Java Reference
In-Depth Information
The
ServletRequest
Interface
public interface ServletRequest
The
ServletRequest
interface defines an object used to encapsulate information about the
client's request. Information in the
ServletRequest
object includes parameter name/value
pairs, attributes, and an input stream. The
ServletRequest
interface defines the following
methods to access this information.
The
getAttribute()
Method
public java.lang.Object getAttribute(java.lang.String name)
The
getAttribute()
method returns the value of the object keyed by the name string for the
current request.
getAttribute()
throws no exceptions.
It has one parameter:
•
java.lang.String
It returns this value:
•
java.lang.Object
The
getAttributeNames()
Method
public java.util.Enumeration getAttributeNames()
The
getAttributeNames()
method returns an enumeration containing the names of all the
attributes in the current request.
getAttributeNames()
has no parameters and throws no
exceptions.
It returns this value:
•
java.util.Enumeration
The
getCharacterEncoding()
Method
public java.lang.String getCharacterEncoding()
The
getCharacterEncoding()
method returns a string representing the character set encoding
for this request.
getCharacterEncoding()
has no parameters and throws no exceptions.
It returns this value:
•
java.lang.String
The
getContentLength()
Method
public int getContentLength()
