Set data in page flow begin action?

Question

Hi,
I want to set some data in my page flow's begin action, and then access this data in a JSP. In my begin method, I have:
* @jpf:action
* @jpf:forward name="index" path="index.jsp"
protected Forward begin()
getRequest().setAttribute("foo", "mydata");
return new Forward("index");
then, in my index.jsp, I have:
<netui:label value="{request.foo}" />
but the JSP is displaying an empty value (i.e., blank).
Is there something about the page flow begin action such that this can't be done there?
Thanks,
Jim

Answer 1

Hi,
For my sanity's sake, I tried creating another small test web app in Workshop, and just added code to my begin action. This time, the display of {request.foo} worked.
So, it looks like there is SOMETHING in my original web app that is causing the data binding to stop working.
I've been comparing the small test web app to my original web app, and the only thing that is significantly different is at the beginning of the JPF, I have the declaration for a control:
public class Controller extends PageFlowController
* @common:control
* @jc:ManualConfiguration UserIdAttribute="uid" UserBaseDN="dc=whatever,dc=com" Port="389" Host="foo.whatever.com"
private AccountManager accountManager;
* @jpf:action
* @jpf:forward name="index" path="index.jsp"
protected Forward begin()
getRequest().setAttribute("foo", "foodata");
return new Forward("index");
Would having that control declaration before the begin() method be causing this problem?
Any other ideas about why this might be happening?
Thanks,
Jim