Package org.forgerock.json.resource.http

Interface HttpContextFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

SecurityContextFactory

public interface HttpContextFactory

A factory which is responsible for creating new request Contexts for each JSON request. The returned context must include a RootContext as its root and may include zero or more sub-contexts.

As an example, a context factory may return a context chain which includes authentication state information.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
org.forgerock.services.context.Context	createContext(org.forgerock.services.context.Context parent, org.forgerock.http.protocol.Request request)	Returns the context which should be used for the provided HTTP request.

Method Details

createContext

org.forgerock.services.context.Context createContext(org.forgerock.services.context.Context parent,
 org.forgerock.http.protocol.Request request)
                                              throws ResourceException

Returns the context which should be used for the provided HTTP request.

Parameters:

parent - The parent context.

request - The HTTP request which is about to be processed.

Returns:

The context which should be used for the provided HTTP request.

Throws:

ResourceException - If a request context could not be obtained.