Excellent! Just what I need. Thanks for the info.
DR At 05:47 PM 12/5/01 +0000, you wrote: >Yes, I believe, they relate to the underlying javax.servlet.ServletRequest >attributes. > >Use them for whatever takes your fancy. > >See the Servlet Spec/API for more details >Request attributes are indeed used for storage of your own objects, >particularly when forwarding the request for further processing. > >WBB >-----Original Message----- >From: David Rosenstrauch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: 05 December 2001 17:14 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Request attributes? > >A bit confused. > >Looking at org.apache.cocoon.environment.Request (basically it's just a >ServletRequest object). I see that a Request has both parameters and >attributes. > >I know what request parameters are. These are the form values in your HTML >form that get submitted to the servlet. > >But what are request attributes? I don't know how it works elsewhere, but >at least with Cocoon these seem to always be empty. > >1) What are they for? > >2) Am I allowed to use these for my own personal use; i.e., as sort of a >temporary storage area? (e.g., request.setAttribute(String name, Object o) >) > > >TIA! > >DR > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Please check that your question has not already been answered in the >FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Please check that your question has not already been answered in the >FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
