Retrieve data passed in session from another application in visual jsf

Question

hi,
I'm using jboss 4.2.2, visual jsf, etbeans 6.0.1
My application needs to read the data passed in session from the calling application.
i try to get it using the below in init()
HttpServletRequest request=(HttpServletRequest)FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getRequest();
String value=(String) request.getAttribute("id");
System.out.print(value);
But it always prints null.
any idea??
Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi,
My value is still null.
I created a simple web application. In the jsp page, ==>
<form method="post" action="http://localhost:8080/MyApp/">
<input type="hidden" name="username" value="ME"/>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" name="Submit"/>
</form>
In MyApp, which is a Web application with Visual JSF, in the welcome file init() method, i get the values ==>
String value = (String) FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getRequestMap().get("username");
System.out.print("request value in welcome page init() = " + value);
Fearing loss of data by request, i tried in session too. But no luck.