I *believe*, but don't hold me to it, that you can implement a filter
AFTER the JSP renders, in the latest servlet spec. With that, you
shouldn't have much trouble taking the output stream and sending it as an
eMail. I'd also assume, although I don't know for sure, that you could
basically kill
The other common approach is to re-send the data for page 1 as hidden form
fields with the page 2 form submission. That way, the second time the
servlet is executed, it is getting all the required data as part of
request.
As a general rule (which is broken often for one reason or another!), if
The one comment I would make is that with BEA, you have a certain degree
of accountability that you don't have with an open-source product. That
can be important in a business environment.
I'm probably starting a religious war by posting this, but to some
companies it is frankly more important