Calling third party application that needs the HttpServletRequest parameter

Question

Hi,
I am doing the customizations to the Webcenter portal(since the issue is specific to ADF, I am posting the thread in this group) wherein I need to invoke a Java API provided by third party. That Java API expects the HttpServletRequest parameter.
To obtain the HttpServletRequest , I used the below code: -
FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
HttpServletRequest request =
+(HttpServletRequest)context.getExternalContext().getRequest();+
Besides, I need to set some parameters to the request, as the API needs those parameters to connect to the 3rd party application. Hence I have set the attributes as below: -
request.setAttribute("HttpProxyHost", "https://thirdparty.com");
request.setAttribute("HttpProxyPort", "2021");
request.setAttribute("HttpProxyUser", "abcd");
request.setAttribute("HttpProxyPass", "efgh");
The call to the API works fine when tested standalone. But after deploying this to the application, I see the following issue.
The ADF application interacts with other 3rd party applications too. Once the above code is executed, the application is trying to connect to the above host(https://thirdparty.com) only for the subsequent requests from any user of that application, even if the actual call is meant to connect to different hosts.
Can I create a custom servlet class to invoke the Java API? If so, how can I call that servlet API from my ADF managed bean?
Even if I create a custom servlet, the parameters that I set like HttpProxyHost will persist, right?
Please provide any suggestions
Thanks,

Answer 1

Hi,
1) what is the problem you think makes this specific to ADF?
2) Have you tried : http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/networking/urls/connecting.html
Your requirement of changing a request that is in process sounds weird to be honest
Frank