request Object

The request object is available in any JSP Page. It contains information provided when the HTTP request is made. The information it contains can be used with the REST record Resource or Java Record Handling APIs to get further information from the record.

When a JSP page is invoked by an active record, the request object contains record identifiers.

Record-identifying information is available when:

• The JSP page is acting as a Print Template.
• The JSP page is acting as a Custom Control on a record form.

To obtain the identifiers from the request object:

<syntaxhighlight lang="java" enclose="div">

<%

 String object_id = request.getParameter("object_id");
 String record_id = request.getParameter("record_id");

%> </syntaxhighlight>

Note: Although the object_id is alphanumeric, it can be used in any API that requires an object name.

To list all of the parameters available in the request object and display their values:

<syntaxhighlight lang="java" enclose="div">

<%

 String[] params = request.getParameterValues();
 for (int i=0; i<params.length; i++)
 {
   String paramName = params[i];
   String paramValue = request.getParameter( paramName );
 }

%> </syntaxhighlight>