I believe each browser (Opera, Netscape, or whatever) *creates* a unique Request object in Tomcat. I have checked this, and this is indeed true.
By the look of things, it seems that although Request objects are not the same, the variable stored in them will reference the same value.
Tim, are you saying if browser A posts a form to TC, the variables within the form will be treated as static variables and visible to the JSP page displaying the variables in browser B, C, D ... ????
Let me be a bit more specific:
The BillingShippingHome.jsp has this code:
<%!
private int itemnumber = -1;
%>
<%
if ( request.getParameter("itemnumber") != null ) {
try {
itemnumber = Integer.parseInt((String)request.getParameter("itemnumber"));
} catch (NumberFormatException ex) {
System.out.println("No");
}
}
System.out.println("&&itemnumber is " + itemnumber);
%>
<form name="abc" method="post" action="/mall/WelcomeServlet">
<input type="hidden" name="itemnumber" value="">
...
</form>
Servlet A:
doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException {
gotoPage("/BillingShippingHome.jsp", request, response);
}
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Sequence of result :
Browser A displaying BillingShippingHome.jsp
itemnumber = -1
<.. change the itemnumber to say, 0 via javascript... and post this form to Servlet A ...>
goes back to BillingShippingHome.jsp
itemnumber now = 0 [correct]
Browser B now displays BillingShippingHome.jsp
itemnumber = 0!!!!! [should be -1]
What gives?
-----Original Message----- From: Tim Funk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 07:53 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Strange request.setAttribute() problem
This is the correct behavior. In this scenario, you are operating on the
request, not the session.
request.getParameter --> Get stuff from the query string (or input stream if
post) - a per request thing
request.setAttribute --> Set an attribute in the life of this particular
request
-Tim
Charles So wrote:Hello, I come across a problem with TC4.1.24 and hope fellow list users
can help me...
I set a variable in a servlet by calling:
request.setAttribute("itemnumber", Integer.valueOf(Integer.toString(itemnumber)));
A JSP will then detect if this variable exists or not by:
if ( request.getParameter("itemnumber") != null ) { try { itemnumber = Integer.parseInt((String)request.getParameter("itemnumber")); } catch (NumberFormatException ex) { System.out.println("No"); } }
I have two different web browsers opened (say, one IE and one Opera), and both eventually will come to the page containing the code above.
The strange thing is that if the variable "itemnumber" is set via IE, the same "itemnumber" will be seen at Opera!!!!!
This shouldn't happen as both have different session ID, and are completely unrelated.
Who has come across this problem? How can I work around this?
Thanks!
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