I am assuming somethings here... if I am wrong... disregard ASSUMPTIONS: 1. the usebean is in ur jsp A which has a form which submits a request 2. the the request is posted to a controller... say a servlet B.
now taking the http action into account a new request object is created when u do a post or a get operation.... so by the time when u post to the controller the bean has lost its instance... if u did something like this.. <code> <jsp:usebean scope="request"...../> //then //forward to the servlet...... the request scope remains.... else it is lost //for ex. request.sendRedirect("/B"); </code> REMEMBER>>>>>a request scope is lost 1. after u send a response back. 2. u dont forward the request forward. Hope that helps Amit -----Original Message----- From: A mailing list about Java Server Pages specification and reference [mailto:JSP-INTEREST@;JAVA.SUN.COM]On Behalf Of Joel Carklin Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Basic jsp:useBean question Hi, if I use the following tag in my jsp: <jsp:useBean id="myBean" scope="request" class="package.name.myBean" /> When I click on the submit button on my form, the 'request' is POSTED to a 'controller' jsp, which passes the 'request' onto a request handler class. I expected that if I called request.getAttribute("myBean") from either the controller jsp or the request handler class, I would get the myBean instance created by the useBean tag above. But I always get null?? thanks Joel =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com