With the root resource class, sub-resource class, or an exception mapping provider, you can use the Context annotation to acquire the context defined according to the JAX-RS 1.1 specifications. The JAX-RS engine supports the following types of context:

• javax.ws.rs.core.UriInfo
• javax.ws.rs.core.HttpHeaders
• javax.ws.rs.core.Request
• javax.ws.rs.core.SecurityContext
• javax.ws.rs.core.ext.Providers
• javax.servlet.ServletConfig
• javax.servlet.ServletContext
• javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest
• javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse

Although the information included in the context differs for each HTTP request, because the provider instances are singleton, the information included in javax.ws.rs.core.ext.Providers is always the same for each WAR file.

The following subsection describes the types of context supported by the JAX-RS engine.

Organization of this section

24.4.1 javax.ws.rs.core.UriInfo

24.4.2 javax.ws.rs.core.HttpHeaders

24.4.3 javax.ws.rs.core.Request

24.4.4 javax.ws.rs.core.SecurityContext

24.4.5 javax.ws.rs.core.ext.Providers

24.4.6 javax.servlet.ServletConfig

24.4.7 javax.servlet.ServletContext

24.4.8 javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest

24.4.9 javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse