Hi Simon, Thank you for the information... but how exactly do I go about access those information once I have the external context?
On 10/24/06, Simon Kitching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hii Jim, Jim the Standing Bear wrote: > I am working on a JSF project, and one commandLink would refer to a > different project (a servlet) on the same tomcat server. My question > is, how can I obtain the name of the server from a backing bean, so > that I can dynamically populate the commandLink no matter where the > war is deployed? Because my JSF project would always have to use the > servlet that coexists on the same server, so hardcoding the servername > into the commandLink value is not an option for real deployment. > > I know in servlet there is a way to do that, and even in JSP... but > now I need to do that in JSF backing bean. Please help. Thanks! Calling FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext() returns an ExternalContext object which gives you access to just about everything a Servlet has access to. Is this not sufficient for you? Regards, Simon
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