HttpServletResponse

[Marco de Booij]

Hello,

I have a technical question.
I use:
  - apache-tomee-plus-1.1.0-SNAPSHOT from August 24
  - Ubuntu 12.04
  - java version "1.6.0_24"
    OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.11.3) 
(6b24-1.11.3-1ubuntu0.12.04.1)
    OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.0-b12, mixed mode)

I have an application with a JSF Managed Bean (export) that generates a 
PDF file and returns it to the browser. I call the Managed Bean as follows:
    ExportManager exportBean  = (ExportManager) 
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getApplication().getELResolver().getValue(context.getELContext(), 
null, "export");
    exportBean.export(exportData);

I do not want to put this bean in every application that I make. This 
way I only have the JasperReport and its dependent libraries once.
So to access this bean from other applications I can not do it this way 
(or am I wrong?). I make it a remote bean so I can define it with an 
@EJB annotation or through a JNDI lookup. This does not work because the 
FacesContext is null:
      HttpServletResponse response  = (HttpServletResponse) 
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getResponse();

I tried to find how to get the HttpServletResponse but I could not. 
Passing the HttpServletResponse is a solution that is discouraged.

So my question is: "What is the best way to do this?" A WebService looks 
heavy to me since I only have 1 application server involved.

I got it working a while ago in Glassfish. Forgot how and I lost the war 
file and sources

Regards,

Marco