# com.bea.netuix.servlets.controls.page
MenuPresentationContext Class

public class MenuPresentationContext
extends `PresentationContext`

This class represents a portal menu component. All presentation-related attributes of a menu component are available from instances of this class. Such instances are typically used during portal rendering via look and feel skeleton files (e.g. singlelevelmenu.jsp, multilevelmenu.jsp).

This class exposes the render-related attributes of a generic menu, but the actual structural data it uses to generate the menu itself comes from it's parent `BookPresentationContext`.

The presence of an instance of this class indicates that a tabbed menu (of 'n' levels) should be rendered for the parent book.

Related Topics

#getMenuPresentationContext, #getBookPresentationContext

Hierarchy
  `Object`
  `ControlContext`
  `PresentationContext`
  `MenuPresentationContext`

All Implemented Interfaces
  `Serializable`

## Field Summary

`public static final `String`` | `CENTER` Align the tabs in the center.
`protected static final `String`` | `CLASS_NAME` String
`public static final `String`` | `LEFT` Align the tabs on the left.
`public static final `String`` | `RIGHT` Align the tabs on the right.

Fields from com.bea.netuix.servlets.controls`.`ControlContext``
`debug`

## Constructor Summary

## Method Summary

`public `String`` | `getAlign`() Returns the preferred alignment of the rendered menu tabs.
`public static `MenuPresentationContext`` | `getMenuPresentationContext`(`HttpServletRequest` request) This is a convenience method for returning a reference to the current `MenuPresentationContext`.

Methods from `com.bea.netuix.servlets.controls.`PresentationContext``
``getChildren`, `getChildren`, `getFirstChild`, `getParsedProperties`, `getPresentationClass`, `getPresentationId`, `getPresentationStyle`, `getProperties`, `getProperty`, `getProperty`, `getPropertyAsBoolean`, `getPropertyAsInt`, `getResolvedLocale`, `getTagName`, `isVisible`, `setVisible``

Methods from `com.bea.netuix.servlets.controls.`ControlContext``
`getContextFromRequest, getControl, getRequestKey, getUniqueId, removeContextFromRequest, setContextInRequest`

Methods from class `java.lang.`Object``
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

## Field Detail

### CENTER

    public static final String CENTER

  Align the tabs in the center.

### CLASS_NAME

    protected static final String CLASS_NAME

### LEFT

    public static final String LEFT

  Align the tabs on the left.

### RIGHT

    public static final String RIGHT

  Align the tabs on the right.

## Constructor Detail

## Method Detail

### getAlign() Method

    public String getAlign()

Returns the preferred alignment of the rendered menu tabs.

#### Returns

One of:

- `MenuPresentationContext.LEFT`
- `MenuPresentationContext.CENTER`
- `MenuPresentationContext.RIGHT`

### getMenuPresentationContext(HttpServletRequest) Method

    public static MenuPresentationContext getMenuPresentationContext(HttpServletRequest request)

This is a convenience method for returning a reference to the current `MenuPresentationContext`. Note this method will only work if called from within a portal (typically, from the singlelevelmenu.jsp or the multilevelmenu.jsp skeleton). This method may return null if called when no appropriate context exists, but such a context should safely exist when being fetched from the associated skeleton JSP during normal portal rendering.

#### Parameters

request
  The current HTTPServletRequest instance

#### Returns

A reference to the current PagePresentationContext, if any