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Mark,
Mark Thomas wrote:
> lightbulb432 wrote:
>> I have a question about whether there is a race condition with the following
>> technique for displaying messages across redirects.
>
> Yes there is.
>
>> If you submit a form with an invalid value on page P1 and the receiving
>> servlet S redirects to another page P2, you'd like page P2 to contain a
>> message saying "You entered an invalid value". You can only put the value in
>> the session (not the request, because it's a redirect, not a forward), with
>> session.setAttribute("message","You entered an invalid value").
>
> Why not pass the information to P2 using a request parameter on the
> redirect?
Or, better yet, why use a redirect at all? Then you don't have to mess
with the session. Most post/validate/error flows I've seen all execute
within the same request. Don't respond with a redirect; just redisplay
the input form with the error messages attached. Then you don't have to
worry about cleaning-up the session.
- -chris
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