"Cannot find symbol" on servletContext().getRequestDispatcher

Question

protected void processRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
        throws ServletException, IOException {
    response.setContentType("text/html;charset=UTF-8");

    HttpSession sesion = request.getSession();
    PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();

    String num = request.getParameter("num");
    String password = request.getParameter("password");
    sesion.setAttribute("num", num);

    Queries sql = new Queries();
    if (sql.login(num, password)) {
        response.sendRedirect("private.jsp");
    } else {
        request.setAttribute("error", "Error on login");
        RequestDispatcher dispatcher = 
        ServletContext().getRequestDispatcher("login.jsp"); // This line doesn't working
        dispatcher.forward(request, response);
    }

}

I have a error with servletContext(). According Netbeans Cannot find symbol. I want to redirect to login.jsp with a parameter.

Try request.getServletContext() instead. – stdunbar Feb 12 '16 at 22:37 — stdunbar, Feb 12 '16 at 22:37

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 12 '16 at 22:35

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Assuming youre extending HttpServlet the servlet context is found using getServletContext

RequestDispatcher dispatcher = getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher("login.jsp");

answered Feb 12 '16 at 22:35

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 15 '16 at 12:26

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Instead of taking ServletContext ,you can use request scope to forward it to login.jsp below is the one liner code.

request.getRequestDispatcher("login.jsp").forward(request,response);

answered Feb 15 '16 at 12:26

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"Cannot find symbol" on servletContext().getRequestDispatcher

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