Can We Store Something Other Than An Object In A Session?

[JiaPei Jen]

I have seen how to store an object in a session and the syntax is

public void setAttribute(String name, Object value);

and we usually put String(s) in that object; for example, we have a customer object and we do the following:

customer.setStartDate( request.getParameter("startDate") );
customer.setEndDate( request.getParameter("endDate") );
customer.setOriginal( request.getParameter("origin") );
HttpSession sesssion = request.getSession();
session.setAttribute( "customer", customer );

Is it possible to store a String in a session? What if I only want to store a String "origin" in a session so that this String can be passed to all subsequent requests?

[Andres Gonzalez]

JiaPei -
Guess what?
A String is an Object !! . So yes, you can put a String object in the session.
Just remember that when you use session.getAttribute("yourParameter"), it'll always return an Object, so you'll have to typecast it to a String.