HttpServletRequest (Class)

Represents the query of a client forwarded to a servlet.

There is only one instance of this address accessible via the request. variable.

Methods


getHeader	Returns an attribute defined in the query header.
getParameter	Returns the value of a query parameter.
getRemoteAddr	Returns the IP address of the client or the last proxy to have sent a request.
getUTF8Parameter	Returns the value (coded in UTF-8) of a parameter of the query.
getBodyAsString	Returns the body of the query in the form of a string of characters using query coding.
forward	Redirects the query towards another page without going via the client.

Properties


parameters	Returns the query parameters.
cookies	Returns the cookies of the query.
requestURI	Returns the URL of the query.
queryString	Returns the part of the query's URL which matches the parameters.
scheme	Returns the name of the protocol used (HTTP, HTTPS, etc.) to access this page.
serverName	Returns the name of the query server.
serverPort	Returns the port number used to contact the server.
serverURL	Returns the URL for accessing the server.
servletPath	Returns the section of the query's URL which matches the servlet.
contextPath	Returns the section of the query's URL which matches the context.
pathInfo	Returns the additional information of the query's URL.
method	Returns a string of characters containing the HTTP method used to call up this query (GET, HEAD, POST, etc.).

Features

Available in:

JSSP
WebApp