How to access an object which is set in request attribute

[siddharth das]

Hi,
I faced a problem while developing a strut application.
I am explaining in details.
In my action class I defined an object which is as follows

public ActionForward perform(
ActionMapping mapping,
ActionForm form,
HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
throws IOException, ServletException {
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Department dept =new Department();
dept.setDno(dno);
request.setAttribute("DEPARTMENT",dept);
if(dept.getFlag())
forward= mapping.findForward("success");
else
forward= mapping.findForward("failure");
return forward;}

But I am unable to access in succes.jsp

<%@ page import="deptPack.Department"%>

and when i wrote
<%=(Department(request.getAttribute("DEPARTMENT"))).getName() %>
The following eror is coming during compilation
"the method defined Department is undefined for the type succes

Please help me.
Thanks in advance
Sidhartha das

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Siddharth,
Any reason you are using scriptlets instead of Struts tags? (or EL)

With Struts tags, this would be:

<bean:define id="dept" name="DEPARTMENT" />
<bean:write name="dept" property="name" />

If you want to use Scriptlets, the cast looks wrong. It should be:

((Department) request.getAttribute("DEPARTMENT")).getName()