Yogesh More wrote:
>
> yep Farooq is right, it's 2.2.
> I got hold of both the 2.2 API and the docs ...
>
> The answer being -
> the method is deprecated and
> the method substituting it is
> Object getAttribute(java.lang.String key)
Actually, that's not quite true.
Yes, the latest version of the Servlet API is 2.2. This answer is easy to find
by visiting Sun's Servlet API pages, at
<http://java.sun.com/products/servlets/>
Reading the information available there, plus your servlet container vendors
documentation, answers a lot of the questions posted on this list.
If you read the Servlet 2.2 API specification, you will also see that
the getParameter() method is *not* deprecated. This method, and the related
getParameterNames() and getParameterValues() methods, are used to read HTTP
request parameters. The getAttribute() method, and the other attribute methods,
are used to read and set request *attributes*. A parameter is typically set by
the client (e.g. the browser) and must be a string. An attribute is never set
by the client, but it can be set by a servlet before forwarding to or including
another servlet or JSP page. In fact, request attributes corresponds to the
request scope in JSP pages, so it's very commonly used to pass beans from
a servlet to a JSP page.
Hans
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