setting portlet window state

[Pardha Akalamkam]

Hi
I am passing a window state parameter through actionURL (windowState="maximized") and able to see the state in process action method(request.getWindowState()). I am also setting state in response object(response.setWindowState(request.getWindowState())).

But in before rendering in DoView(RenderRequest, RenderResponse) I am not finding any method to set the window state again.
Can anybody suggest how to set(change) the window state by getting the parameter in the actionURL.
I am new to portlets, that is why this simple question

Pardha