How to specify an object in application scope

[Venkatesh Rajendran]

Hi All,

How can I specify an object in application scope, for example I have specified in JSP as follows, similarly I have an object I want to specify it in Servlets.

<jsp:useBean class="mypack.MyClass" id="MyClassObj" scope="application"/>

Thanks in advance.

Venkat

[Chris Mathews]

All that application scope means in a JSP is that the object is going to be set in the ServletContext. Therefore, to do the same thing in a Servlet you would do:

  
getServletContext().setAttribute("someAttributeName", new Integer(1));

Word of warning, due to the nature of Servlets and Web Applications, the ServletContext is not thread-safe. Be very careful in how you use it.