Storing these in the session makes them persist across calls, whereas storing them in as request objects makes them 'local' to that particular request (ie non-persistant).
Regards, Anthony Aldridge Lead Application developer Managed Intranet Hosting CSC JPMorganChase Personal GDP: 325-8338 MIH Hotline: 876-1300 terracare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 06/12/2001 13:52:28 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: Request attributes? > Temporary storage (and passing of vars down the chain) is precisely what I > use the attribs for. Here's a bit of code for sending an id to another > object via the Request object: > > req.setAttribute("jbxsp-id",instanceId); > instance.setReq(req); Up to now I have used sessions to store objects needed further down the processing chain. I may be mistaken, but this approach seems to be a lot more efficient, assuming I don't need the object outside of the chain... Is this correct? Thanks. Diana --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]>