public static TilesApplicationContext getApplicationContext(Object context) 
{
        TilesContainer container = getContainer(context);
        if (container != null) {
            return container.getApplicationContext();
        }
        return (TilesApplicationContext) getAttribute(context, CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE);
}

Returns the Tiles application context object.

 public static TilesContainer getContainer(Object context) 
{
                                           
        return (TilesContainer) getAttribute(context, CONTAINER_ATTRIBUTE);
}

Finds and returns a Tiles container object, if it was previously initialized.

 public static  void setContainer(Object context,
    TilesContainer container) throws TilesException 
{
        if (container == null) {
            if (LOG.isInfoEnabled()) {
                LOG.info("Removing TilesContext for context: " + context.getClass().getName());
            }
            removeAttribute(context, CONTAINER_ATTRIBUTE);
        }
        if (container != null && LOG.isInfoEnabled()) {
            LOG.info("Publishing TilesContext for context: " + context.getClass().getName());
        }
        setAttribute(context, CONTAINER_ATTRIBUTE, container);
}

Configures the container to be used in the application.