In a separate posting, I requested access to GET/POST/SESSION/COOKIE objects from within business rules and processes. On a related matter, I'd like to have access to the HttpServletRequest object from within the plugin framework. This object contains the the above referenced objects and much more, such as the current URL, HTTP User Agent, etc... Presently, Aware IM can access this object in its top-level servlet, but does not pass the object to the plugin framework. Thus, when writing Java plugins, we have no access to the server environment.
Having access to this object from the plugin framework would greatly enhance the power and flexibility of the framework, allowing us to develop much more powerful plugins.