Thanks for the explanation Mark! I understand it better now. -M At 07:50 04/10/2002 -0400, you wrote: >It's not a bean; it's a helper (Action) class that is passed the servlet >request and response objects, getting a "handle" on the servlet and can >access the context in which the servlet resides. The context is the >global/application scope; the context object is like the central switching >office to every object that lives within the application. > >Mark > >-----Original Message----- >From: Madhavi Thottempudi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 7:41 AM >To: Struts Users Mailing List >Subject: RE: global variables-update > > >Hi Divakar! >Thanks for the suggestion. > >I am still confused with one thing.... >In the example provided by struts (struts-example), I found that they are >calling getServletContext from the Action bean to get a global/application >scope attribute, >but I felt it strange as there is no servlet passed to the Action Bean. > >The code is as follows: >public final class SaveRegistrationAction extends Action { > >public ActionForward perform(ActionMapping mapping, > ActionForm form, > HttpServletRequest request, > HttpServletResponse response) > throws IOException, ServletException { > > // Extract attributes and parameters we will need > Locale locale = getLocale(request); > ................. > .................. > Hashtable database = (Hashtable) > servlet.getServletContext().getAttribute(Constants.DATABASE_KEY); > if (servlet.getDebug() >= 1) > servlet.log("SaveRegistrationAction: Processing " + action + > " action"); > ........................................ > ......................... >} >} > >Any idea where this servlet is coming from??? > >regards >-M > > > >At 17:00 04/10/2002 +0530, you wrote: > >Madhavi , > > > > You can look at the users guide available at the struts site. You can >make > >use of request.setAttribute( ) for setting up global variables. > > Refer 2.2 JavaBeans and Scope of user doc > > > >http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/doc-1.0.2/userGuide/building_model.html > >Regards, > >Divakar > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Madhavi Thottempudi [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 4:46 PM > > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > > Subject: Re: global variables-update > > > > > > I mean setting application scope variables - using setServletContext or > > > something like that and getting them back. Any ideas?? > > > > > > Thanks again > > > -M > > > > > > At 11:34 04/10/2002 +0100, you wrote: > > > >Hi! > > > >Where can I set global variables and get them back in Struts. 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