EL Expression inside jspx

Question

Hi,
this should be easy I hope ;-)
I want to link to another project on my server by using af:goLink
This target project resides on the same server but I can't link to it relative (is this correct??)
I don't want to hardcode the servername so I need to get the servername dynamically.
I tried
<af:goLink text="Help" styleClass="menu"
*destination="http://#{pageContext.request.serverName}/helpproject/"*
targetFrame="_blank"
shortDesc="Help!!">
but this results in
http://helpproject/
So. what's the correct syntax for the EL Expression to get my Servername??
thx,
Florian.

Answer 1

I don't want to hardcode the servername so I need to get the servername dynamically.Technically, this is one way to get hold of your server host/port information:
       ((ServletRequest)ADFContext.getCurrent().getEnvironment().getRequest()).getLocalName();
       ((ServletRequest)ADFContext.getCurrent().getEnvironment().getRequest()).getLocalPort();You'd need to write this code in a bean getter method returning a string like 'hostname:port'.
It's equivalent to writing a scriptlet on a plain jsp that does:
<%=request.getLocalName()+request.getLocalPort()%>However, are you sure this other app will always remain deployed on the same server/port?
Why don't you just keep that other app's path in a resource bundle/database and read it from there?
Will be easier to change later this way...