why we use request?

[renu sogi]

Hi everyone.
theirs a question in my mind about servlet. when we take a parameters from the jsp page for example String a = request.getParameter("name"); i was wondering why we use "request" here why not any other word but request?
Can anyone please explain it in detail?

thanks in advance!
sam

[Bear Bibeault]

Because it's representing a request as defined by HTTP. What else would you call it? Why do we call a banana a banana?

[renu sogi]

yeah ! now I get it!
thanks Mr. Bear..