org.kuali.rice.krad.util
Class GlobalVariables

java.lang.Object
  org.kuali.rice.krad.util.GlobalVariables

public final class GlobalVariables
extends Object

Holds all of our thread local variables and accessors for those

Author:

Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

Method Summary

static void	clear() Clears out GlobalVariable objects with the exception of the UserSession
static <T> T	doInNewGlobalVariables(Callable<T> callable) Pushes a new GlobalVariables object onto the ThreadLocal GlobalVariables stack, invokes the runnable, and pops the GlobalVariables off in a finally clause
static MessageMap	getMessageMap()
static Object	getRequestCache(String cacheName)
static UserSession	getUserSession()
static void	mergeErrorMap(MessageMap messageMap) Merges a message map into the global variables error map
static void	setHideSessionFromTestsMessage(String message) Sets an error message for tests that try to use the session without declaring it.
static void	setMessageMap(MessageMap messageMap) Sets a new (clean) MessageMap
static void	setRequestCache(String cacheName, Object cacheObject)
static void	setUserSession(UserSession userSession) sets the userSession object into the global variable for this thread

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getUserSession

public static UserSession getUserSession()

Returns:

the UserSession that has been assigned to this thread of execution it is important that this not be called by anything that lives outside

setHideSessionFromTestsMessage

public static void setHideSessionFromTestsMessage(String message)

Sets an error message for tests that try to use the session without declaring it. This method should be use by only KualiTestBase, not by other test code and especially not by production code.

Parameters:

message - the detail to throw, or null to allow access to the session

setUserSession

public static void setUserSession(UserSession userSession)

sets the userSession object into the global variable for this thread

Parameters:

userSession -

getMessageMap

public static MessageMap getMessageMap()

mergeErrorMap

public static void mergeErrorMap(MessageMap messageMap)

Merges a message map into the global variables error map

Parameters:

messageMap -

setMessageMap

public static void setMessageMap(MessageMap messageMap)

Sets a new (clean) MessageMap

Parameters:

messageMap -

getRequestCache

public static Object getRequestCache(String cacheName)

setRequestCache

public static void setRequestCache(String cacheName,
                                   Object cacheObject)

clear

public static void clear()

Clears out GlobalVariable objects with the exception of the UserSession

doInNewGlobalVariables

public static <T> T doInNewGlobalVariables(Callable<T> callable)
                                throws Exception

Pushes a new GlobalVariables object onto the ThreadLocal GlobalVariables stack, invokes the runnable, and pops the GlobalVariables off in a finally clause

Parameters:

callable - the code to run under a new set of GlobalVariables

Throws:

Exception