ServletContext vs PageContext

[Mason Jones <ma...@clipshow.com>]

I'm curious if anyone can shed some light on the relationship
between the ServletContext object and the PageContext object.
My issue is that I have a servlet form handler, and I want it to
be able to send some error information to a jsp page after
processing the form. For testing, I want to construct an error
string in the servlet, place it in the context as an attribute, and
then have the jsp page display it. But the servlet can't get a
PageContext object (can it?), so I figured I would do:

ServletContext.setAttribute("error", (Object)new String("Testing"));

Could the jsp page then do:

pageContext.getAttribute("error")

and find the attribute? If ServletContext() sets the attribute,
would it be page scope only? Can the servlet actually get a
PageContext object to use instead?

Thanks for any help and ideas.



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  Mason Jones              mason(at)clipshow.com
  Director of Software Development
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