Except that when I need the host info, I don't have a Request object handy. In fact, when I need the host info, my application may not have even received any requests yet. The application needs to know host info for application initialization. There are data structures that need to be set up before any requests are ever handled.
--Chuck -----Original Message----- From: Jerome Louvel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 12:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: RE: Find host info from Application Ok I see. For this you can use the Request.getRootRef() method that was recently added. Best regards, Jerome > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Chuck Hinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : mardi 20 > février 2007 18:29 À : [email protected] Objet : RE: RE: Find > host info from Application > > I need, for example, to find out what the canonical hostname/base url > of my deployment environment is. > > For example, when creating atom:source elements, I have to be able to > construct a URL for a feed (that's part of my application), and I > can't do that if I don't know what my hostname and port number are. > > --Chuck > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerome Louvel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 12:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Find host info from Application > > > Hi Chuck, > > As an Application is expected to be portable from one deployment > environment to another, we intentionally don't have a reference to the > parent VirtualHost. > > I would be interested to know what is the requirement leading you in > the path. For now, if you really need this reference, you should > manually pass it to the constructor of your application. > > Best regards, > Jerome > > > -----Message d'origine----- > > De : Chuck Hinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : > mardi 20 > > février 2007 18:06 À : [email protected] Objet : Find host > > info from Application > > > > > > From within an Application, how does one get hold of the > VirtualHost > > to which the application is attached? > > > > --Chuck > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Chuck Hinson > > Gestalt LLC > > phone: 610.994.2833 > > IM: chucking24 (Yahoo) > >
