can request and session attribute share the same name

[Kalyana Sundaram]

Can request and session attribute share the same name. In that case will there be any loss of attributes.
My question is, will I be able retrieve both the attributes in session and request that have same name...

Thanks in Advance

[Bear Bibeault]

"kalyan",

We're pleased to have you here with us on the Ranch, but there are a few rules that need to be followed, and one is that proper names are required. Please take a look at the JavaRanch Naming Policy and adjust your display name to match it.

In particular, your display name must be a first and a last name separated by a space character, and must not be obviously fictitious.

Thanks!
bear
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[Bear Bibeault]

With regards to your question, the answer is yes.

Though be aware that in certain circumstances, the request-scoped variable will hide the session-scoped variable (e.g. in unqualified EL references to the scoped variable, or when using PageContext.findAttribute())

[Kalyana Sundaram]

Assume that the attribute "name" is in bith session and request scope....
if i use someting like
<c ut value=${'name'}/>
So the request scope variable would hide the session scoped variable.
If i were to get the session scope variable , i will have to use
<c ut value=${'name'}scope="session"/>

Is this right ???

[Bear Bibeault]

Not quite. To retrieve the session-scoped variable you would use:

 
<c:out value="${sessionScope.name}"/>
 

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