Timed redirection/forward in jsp

Question

i am trying to forward the request/response to another page after a particular peroid of time say 10 seconds. I need to output the content and wait for 10 seconds till forward happens. I think you got , what i need to do ...
i know a forward cant happen after buffer is flushed ..
plz suggest a way
SHERIN :)
THIS IS PART OF JSP CODE
if(reportStat.equals("first"))
%>
<FORM action="/IntranetSystem/report" method="post">
     <CENTER>
          <b><FONT color="red">ENTER YOUR DAILY REPORT</FONT></b><br><br><br>
     <TEXTAREA rows="10" name="report" cols="50" ></TEXTAREA>
     <br><br>
     <INPUT type="submit" value=" submit "/>
     <INPUT type="hidden" name="userid" value="<%=userId%>" />
</FORM>
<%     }else if (reportStat.equals("success")){   %>
          <CENTER>
          <h3> DAILY REPORT UPDATED </h3><br><br>
          <b><FONT color="red">Redirecting to Home page in 10 seconds...</FONT></b>
          </CENTER>
          <%
               out.flush();
               out.append('x');
               Thread.sleep(10000);
               out.println("redirecting..");
          %>
          <jsp:forward page="inbox.jsp"> // THIS CAUSES ILLEGALSTATEEXCEPTION
          <jsp:param value="<%=userId%>" name="userid"/>
          </jsp:forward>
<%     }else{    %>
          <CENTER>
          <FONT color="red">
          <h3> DAILY REPORT UPDATE FAILED </FONT><br>check todays attendance status . you may not have signed in</h3><br><br>
          <FONT color="yellow"><b>Redirecting to Home page in 10 seconds... </b></FONT>
          </CENTER>
          <%
               out.flush();
               out.append('x');
               Thread.sleep(10000);
               out.println("redirecting..");
          %>
          <jsp:forward page="inbox.jsp">
          <jsp:param value="<%=userId%>" name="userid"/>
          </jsp:forward>
<% } %>

Answer 1

But what is the requirement. I dont think really u r going to do some thing in 10seconds.
u just want to do that,coz u want to show some thing fancy ,to the user. ..lol :)
That will slightly affect the performence,no doubt on that.