Jsp:declaration and request

Question

Can we use request in jsp:declaration?
In my program request cannot be recognised unless it
is inside of <jsp:scriptlet>
So what do we set inside of jsp:declaration?

Answer 1

The code that you put inside the jsp:scriptlet is inside a method called _jspService(request, response).  The request method is local to the service method.
To get it into the declared method you have to pass it as a parameter to the method:
  String getName(HttpServletRequest request) {
    String str = (String)request.getAttribute("name");
    return str;
  }and then call it like:
  String name = getName(request); That being said, you should do whatever you can to remove the whole method declarations from the JSP you can. You can do what you have above by using JSTL and EL:
    ${request.name}No method declarations, no passing request around, nice clean code. Look up JSTL and EL (Expression Language).