## javax.servlet.jsp
Class JspContext

    java.lang.Object
      javax.servlet.jsp.JspContext

Direct Known Subclasses:
  PageContext

    public abstract class JspContext

extends Object

`JspContext` serves as the base class for the PageContext class and abstracts all information that is not specific to servlets. This allows for Simple Tag Extensions to be used outside of the context of a request/response Servlet.

The JspContext provides a number of facilities to the page/component author and page implementor, including:

- a single API to manage the various scoped namespaces
- a mechanism to obtain the JspWriter for output
- a mechanism to expose page directive attributes to the scripting environment

Methods Intended for Container Generated Code

The following methods enable the management of nested JspWriter streams to implement Tag Extensions: `pushBody()` and `popBody()`

Methods Intended for JSP authors

Some methods provide uniform access to the diverse objects representing scopes. The implementation must use the underlying machinery corresponding to that scope, so information can be passed back and forth between the underlying environment (e.g. Servlets) and JSP pages. The methods are: `setAttribute()`, `getAttribute()`, `findAttribute()`, `removeAttribute()`, `getAttributesScope()` and `getAttributeNamesInScope()`.

The following methods provide convenient access to implicit objects: `getOut()`

The following methods provide programmatic access to the Expression Language evaluator: `getExpressionEvaluator()`, `getVariableResolver()`

Since:
  JSP 2.0

Constructor Summary
`JspContext()` Sole constructor.

Method Summary
`abstract Object` `findAttribute(String name)` Searches for the named attribute in page, request, session (if valid), and application scope(s) in order and returns the value associated or null.
`abstract Object` `getAttribute(String name)` Returns the object associated with the name in the page scope or null if not found.
`abstract Object` `getAttribute(String name, int scope)` Return the object associated with the name in the specified scope or null if not found.
`abstract Enumeration<String>` `getAttributeNamesInScope(int scope)` Enumerate all the attributes in a given scope.
`abstract int` `getAttributesScope(String name)` Get the scope where a given attribute is defined.
`abstract ELContext` `getELContext()` Returns the `ELContext` associated with this `JspContext`.
`abstract ExpressionEvaluator` `getExpressionEvaluator()` Deprecated. As of JSP 2.1, replaced by `JspApplicationContext.getExpressionFactory()`
`abstract JspWriter` `getOut()` The current value of the out object (a JspWriter).
`abstract VariableResolver` `getVariableResolver()` Deprecated. As of JSP 2.1, replaced by `ELContext.getELResolver()`, which can be obtained by `jspContext.getELContext().getELResolver()`.
`JspWriter` `popBody()` Return the previous JspWriter "out" saved by the matching pushBody(), and update the value of the "out" attribute in the page scope attribute namespace of the JspContext.
`JspWriter` `pushBody(Writer writer)` Return a new JspWriter object that sends output to the provided Writer.
`abstract void` `removeAttribute(String name)` Remove the object reference associated with the given name from all scopes.
`abstract void` `removeAttribute(String name, int scope)` Remove the object reference associated with the specified name in the given scope.
`abstract void` `setAttribute(String name, Object value)` Register the name and value specified with page scope semantics.
`abstract void` `setAttribute(String name, Object value, int scope)` Register the name and value specified with appropriate scope semantics.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### JspContext

    public JspContext()

  Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically implicit.)

Method Detail

### setAttribute

    public abstract void setAttribute(String name,
                                      Object value)

  Register the name and value specified with page scope semantics. If the value passed in is `null`, this has the same effect as calling `removeAttribute( name, PageContext.PAGE_SCOPE )`.

  Parameters:
    `name` - the name of the attribute to set
    `value` - the value to associate with the name, or null if the attribute is to be removed from the page scope.
  Throws:
    `NullPointerException` - if the name is null

### setAttribute

    public abstract void setAttribute(String name,
                                      Object value,
                                      int scope)

  Register the name and value specified with appropriate scope semantics. If the value passed in is `null`, this has the same effect as calling `removeAttribute( name, scope )`.

  Parameters:
    `name` - the name of the attribute to set
    `value` - the object to associate with the name, or null if the attribute is to be removed from the specified scope.
    `scope` - the scope with which to associate the name/object
  Throws:
    `NullPointerException` - if the name is null
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if the scope is invalid
    `IllegalStateException` - if the scope is PageContext.SESSION_SCOPE but the page that was requested does not participate in a session or the session has been invalidated.

### getAttribute

    public abstract Object getAttribute(String name)

  Returns the object associated with the name in the page scope or null if not found.

  Parameters:
    `name` - the name of the attribute to get
  Returns:
    the object associated with the name in the page scope or null if not found.
  Throws:
    `NullPointerException` - if the name is null

### getAttribute

    public abstract Object getAttribute(String name,
                                        int scope)

  Return the object associated with the name in the specified scope or null if not found.

