When rendering, RenderingModel instances are populated with request parameters. That is, if the model has a setFoo(String) method, it will be called with the value of the foo request parameter:

class MyModel implements RenderingModel {
    
    private String someParameter;

    public void setSomeParameter(String someParameter) {
        this.someParameter = someParameter;
    }

    public String getSomeParameter() {
        return someParameter;
    }
}

request: /somePage.html?parameter=value
parameter is automatically set before rendering.

4.5.10 introduces enabling/disabling of this automatic populating of models:

• globally: Configuration/server/rendering/engine add autoPopualateFromRequest property true/false, default is true
• on template definition level, overides global setting, separatelly for every single definition: Templating Kit/Template Definitions/pages/stkHome add autoPopulateFromRequest property true/false, default is true