Making Life Simple » jsp http://www.lalitmehta.com/home Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:36:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Difference between request.getParameter() and request.getAttribute() http://www.lalitmehta.com/home/2006/07/23/difference-between-requestgetparameter-and-requestgetattribute/ http://www.lalitmehta.com/home/2006/07/23/difference-between-requestgetparameter-and-requestgetattribute/#comments Mon, 24 Jul 2006 06:33:32 +0000 lalit http://www.lalitmehta.com/home/?p=11 The difference between getAttribute() and getParameter() is that getParameter() will return the value of a parameter that was submitted by an HTML form or that was included in a query string.

getAttribute() returns an object that you have set in the request, the only way you can use this is in conjunction with a RequestDispatcher. You use a RequestDispatcher to forward a request to another resource (JSP / Servlet). So before you forward the request you can set an attribute which will be available to the next resource.

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