how to access HttpRequest from java in cocoon

Hi guys,

Small question…

Is there a way to access org.apache.cocoon.environment.http.HttpRequest from java without having to pass the request object from flowscript to my java class like the snippet below?

importClass(Packages.com.xxx.xxx.UserFactoryImpl);

function main() {

    var factory = new UserFactoryImpl();

    var user = factory.getUser(cocoon.request, userId);

           …

}

Thx in advance,

Robby