Right.... and, as a matter of fact, init() is called only once in the lifetime
of the servlet... (that is what make servlets more efficient than cgi's)... so
you can't associate a request and its parameters with the init() method....
carlitos.
Milt Epstein wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Robert wrote:
>
> > I can retrieve the value from the parameter in doGet() but not in
> > init(). Anyone know why? And what must I do to be able to retrieve
> > the value in the init() method?
>
> I don't believe you can get a parameter in init() (we're talking about
> request parameters here, not init parameters). init() doesn't have a
> request object available, as doGet()/doPost() do. And it needs to be
> that way because it's possible for init() to be called outside the
> context of a request.
>
> > On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Robert wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > How can I retrieve the parameters in a servlet
> > > that I send in a jsp:
> > >
> > > <jsp:forward page="someservlet">
> > > <jsp:param name="varname" value="sumvalue">
> > > </jsp:forward>
> > >
> > > To my knowledge I'm supposed to use the request
> > > object with the getParameter("varname") or
> > > getParameters(). But I can't seem to get it
> > > working.
> > > I want to retrive the parameter in the servlets
> > > init() method.
> > >
> > > Anyone having a solution, please?
> > >
> > > /Robert Karlsson
>
> Milt Epstein
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