  Parameters:
    `name` - the name of the attribute to set
    `scope` - the scope with which to associate the name/object
  Returns:
    the object associated with the name in the specified scope or null if not found.
  Throws:
    `NullPointerException` - if the name is null
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if the scope is invalid
    `IllegalStateException` - if the scope is PageContext.SESSION_SCOPE but the page that was requested does not participate in a session or the session has been invalidated.

### findAttribute

    public abstract Object findAttribute(String name)

  Searches for the named attribute in page, request, session (if valid), and application scope(s) in order and returns the value associated or null.

  Parameters:
    `name` - the name of the attribute to search for
  Returns:
    the value associated or null
  Throws:
    `NullPointerException` - if the name is null

### removeAttribute

    public abstract void removeAttribute(String name)

  Remove the object reference associated with the given name from all scopes. Does nothing if there is no such object.

  Parameters:
    `name` - The name of the object to remove.
  Throws:
    `NullPointerException` - if the name is null

### removeAttribute

    public abstract void removeAttribute(String name,
                                         int scope)

  Remove the object reference associated with the specified name in the given scope. Does nothing if there is no such object.

  Parameters:
    `name` - The name of the object to remove.
    `scope` - The scope where to look.
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if the scope is invalid
    `IllegalStateException` - if the scope is PageContext.SESSION_SCOPE but the page that was requested does not participate in a session or the session has been invalidated.
    `NullPointerException` - if the name is null

### getAttributesScope

    public abstract int getAttributesScope(String name)

  Get the scope where a given attribute is defined.

  Parameters:
    `name` - the name of the attribute to return the scope for
  Returns:
    the scope of the object associated with the name specified or 0
  Throws:
    `NullPointerException` - if the name is null

### getAttributeNamesInScope

    public abstract Enumeration<String> getAttributeNamesInScope(int scope)

  Enumerate all the attributes in a given scope.

  Parameters:
    `scope` - the scope to enumerate all the attributes for
  Returns:
    an enumeration of names (java.lang.String) of all the attributes the specified scope
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if the scope is invalid
    `IllegalStateException` - if the scope is PageContext.SESSION_SCOPE but the page that was requested does not participate in a session or the session has been invalidated.

### getOut

    public abstract JspWriter getOut()

  The current value of the out object (a JspWriter).

  Returns:
    the current JspWriter stream being used for client response

### getExpressionEvaluator

    public abstract ExpressionEvaluator getExpressionEvaluator()

  Deprecated. As of JSP 2.1, replaced by `JspApplicationContext.getExpressionFactory()`

  Provides programmatic access to the ExpressionEvaluator. The JSP Container must return a valid instance of an ExpressionEvaluator that can parse EL expressions.

  Returns:
    A valid instance of an ExpressionEvaluator.
  Since:
    JSP 2.0

### getVariableResolver

    public abstract VariableResolver getVariableResolver()

  Deprecated. As of JSP 2.1, replaced by `ELContext.getELResolver()`, which can be obtained by `jspContext.getELContext().getELResolver()`.

  Returns an instance of a VariableResolver that provides access to the implicit objects specified in the JSP specification using this JspContext as the context object.

  Returns:
    A valid instance of a VariableResolver.
  Since:
    JSP 2.0

### getELContext

    public abstract ELContext getELContext()

  Returns the `ELContext` associated with this `JspContext`.

  The `ELContext` is created lazily and is reused if it already exists. There is a new `ELContext` for each `JspContext`.

  The `ELContext` must contain the `ELResolver` described in the JSP specification (and in the javadocs for `JspApplicationContext.addELResolver(javax.el.ELResolver)`).

  Returns:
    The `ELContext` associated with this `JspContext`.
  Since:
    JSP 2.1

### pushBody

    public JspWriter pushBody(Writer writer)

  Return a new JspWriter object that sends output to the provided Writer. Saves the current "out" JspWriter, and updates the value of the "out" attribute in the page scope attribute namespace of the JspContext.

  The returned JspWriter must implement all methods and behave as though it were unbuffered. More specifically:

  - clear() must throw an IOException
  - clearBuffer() does nothing
  - getBufferSize() always returns 0
  - getRemaining() always returns 0

  Parameters:
    `writer` - The Writer for the returned JspWriter to send output to.
  Returns:
    a new JspWriter that writes to the given Writer.
  Since:
    JSP 2.0

### popBody

    public JspWriter popBody()

  Return the previous JspWriter "out" saved by the matching pushBody(), and update the value of the "out" attribute in the page scope attribute namespace of the JspContext.

  Returns:
    the saved JspWriter.

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