JspContext (JSP 2.3 API Documentation

java.lang.Object
- javax.servlet.jsp.JspContext

Direct Known Subclasses:

PageContext
```
public abstract class JspContext
extends java.lang.Object
```
JspContext serves as the base class for the PageContext class and abstracts all information that is not specific to servlets. This allows for Simple Tag Extensions to be used outside of the context of a request/response Servlet.
The JspContext provides a number of facilities to the page/component author and page implementor, including:
- a single API to manage the various scoped namespaces
- a mechanism to obtain the JspWriter for output
- a mechanism to expose page directive attributes to the scripting environment
Methods Intended for Container Generated Code
The following methods enable the management of nested JspWriter streams to implement Tag Extensions: pushBody() and popBody()
Methods Intended for JSP authors
Some methods provide uniform access to the diverse objects representing scopes. The implementation must use the underlying machinery corresponding to that scope, so information can be passed back and forth between the underlying environment (e.g. Servlets) and JSP pages. The methods are: setAttribute(), getAttribute(), findAttribute(), removeAttribute(), getAttributesScope() and getAttributeNamesInScope().
The following methods provide convenient access to implicit objects: getOut()
The following methods provide programmatic access to the Expression Language evaluator: getExpressionEvaluator(), getVariableResolver()
Since:

2.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description

JspContext()
Sole constructor.

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`JspContext()` Sole constructor.

Method Summary

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`abstract java.lang.Object`	`findAttribute(java.lang.String name)` Searches for the named attribute in page, request, session (if valid), and application scope(s) in order and returns the value associated or null.
`abstract java.lang.Object`	`getAttribute(java.lang.String name)` Returns the object associated with the name in the page scope or null if not found.
`abstract java.lang.Object`	`getAttribute(java.lang.String name, int scope)` Return the object associated with the name in the specified scope or null if not found.
`abstract java.util.Enumeration<java.lang.String>`	`getAttributeNamesInScope(int scope)` Enumerate all the attributes in a given scope.
`abstract int`	`getAttributesScope(java.lang.String name)` Get the scope where a given attribute is defined.
`abstract javax.el.ELContext`	`getELContext()`
`abstract ExpressionEvaluator`	`getExpressionEvaluator()` Deprecated. As of JSP 2.1, replaced by JspApplicationContext.getExpressionFactory()
`abstract JspWriter`	`getOut()` The current value of the out object (a JspWriter).
`abstract VariableResolver`	`getVariableResolver()` Deprecated. As of JSP 2.1, replaced by javax.el.ELContext.getELResolver() which can be obtained by jspContext.getELContext().getELResolver()
`JspWriter`	`popBody()` Return the previous JspWriter "out" saved by the matching pushBody(), and update the value of the "out" attribute in the page scope attribute namespace of the JspContext.
`JspWriter`	`pushBody(java.io.Writer writer)` Return a new JspWriter object that sends output to the provided Writer.
`abstract void`	`removeAttribute(java.lang.String name)` Remove the object reference associated with the given name from all scopes.
`abstract void`	`removeAttribute(java.lang.String name, int scope)` Remove the object reference associated with the specified name in the given scope.
`abstract void`	`setAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value)` Register the name and value specified with page scope semantics.
`abstract void`	`setAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value, int scope)` Register the name and value specified with appropriate scope semantics.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - JspContext
```
public JspContext()
```
    Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically implicit.)
- Method Detail
  - setAttribute
```
public abstract void setAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                java.lang.Object value)
```
    Register the name and value specified with page scope semantics. If the value passed in is null, this has the same effect as calling removeAttribute( name, PageContext.PAGE_SCOPE ).
    
    Parameters:
    name - the name of the attribute to set
    value - the value to associate with the name, or null if the attribute is to be removed from the page scope.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the name is null
  - setAttribute
```
public abstract void setAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                java.lang.Object value,
                int scope)
```
    Register the name and value specified with appropriate scope semantics. If the value passed in is null, this has the same effect as calling removeAttribute( name, scope ).
    
    Parameters:
    name - the name of the attribute to set
    value - the object to associate with the name, or null if the attribute is to be removed from the specified scope.
    scope - the scope with which to associate the name/object
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the name is null
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the scope is invalid
    
    java.lang.IllegalStateException - if the scope is PageContext.SESSION_SCOPE but the page that was requested does not participate in a session or the session has been invalidated.
  - getAttribute
```
public abstract java.lang.Object getAttribute(java.lang.String name)
```
    Returns the object associated with the name in the page scope or null if not found.
    
