RequestScope- is it the right way to do?

Question

Hi,
I have 2 pages (page1.jspx and page2.jspx) and 2 backing beans for those 2 pages backingBean1.java and backingBean2.java respectively. In the backingBean1.java, I have the following code to put the variable ‘isTested’ on request. The following code is sitting under an action method of a command button that opens page2.jspx when I click on that button.
FacesContext ctx1 = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
ctx1.getExternalContext().getRequestMap().put("isTested",true);
I tried to access the variable ‘isTested’ from the rendered property of inputText component on page2.jspx as follows.
rendered ="#{requestScope.isTested’}"
But I couldn’t get the value assigned to the variable ‘isTested’ on page2.jspx.
1.     Why couldn’t I get the value of ‘isTested’?
2.     Have I done something wrong? If yes, what have I done incorrectly and what would be the fix for it?
Any help on this would be appreciated.
V.Piraba

Answer 1

Hi Alopez,
Thank you. I think that you are right, if you are passing a boolean. How would you do, if you are trying to get a dynamic value of a string or int. For example,
FacesContext ctx1 = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
ctx1.getExternalContext().getRequestMap().put("mySting",payMsg.getFirstName());
Where payMsg.getFirstName() is used to get First Name from a page