Thanks Hans,
I was compiling the code using a jsdk.jar , which said that all my
getParameter calls are deprecated !! Someone replied saying use
getAttribute() .. method to be used. I substituted all these methods by
getAttribute, resulting in no deprecations, hence *assumed* the
deprecation.
Sorry for the false information.
I also read through the differences between the two, and you have explained
it perfectly.
Yo
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hans Bergsten [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 12:15 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Is getParameter(String key) deprecated?
>
> 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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