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Why are codes after request.getRequestDispatcher still executed?

 
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Hi everyone, I'm new to JSP. I am trying to learn more on response.sendRedirect and requestDispatcher.forward.
While playing around with some codings, I got puzzled over why codes after requestDispatcher.forward are still executed.

I have included my codes and output in the image attached. Could someone point to me why the 4 lines of System.out.println() are executed after
requestDispatcher.forward?

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I tried replacing requestDispatcher.forward with response.sendRedirect. And the println() are still executed. So, I'm assuming regardless of whether is it
.forward or .sendRedirect, control is always returned to the callee? I tried searching for answers but it seems like the answers given by others vary too !
Now I'm getting more confused! Ha :)

Anyway, is there a way that the control would not be returned to the callee ?

Thanks in advance!

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Output of requestDispatcher.forward
 
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Aloysius Lim wrote:Hi everyone, I'm new to JSP. I am trying to learn more on response.sendRedirect and requestDispatcher.forward.
While playing around with some codings, I got puzzled over why codes after requestDispatcher.forward are still executed.

I have included my codes and output in the image attached. Could someone point to me why the 4 lines of System.out.println() are executed after
requestDispatcher.forward?

Thanks in advance!



Disclaimer:I didn't download and read your attachments.

Servlets are still java code and so the rules for blocks of code that gets executed still follow normal java rules.
There are also times when some people may want to add other useful operations after sendRedirect (e.g logging the fact or collecting statistics and navigation history)
 
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Don't use attachments. Many people, myself included, will not download them. Cut and paste the text, and be sure to UseCodeTags.

And, as pointed out, servlets aren't magic. The better question would be, how would it be possible that those lines not execute?

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Bear Bibeault wrote:Don't use attachments. Many people, myself included, will not download them. Cut and paste the text, and be sure to UseCodeTags.

And, as pointed out, servlets aren't magic. The better question would be, how would it be possible that those lines not execute?



Wouldn't the control be forwarded to the specified JSP ?
 
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As said before, forwarding the request does not exit the method. The rest of the method will still be executed.

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Aloysius Lim wrote:Wouldn't the control be forwarded to the specified JSP ?


You are just calling a method. And methods return control to their caller. Why should this method be any different?

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Rob Spoor wrote:As said before, forwarding the request does not exit the method. The rest of the method will still be executed.



I see, thank you!
 
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