Obtaining a Collaboration Kit Instance in a Servlet

CollaborationEngine ce = (CollaborationEngine) getServletContext()
        .getAttribute(CollaborationEngine.class.getName());

@Override
protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp)
        throws ServletException, IOException {
    CollaborationEngine ce = (CollaborationEngine) getServletContext()
            .getAttribute(CollaborationEngine.class.getName());
    if (ce == null) {
        resp.sendError(500,
                "Collaboration Kit has not yet been initialized");
        return;
    }
    // Retrieve message that was sent in this POST request
    String userMessage = req.getParameter("message");
    String message = "An anonymous user posted the following message: "
            + userMessage;
    sendMessageToTopic(ce, message);
    resp.setStatus(202);
}

public void sendMessageToTopic(CollaborationEngine ce, String message) {
    // Get SystemConnectionContext from Collaboration Kit
    SystemConnectionContext systemConnectionContext = ce.getSystemContext();

    MessageManager messageManager = new MessageManager(
            systemConnectionContext, systemUser, topicId, ce);

    messageManager.submit(message) // Send message to topic
            .whenComplete((a, t) -> {
                // Close the message manager when done
                messageManager.close();
            });
}