Kumar Majji wrote:
>
> Can anyone explain this to me? Specifically, this
> sentence: "A servlet can bind an object attribute
> into the context by name".
>
Imagine you've got two servlets in your web application,
and that they need to share some information. Since
they're part of the same web application, they will
share a servlet context. The servlet context has a
data structure that maps Strings to Objects, just like
a Hashtable. You can add ('bind') new objects to the
servlet context using the setAttribute call, and
retrieve them using getAttribute. So one servlet can
add an object to the context, and another servlet in
the same webapp can retrieve it[1]
The spec is a very valuable source of information, but
if you're having trouble with explanactions like the
above, then you might want to consider investing in
a good servlet book (see the archives for recommendations)
All the info is in the spec and online, but you can't
beat a good book if you want clearly worded explanations.
[1] Well, more or less. Things are more complicated if
the webapp is distributed, but you can safely ignore
that for the moment.
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