org.springframework.web.filter
Class RequestContextFilter

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.springframework.web.filter.GenericFilterBean
      extended by org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter
          extended by org.springframework.web.filter.RequestContextFilter
All Implemented Interfaces:
Filter, 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 inherited from class org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter
ALREADY_FILTERED_SUFFIX
 
Fields inherited from class org.springframework.web.filter.GenericFilterBean
logger
 
Constructor Summary
RequestContextFilter()
           
 
Method Summary
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
 

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,
                                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
IOException