User Guide

626 Chapter 3: ColdFusion Functions
GetPageContext
Description
Gets the current ColdFusion MX PageContext object that provides access to page attributes and
configuration, request, and response objects.
Returns
The current ColdFusion MX Java PageContext Java object.
Category
System functions
Function syntax
GetPageContext()
History
ColdFusion MX: Added this function.
Usage
The ColdFusion MX PageContext class is a wrapper class for the Java PageContext object that
can resolve scopes and perform case-insensitive variable lookups.
The PageContext object exposes fields and methods that can be useful in J2EE integration. It
includes the
include and forward methods that provide the equivalent of the corresponding
standard JSP tags. You use these methods to call JSP pages and servlets. For example, you use the
following code in CFScript to include the JSP page hello.jsp and pass it a
name parameter:
GetPageContext().include("hello.jsp?name=Bobby"); ===
When you use GetPageContext to include a JSP page in a CFML page on WebLogic, you may
need to flush the output of the CFML page with
cfflush before calling the JSP page. Otherwise,
the ColdFusion output appears after the JSP output.
For more information, see your Java Server Pages (JSP) documentation.
Example
<!--- this example shows using the page context to set a page
variable and access the language of the current locale --->
<cfset pc = GetPageContext()>
<cfset pc.setAttribute("name","John Doe")>
<cfoutput>name: #variables.name#<br></cfoutput>
<cfoutput>Language of the current locale is
#pc.getRequest().getLocale().getDisplayLanguage()#</cfoutput>>.