PortalWCMContextHelper

Use the PortalWCMContextHelper class to determine the web content context from within portal code, such as a theme.

To use the PortalWCMContextHelper class, create an instance of the helper class and invoke the getCurrentWCMContext method, passing in the parameters HttpServletRequest and HttpServletResponse:

public String getCurrentWCMContext(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse)

This method returns a string containing the content path that defines the current web content context. To determine the content path, the getCurrentWCMContext method performs the following checks:

1. The method reads the value of the path-info public render parameter. The method constructs the content path from the path-info parameter and the content association of the current page, when these conditions are true:

   • The path-info parameter is present.

   • The friendly.pathinfo.enabled property is enabled in the portal configuration service.

2. If the path-info parameter is not present or if the friendly.pathinfo.enabled property is disabled, the method reads the public render parameter. If the public render parameter is present, the method returns the value of this parameter.

3. If no public render parameter is present, the method evaluates the current page for a default content association. The method then returns the path of the content item that is mapped to the page.

Source of PortalWCMContextHelper

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 * Copyright IBM Corp. 2010, 2011                                 *
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package com.ibm.portal.extension;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.naming.Context;
import javax.naming.InitialContext;
import javax.naming.NamingException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
import com.ibm.portal.MetaData;
import com.ibm.portal.ModelException;
import com.ibm.portal.ObjectID;
import com.ibm.portal.content.ContentMetaDataModel;
import com.ibm.portal.content.ContentModel;
import com.ibm.portal.content.ContentNode;
import com.ibm.portal.model.ContentMetaDataModelHome;
import com.ibm.portal.model.ContentModelHome;
import com.ibm.portal.services.contentmapping.exceptions.ContentMappingDataBackendException;
import com.ibm.portal.state.StateHolder;
import com.ibm.portal.state.accessors.StateAccessor;
import com.ibm.portal.state.accessors.StateAccessorFactory;
import com.ibm.portal.state.accessors.exceptions.StateNotInRequestException;
import com.ibm.portal.state.accessors.portlet.PortletAccessorFactory;
import com.ibm.portal.state.accessors.portlet.SharedStateAccessor;
import com.ibm.portal.state.exceptions.CannotInstantiateAccessorException;
import com.ibm.portal.state.exceptions.StateException;
import com.ibm.portal.state.exceptions.UnknownAccessorTypeException;
import com.ibm.portal.state.service.PortalStateManagerServiceHome;
import com.ibm.portal.state.service.StateManagerService;
import com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.exceptions.DocumentIdCreationException;
import com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.exceptions.DocumentRetrievalException;
import com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.exceptions.IllegalDocumentTypeException;
import com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.exceptions.OperationFailedException;
import com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.exceptions.ServiceNotAvailableException;

/**
 * Helper class to determine the current WCM context. This class can only be used from portal code. 
 * From portlet code please use PorteltWCMContextHelper instead. 
 */

public class PortalWCMContextHelper extends WCMContextHelper {

   /** QName of the shared render parameter that holds the WCM public context */
   static final QName PUBLIC_WCM_CONTEXT_PARAM_QNAME = 
         new QName("http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/datatype/content", "context");

   /** QName of the shared render parameter that holds the path info */
   static final QName PUBLIC_PATH_INFO_QNAME = 
         new QName("http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/websphere/portal/publicparams", "path-info");

   /**
    * Page metadata key that controls the sharing scope for public render
    * parameter of portlets on this page     */
   static final String PARAM_SHARING_SCOPE_KEY = "param.sharing.scope";
   private final PortalStateManagerServiceHome stateManagerServiceHome;
   private final ContentModelHome contentModelHome;
   private final ContentMetaDataModelHome contentMetaDataModelHome;
   /**
    * Initializes the PortalWCMContextHelper.  
    * 
    * @throws NamingException 
    */
   public PortalWCMContextHelper() throws NamingException {
      // this initialization needs to be done only once.
      final Context ctx = new InitialContext();
      stateManagerServiceHome = 
         (PortalStateManagerServiceHome) ctx.lookup(PortalStateManagerServiceHome.JNDI_NAME);
      contentModelHome = (ContentModelHome) ctx.lookup(ContentModelHome.JNDI_NAME);
      contentMetaDataModelHome = (ContentMetaDataModelHome) ctx.lookup(ContentMetaDataModelHome.JNDI_NAME);
   }

