How do you set a servlet context attribute?

[Dave Alvarado]

Hi,

I'm using Tomcat 6.0.26. I have this in my web.xml file ...

        <context-param>
                <param-name>siteUrl</param-name>
                <param-value>www.mydomain.com</param-value>
        </context-param>

But in my servlet, this call returns null ...

final String siteUrl = (String)request.getSession().getServletContext().getAttribute("siteUrl");

So my question is, what is the right way to set an attribute of a servlet context?

Thanks, - Dave

[Bear Bibeault]

Wrong method. Check the API again.

[Dave Alvarado]

Come on, man, I need a little bit more than that. What is the "wrong method"?

[Poobhathy Kannan]

i think you should have used ServletContext#getInitParameter method

[Bear Bibeault]

Dave Alvarado wrote:Come on, man, I need a little bit more than that. What is the "wrong method"?

Learning to read the Javadoc is an important skill.

[Elchin Asgarli]

Bear Bibeault wrote:

Dave Alvarado wrote:Come on, man, I need a little bit more than that. What is the "wrong method"?

Learning to read the Javadoc is an important skill.

And what about this? http://faq.javaranch.com/java/BeNice

[Bear Bibeault]

What is not nice about teaching people something?

[Madhawi Maurya]

Hi,

you should write like

  final String siteUrl = getServeletsConfig().getServletContext().getInitParameter("siteUrl");