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 and Description
Context	createContext(Context parent, Request request) Returns the context which should be used for the provided HTTP request.

Method Detail

createContext

Context createContext(Context parent,
                      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.