com.bea.p13n.servlets.jsp
Class TagSupportHelper

java.lang.Object
  com.bea.p13n.servlets.jsp.TagSupportHelper

public class TagSupportHelper

extends Object

A class that provides P13N helper methods for P13N JSP custom tag handler classes.

Constructor Summary

TagSupportHelper()

Method Summary

static AdviceRequest	createAdviceRequest(PageContext pageContext, String uri, String identifier) Populates a new AdviceRequest with the following: The current HTTP Request The current HTTP Session The current User A new TimeInstant A new Time A new Date
static Advisor	createAdvisor() Creates an Advisor EJB instance.
static ProfileWrapper	getUserProfile(HttpServletRequest httpRequest) Returns a ProfileWrapper for the current user.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TagSupportHelper

public TagSupportHelper()

Method Detail

createAdviceRequest

public static AdviceRequest createAdviceRequest(PageContext pageContext,
                                                String uri,
                                                String identifier)
                                         throws JspException

Populates a new AdviceRequest with the following:

• The current HTTP Request
• The current HTTP Session
• The current User
• A new TimeInstant
• A new Time
• A new Date

Parameters:

pageContext - The PageContext.

uri - the URI for the AdviceRequest - this will correspond to the URI prefix of a deployed Advislet.

identifier - the identifier for this request to the Advisor.

Returns:

a new AdviceRequest instance.

Throws:

JspException - if an error occurrs during creation of an AdviceRequest.

See Also:

AdviceRequest

createAdvisor

public static Advisor createAdvisor()
                             throws JspException

Creates an Advisor EJB instance.

Returns:

an Advisor

Throws:

JspException - if an error occurrs during creation of an Advisor.

See Also:

Advisor

getUserProfile

public static ProfileWrapper getUserProfile(HttpServletRequest httpRequest)
                                     throws JspException

Returns a ProfileWrapper for the current user. This method first tries to retrieve a previously cached profile. If one cannot be found, a new ProfileWrapper is created for the current user ID. If the user ID is not initialized, an anonymous profile is returned.

Returns:

a ProfileWrapper for the current user.

Throws:

JspException - on profile retrieval error.