Can't cast RenderRequest to HttpServletRequest

[ceik]

Hi

I'm getting an eXo RenderRequestImpl exception when trying to cast RenderRequest to HttpServletRequest.

Is this not supported or is this a bug?

I'm using GateIn 3.1.0 GA on Tomcat.

The reason I'm trying to do this is that I've defined a portlet filter which I want to use, and there set some session values.

Thanks

Cato

[mposolda]

Hi,

You can't cast RenderRequest to HttpServletRequest. RenderRequest is not instance of HttpServletRequest. RenderRequest has method getPortletSession, which you can use to save attributes to portlet session. More info is in javadoc for portlet 2.0 api or in JSR-286 specification.

Hope this helps,

Marek

[jferreyram]

Hi

You can try this:

import org.gatein.pc.portlet.impl.jsr168.api.RenderRequestImpl;

........

Object request = //get the request

if (request instanceof RenderRequestImpl) {

     RenderRequestImpl renderRequest = (RenderRequestImpl) reqObj;
     HttpServletRequestWrapper hsrw = renderRequest.getRealRequest();

      //use the hsrw object

}

I hope this helps you.

Jorge

[ceik]

Thanks Jorge, that helped!!