JavaBeans session lossing values

[Kevin P Smith]

Hi I'm trying to create a simple session bean that holds a users unique ID when they log in, this can then be retrieved by every page within the 'secure' section of my site.

The problem is the bean looses this value. The users ID value is parsed in OK but when you try to do a getUserID() nothing is returned.

I thought scope="session" meant that the bean would hold the value for as long as the session is open.

Below are some snipets of the code...

LoginServlet:
SessionBean sessionBean = new SessionBean();
sessionBean.setSessionID(iUserID);
request.setAttribute("sessionBean", sessionBean);

Bean:
package com.domain.beans;
import java.io.*;
public class SessionBean {
public SessionBean() {}
private int userID;

public void setSessionID(int userID) {
this.userID = userID;
}
public int getSessionID() {
return userID;
}
}

'secure' JSP pages:
<jsp:useBean id="sessionBean" class="uk.co.keatings.beans.SessionBean" scope="session" />
<%
int sessionID = sessionBean.getSessionID();
%>

Hope someone can help with this as it's starting to get on my nerves :-D

Cheers

Keith

[Preetham Chandrasekhar]

you are using a bean,...the get and set methods must be the same as the property which in ur case wud be:

int userID;

public int getUserID() {
.......
}

public void setUserID(userID) {
}

change ur get and set methods to match your property name and that shud do it

[Frederic Filiatrault]

Hi,

Sorry but it`s not exactly this. The get/set properties have to match the properties used in the JSP file, not the instance variables of the class (It has nothing to do, you can name it as you want, it is internal).

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Hope this help !