How do I access the request (or session) from within the condition class of a web-item

[pfahsel]

I have a web-item in a confluence-plugin which I only want to be displayed when a certain session attribute is set. However I cannot manage to access the HttpServletRequest or HttpSession from within the condition class.

I tried

HttpServletRequest request = ((ServletRequestAttributes)RequestContextHolder.currentRequestAttributes()).getRequest();

but that gives me:

java.lang.IllegalStateException: No thread-bound request found: Are you referring to request attributes outside of an actual web request, or processing a request outside of the originally receiving thread? If you are actually operating within a web request and still receive this message, your code is probably running outside of DispatcherServlet/DispatcherPortlet: In this case, use RequestContextListener or RequestContextFilter to expose the current request.

Since I cannot do as the exception message suggests from my plugin perspective, what is the preferred way to access the request in this context?

[Panos · Accepted solution]

Try this:

HttpServletRequest request = ServletActionContext.getRequest();

[pfahsel]

Works like a charm. Thank you