadContextInheritable) Set whether to expose the LocaleContext and RequestAttributes as inheritable for child threads (using an InheritableThreadLocal).

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter

doFilter, getAlreadyFilteredAttributeName, shouldNotFilter

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.web.filter.GenericFilterBean

addRequiredProperty, afterPropertiesSet, destroy, getFilterConfig, getFilterName, getServletContext, init, initBeanWrapper, initFilterBean, setBeanName, setEnvironment, setServletContext

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

threadContextInheritable

private boolean threadContextInheritable

Constructor Detail

RequestContextFilter

public RequestContextFilter()

Method Detail

setThreadContextInheritable

public void setThreadContextInheritable(boolean threadContextInheritable)

Set whether to expose the LocaleContext and RequestAttributes as inheritable for child threads (using an InheritableThreadLocal).

Default is "false", to avoid side effects on spawned background threads. Switch this to "true" to enable inheritance for custom child threads which are spawned during request processing and only used for this request (that is, ending after their initial task, without reuse of the thread).

WARNING: Do not use inheritance for child threads if you are accessing a thread pool which is configured to potentially add new threads on demand (e.g. a JDK ThreadPoolExecutor), since this will expose the inherited context to such a pooled thread.

doFilterInternal

protected void doFilterInternal(HttpServletRequest request,
                    HttpServletResponse response,
                    FilterChain filterChain)
                         throws ServletException,
                                java.io.IOException

Description copied from class: OncePerRequestFilter

Same contract as for doFilter, but guaranteed to be just invoked once per request. Provides HttpServletRequest and HttpServletResponse arguments instead of the default ServletRequest and ServletResponse ones.

Specified by:

doFilterInternal in class OncePerRequestFilter

Throws:

ServletException

java.io.IOException