Then explain why getServletContext().getAttiributes("string", "string")
doesn't work!
Mark
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher K. St. John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: Communication between JSP and servlets
> Mark Galbreath wrote:
>
> > there is (a) a definite difference between a string (literal) and
> > a String (object) when it comes to some of the API methods.
> >
>
> No, there is no difference at all. A string literal
> is an Object of class String. The language spec is
> very explicit on this point.
>
>
> > (c) We know that equals() will accept a literal, but the J2EE API
> > states specifically that "getAttribute" takes a string as its first
> > parameter and an object as its second.
> >
>
> A string literal is a String, and a String is an
> Object. There is nothing special about how equals()
> handles string literals. You can go look at the
> source to String.equals(), it's completely
> straightforward how it works: it checks if the
> argument is the same object, then it compares the
> characters one by one.
>
>
> Colin Capriati wrote:
> >
> > For brevity you could also try:
> > application.setAttribute("errorMessage",new String("NO Error Message"));
> >
>
> There is no need to create a new String, or do any
> casting, or anything like that. The call is perfectly
> fine as:
>
> application.setAttribute("errorMessage", "This is an error message")
>
>
> This thread has been filled to bursting with
> incorrect information guaranteed to confuse the
> newbies in the audience. Can we please just stop
> the madness and get back on-topic?
>
>
> -cks
>
>
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