javax.portlet

Interface PortletRequestDispatcher

public interface PortletRequestDispatcher

The PortletRequestDispatcher interface defines an object that receives requests from the client and sends them to the specified resources (such as a servlet, HTML file, or JSP file) on the server. The portlet container creates the PortletRequestDispatcher object, which is used as a wrapper around a server resource located at a particular path or given by a particular name.
Method Summary
voidinclude(RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response)
Includes the content of a resource (servlet, JSP page, HTML file) in the response.

Method Detail

include

public void include(RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response)
Includes the content of a resource (servlet, JSP page, HTML file) in the response. In essence, this method enables programmatic server-side includes.

The included servlet cannot set or change the response status code or set headers; any attempt to make a change is ignored.

Parameters: request a RenderRequest object that contains the client request response a RenderResponse object that contains the render response

Throws: PortletException if the included resource throws a ServletException, or other exceptions that are not Runtime- or IOExceptions. java.io.IOException if the included resource throws this exception