   /**
    * Gets the WCM context of the current page. It checks path info, public WCM context render parameter 
    * and content mapping in this order. A WCM context defined as private render parameter or 
    * preference of the Web Content Viewer portlet is NOT returned.
    *  
    * @param request HttpServletRequest
    * @param response HttpServletResponse
    * 
    * @return String representation of a content path.
    * 
    * @throws StateException 
    * @throws IllegalDocumentTypeException 
    * @throws DocumentRetrievalException 
    * @throws DocumentIdCreationException 
    * @throws OperationFailedException 
    * @throws ServiceNotAvailableException 
    * @throws ContentMappingDataBackendException 
    * @throws ModelException 
    */

   public String getCurrentWCMContext(final HttpServletRequest request, final HttpServletResponse response) 
         throws StateException, ContentMappingDataBackendException, ServiceNotAvailableException, 
         OperationFailedException, DocumentIdCreationException, DocumentRetrievalException, 
         IllegalDocumentTypeException, ModelException {
      String contentPath = null;
      final StateManagerService stateManagerService = 
         stateManagerServiceHome.getPortalStateManagerService(request, response);
      final StateHolder currentState = getCurrentPortalState(request, stateManagerService);
      final ContentModel<ContentNode> contentModel = 
         contentModelHome.getContentModelProvider().getContentModel(request, response);
      final ContentMetaDataModel metaDataModel = 
         contentMetaDataModelHome.getContentMetaDataModelProvider().getContentMetaDataModel(request, response);
      // find out public render parameter scope
      final ObjectID currentPage = getCurrentPageID(stateManagerService, currentState);
      final ContentNode page = contentModel.getLocator().findByID(currentPage);
      final MetaData metadata = metaDataModel.getMetaData(page);
      final Object scope = metadata.getValue(PARAM_SHARING_SCOPE_KEY);
      String publicRenderScope;
      if (scope != null) {
         publicRenderScope = scope.toString();
      } else {
         publicRenderScope = SharedStateAccessor.KEY_GLOBAL_PUBLIC_RENDER_PARAMETERS;
      }

      // load public render parameter
      final PortletAccessorFactory portletAccFct = 
         stateManagerService.getAccessorFactory(PortletAccessorFactory.class);
      final SharedStateAccessor sharedStateAcc = 
         portletAccFct.getSharedStateAccessor(publicRenderScope, currentState);
      if (sharedStateAcc != null) {
         try {
            final Map<QName, String[]> sharedRenderParams = sharedStateAcc.getParameters();
            // check path info first.
            if (sharedRenderParams.containsKey(PUBLIC_PATH_INFO_QNAME)) {
               final String[] pathInfo = sharedRenderParams.get(PUBLIC_PATH_INFO_QNAME);
               if (pathInfo != null && pathInfo.length > 0) {
                  String contentMapping = getContentMapping(stateManagerService, currentState);
                  contentPath = assembleContentPath(contentMapping, pathInfo);
               }
            }
            // if there is no path info check the public WCM context.
            if (contentPath == null && sharedRenderParams.containsKey(PUBLIC_WCM_CONTEXT_PARAM_QNAME)) {
               final String[] values = sharedRenderParams.get(PUBLIC_WCM_CONTEXT_PARAM_QNAME);
               if (values != null && values.length > 0) {
                  contentPath = values[0];
               }
            }
         } finally {
            sharedStateAcc.dispose();
         }
      }
      if (contentPath == null) {
         // check for a content mapping
         contentPath = getContentMapping(stateManagerService, currentState);
      }
      return contentPath;
   }

   /**
    * Gets the current portal state.
    *  
    * @param request HttpServletRequest
    * @param stateManagerService StateManagerService, entry point to the portal state API     * 
    * @return the current portal state
    * 
    * @throws UnknownAccessorTypeException
    * @throws CannotInstantiateAccessorException
    * @throws StateNotInRequestException
    */
   private StateHolder getCurrentPortalState(final HttpServletRequest request, 
         final StateManagerService stateManagerService) throws UnknownAccessorTypeException, 
         CannotInstantiateAccessorException, StateNotInRequestException {
      StateHolder result = null;
      final StateAccessorFactory stateAccFac = 
         (StateAccessorFactory) stateManagerService.getAccessorFactory(StateAccessorFactory.class);
      final StateAccessor stateAcc = stateAccFac.getStateAccessor();
      try {
         result = stateAcc.getStateHolder(request);
      } finally {
         stateAcc.dispose();
      }
      return result;
   }
}

Parent: Helper class samples for web content context