Get a Request Attribute with jQuery

Question

I have the following code in my servlet class:

request.setAttribute("myValueName", myValue); //Note: myValue is a TreeMap

I want to access this attribute via jQuery. Does anyone know how to do this?

var myNewVariable = ???;

Note that this attribute is NOT in the URL of the page.

What is `request` in this case? Servlet classes and TreeMaps are not common terms in JavaScript / jQuery. Is there something else at work here? — Stephen Booher, Nov 01 '12 at 20:33

score -2 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 22 '18 at 05:59

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Servlet code

response.setContentType("text/html");
request.setAttribute("myValueName", "myValue");
request.getRequestDispatcher("URL for redirecting page").forward(request, response);

Example URL ="/WEB-INF/Project/Update.jsp"

In jQquery

var myNewVariable = "${myValueName}";
alert(myNewVariable);

edited Feb 22 '18 at 05:59

Miran Senanayaka

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answered May 09 '15 at 17:14

HNB

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Please check up on how to format code in questions and answers. – Ami Tavory May 09 '15 at 17:29
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False, doesn't work. – gene b. Mar 26 '18 at 01:26

Get a Request Attribute with jQuery

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