    Parameters:
    name - the name of the attribute to get
    
    Returns:
    the object associated with the name in the page scope or null if not found.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the name is null
  - getAttribute
```
public abstract java.lang.Object getAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                            int scope)
```
    Return the object associated with the name in the specified scope or null if not found.
    
    Parameters:
    name - the name of the attribute to set
    scope - the scope with which to associate the name/object
    
    Returns:
    the object associated with the name in the specified scope or null if not found.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the name is null
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the scope is invalid
    
    java.lang.IllegalStateException - if the scope is PageContext.SESSION_SCOPE but the page that was requested does not participate in a session or the session has been invalidated.
  - findAttribute
```
public abstract java.lang.Object findAttribute(java.lang.String name)
```
    Searches for the named attribute in page, request, session (if valid), and application scope(s) in order and returns the value associated or null.
    
    Parameters:
    name - the name of the attribute to search for
    
    Returns:
    the value associated or null
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the name is null
  - removeAttribute
```
public abstract void removeAttribute(java.lang.String name)
```
    Remove the object reference associated with the given name from all scopes. Does nothing if there is no such object.
    
    Parameters:
    name - The name of the object to remove.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the name is null
  - removeAttribute
```
public abstract void removeAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                   int scope)
```
    Remove the object reference associated with the specified name in the given scope. Does nothing if there is no such object.
    
    Parameters:
    name - The name of the object to remove.
    scope - The scope where to look.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the scope is invalid
    
    java.lang.IllegalStateException - if the scope is PageContext.SESSION_SCOPE but the page that was requested does not participate in a session or the session has been invalidated.
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the name is null
  - getAttributesScope
```
public abstract int getAttributesScope(java.lang.String name)
```
    Get the scope where a given attribute is defined.
    
    Parameters:
    name - the name of the attribute to return the scope for
    
    Returns:
    the scope of the object associated with the name specified or 0
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the name is null
  - getAttributeNamesInScope
```
public abstract java.util.Enumeration<java.lang.String> getAttributeNamesInScope(int scope)
```
    Enumerate all the attributes in a given scope.
    
    Parameters:
    scope - the scope to enumerate all the attributes for
    
    Returns:
    an enumeration of names (java.lang.String) of all the attributes the specified scope
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the scope is invalid
    
    java.lang.IllegalStateException - if the scope is PageContext.SESSION_SCOPE but the page that was requested does not participate in a session or the session has been invalidated.
  - getOut
```
public abstract JspWriter getOut()
```
    The current value of the out object (a JspWriter).
    
    Returns:
    the current JspWriter stream being used for client response
  - getExpressionEvaluator
```
public abstract ExpressionEvaluator getExpressionEvaluator()
```
    Deprecated. As of JSP 2.1, replaced by JspApplicationContext.getExpressionFactory()
    
    Provides programmatic access to the ExpressionEvaluator. The JSP Container must return a valid instance of an ExpressionEvaluator that can parse EL expressions.
    
    Returns:
    A valid instance of an ExpressionEvaluator.
    Since:
    
    2.0
  - getELContext
```
public abstract javax.el.ELContext getELContext()
```
  - getVariableResolver
```
public abstract VariableResolver getVariableResolver()
```
    Deprecated. As of JSP 2.1, replaced by javax.el.ELContext.getELResolver() which can be obtained by jspContext.getELContext().getELResolver()
    
    Returns an instance of a VariableResolver that provides access to the implicit objects specified in the JSP specification using this JspContext as the context object.
    
    Returns:
    A valid instance of a VariableResolver.
    Since:
    
    2.0
  - pushBody
```
public JspWriter pushBody(java.io.Writer writer)
```
    Return a new JspWriter object that sends output to the provided Writer. Saves the current "out" JspWriter, and updates the value of the "out" attribute in the page scope attribute namespace of the JspContext.
    The returned JspWriter must implement all methods and behave as though it were unbuffered. More specifically:
    - clear() must throw an IOException
    - clearBuffer() does nothing
    - getBufferSize() always returns 0
    - getRemaining() always returns 0
    Parameters:
    writer - The Writer for the returned JspWriter to send output to.
    
    Returns:
    a new JspWriter that writes to the given Writer.
    Since:
    
    2.0
  - popBody
```
public JspWriter popBody()
```
    Return the previous JspWriter "out" saved by the matching pushBody(), and update the value of the "out" attribute in the page scope attribute namespace of the JspContext.
    
    Returns:
    the saved JspWriter.

Class JspContext

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Detail

JspContext

Method Detail

setAttribute

setAttribute

getAttribute

getAttribute

findAttribute

removeAttribute

removeAttribute

getAttributesScope

getAttributeNamesInScope

getOut

getExpressionEvaluator

getELContext

getVariableResolver

pushBody

popBody