[DELTASPIKE-414] HttpServletRequest (and others) injection not working in servlet filters from web.xml

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.5
• Fix Version/s: 0.6
• Component/s: Servlet-Module
• Assignee: Christian Kaltepoth
• Reporter: Emond Papegaaij
• Created: 01/Oct/13 06:00
• Updated: 20/Mar/14 07:44
• Resolved: 11/Mar/14 06:35

Description

DeltaSpike uses a filter to record the request and response objects for injection in that thread. This filter is configured in web-fragment.xml, which is loaded before other web-fragments, but not before web.xml. Filters from web.xml will be first in the chain, breaking request and response injection into these filters with "Attempt to access the request/response without an active HTTP request" (RequestResponseHolder:85).

We are moving from Solder, where the request and response objects were recorded in a ServletRequestListener, which is always fired first, regardless of it's position in the web.xml/web-fragment.xml. I think DeltaSpike should use the same approach.

For now, a workaround is to copy the configuration of RequestResponseHolderFilter to your web.xml and put it before all other filters.