boolean variable in session

[Anurag Mishra]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me how Can I retriev a session variable as boolean.
for Example I am settin a bolean value viewPermission
as...


boolean viewPermission = true;
session.setAttribute("VIEW",viewPermission+"");

How Can i get this Value in boolean form Session in a different Page

boolean getviewPermission = ???;


thanks for all your help.

Anurag

[Anurag Mishra]

Hi All,

I got the answer for this question just posting so anybody who needs can check this.

Get the Value in string format



to get session Variable use
String viewPermision = (String)session.getAttribute("ls_viewPermission");
if(updatePermision.equals("true"))
{
//do What ever you want
}


thanks

[Bear Bibeault]

Converting a boolean to and from a string for this purpose is ridiculous. Investigate the use of the Boolean object.

[Satya Komirisetti]

javax.servlet.http.HttpSession ses= request.getSession(true);
boolean viewPermission = true;
ses.setAttribute("VIEW",viewPermission+"");
/* boolean--> Sring[I]*/
String sobj=(String)ses.getAttribute("VIEW");
[I]/*obtain Session Atribute value in String Obj,then convert into Boolean Obj and extract the booelan value*/
Boolean bobj = new Boolean(false);
bobj= bobj.valueOf(sobj);
boolean b2 =bobj.booleanValue();
[ May 24, 2004: Message edited by: Satya Komirisetti ]

[Bear Bibeault]

No, no, no. Like this:

boolean viewPermission = true;
session.setAttribute( "VIEW", new Boolean( viewPermission ) );

[Wendal Park]

Agree with Bear ...

In addition, if you use that variable just for one page transition, you may consider using request.setAttribute("myFlag", new Boolean(true)) and (Boolean)request.getAttribute("myFlag") instead of storing it in session.

The main point here is that the variable is bound to that specific request, and is not public to other pages.

[Anurag Mishra]

thanks a lot for your replies guys.


thanks
Anurag

[Pradeep bhatt]

Originally posted by Bear Bibeault:
No, no, no. Like this:

boolean viewPermission = true;
session.setAttribute( "VIEW", new Boolean( viewPermission ) );

Better use

 
boolean viewPermission = true;
 
if(viewPermission )
session.setAttribute( "VIEW", Boolean.TRUE );
else
session.setAttribute( "VIEW", Boolean.FALSE );
 

You will avoid creating more Boolean obejcts.

[William Brogden]

Even simpler - use the presence of the attribute as a flag
if(viewPermission ) session.setAttribute( "VIEW","VIEW" );
else session.removeAttribute( "VIEW" );

then you can say
if( session.getAttribute("VIEW") != null ){ ...

Bill

[Kevin Biesbrock]

I know this is ancient, but I feel it appropriate to "update" this thread a bit.

Bear Bibeault wrote:No, no, no. Like this:

boolean viewPermission = true;
session.setAttribute( "VIEW", new Boolean( viewPermission ) );

This would be more efficient like so:

boolean viewPermission = true;
session.setAttribute("VIEW", Boolean.valueOf(viewPermission));

[Bear Bibeault]

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