Accessing javax.servlet classes

In order to provide a consistent set of APIs for Web application developers, some ZIETrans APIs were generalized so they would work in a Web environment.

The getRequest() method on this interface returns a com.ibm.hats.runtime.IRequest object. In a Web application, this object will be of type com.ibm.hats.runtime.WebRequest. WebRequest has similar methods to HttpServletRequest, but does not extend from it. To access the actual HttpServletRequest object from a WebRequest object, the getHttpServletRequest() method can be called.

Table 1. Javax.servlet class plus ZIETrans class plus the method to access
javax.servlet Class	+ Wrapper ZIETrans Class	+ Method to access
HttpServletRequest	com.ibm.hats.runtime.WebRequest	WebRequest.getHttpServletRequest()
HttpServletResponse	com.ibm.hats.runtime.WebResponse	WebResponse.getHttpServletResponse()
ServletContext	com.ibm.hats.runtime.WebContext	WebContext.getServletContext()
ServletConfig	com.ibm.hats.runtime.WebConfig	WebConfig.getServletConfig()

See the Javadoc API for IBusinessLogicInformation for more information and code samples.