This page last changed on Jun 24, 2007 by smaddox.

This is a constantly updated FAQ listing questions and answers asked by people developing Confluence plugins and working with the Confluence code base in general. For general questions, check Confluence Main FAQ.

If you have a question, please ask it as a comment and someone from Atlassian will reply. Comment threads will gradually be merged back into this FAQ as needed. Please try to be as specific as possible with your questions.

Questions

How do I get hold of the HttpServletRequest?
I am trying to compile a plugin, but get an error about the target release
What is the best way to load a class or resource from a plugin?
How do I get a reference to a component?
How do I load a resource from a plugin?
What class should my XWork action plugin extend?
How Do I find enabled and disabled plugins in the Database?
How do I display the Confluence System Classpath?
What class should my macro extend?
Within a Confluence macro, how do I retrieve the current ContentEntityObject?
How do I prevent my rendered wiki text from being surrounded by paragraph tags?
How do I autowire a component?
How do I get my macro output exported to HTML and PDF?
How does RENDERMODE work?
Disable "Remember my login on this computer"
How do I associate my own properties with a ContentEntityObject?
How do I convert wiki text to HTML?
How do I disable RSS Feeds?
Encrypting error messages in Sybase
How do I get the base URL and ContextPath of a Confluence installation?
How do I... find unused spaces
What is Bandana? One form of Confluence Persistence
How do I find information about lost attachments?
How do I get the location of the confluence.home directory?
What's the easiest way to render a velocity template from Java code?
How do I use HTTPS for login only?
How do I find the logged in user?
How do I configure Confluence to use GMail as the mail server
Enabling Developer Mode
How do I change the default polling time for email in Confluence?
How do I get the information about Confluence such as version number, build number, build date?
Disable Velocity Caching
How do I tell if a user has permission to...?
HTTP Response Code Definitions
How do I make my attachments open in a new window or a tab?
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