get parameter from ApacheHttpClient in servlet

[Seetharaman Venkatasamy]

Hi Folks,

I am calling a servlet from a simple java class using ApacheHttpClient. and also i am setting an Object

 

HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
		PostMethod method = new PostMethod("http://localhost:8080/Web/controller");
		method.getParams().setParameter("seethu", new DTO());//setting an Objcet **********
		// Execute the method.
	               int statusCode = client.executeMethod(method);
	    System.out.println(statusCode);
 

now i want to get the DTO objcet in servlet .
i tried like this

request.getParameter("seethu")

but it returns null. please correct me

[David Newton]

I think you're confused about how web apps work: only strings are passed between the server and the client.

[Seetharaman Venkatasamy]

Ok. Thank you for the Clarification

[Campbell Ritchie]

I know it's late, but I think this thread would sit better on our Sevlets forum.

[Saifuddin Merchant]

I don't understand why the code compiles in the first place.

The setParameter has setParameter(String parameterName, String parameterValue) -- however it belong to the PostMethod
class. getParams() returns a HttpMethodParams which does not have any method called as setParameter().