session attributes type

[Richard Sorhands]

Hi.
Can I set as a servlet session attribute an object that have not a simple type like int or String?
I want to use the method putValue with a Class "Phone" and i want to get it with a cast of method getValue. Is this possible? If it's not possible can you give me some suggestions?

Thanks

[Christophe Verré]

You can put any kind of types into the session (but not primitives, use wrappers). And call setAttribute, not putValue which is deprecated.

[Richard Sorhands]

what is a wrapper? why I have to use it?
[ May 29, 2006: Message edited by: Richard Sorhands ]

[Christophe Verré]

You cannot put primitives (int, char...) directly into a session attribute.
But you can use wrappers (Integer, Character...) instead.

[Richard Sorhands]

OK, thanks!

[Pradeep bhatt]

Originally posted by Satou kurinosuke:
You cannot put primitives (int, char...) directly into a session attribute.
But you can use wrappers (Integer, Character...) instead.

With Java 5 you dont need to create wrapper objects. Auto boxing will ensure that appropriate wrapper objects are created.