How to access a cookie created using Javascript on the client side from a servlet ?

[Ram Pra]

Does anyone know how to access a cookie created on the client using javascript on the server.
When I tried, I don't see the cookie in the HttpRequest object.
Is it possible to access the client side cookies created using javascript on the server using the HttpRequest object.
Thanks in advance.

[William Brogden]

Cookies created by JavaScript should be visible in the request. Have you looked at ALL the cookies?
Bill

[Ram Pra]

I have looked at all the cookies in the HTTP header and it doesn't exist.
As we are using a FORM based authentication , we need some information from the login page so we decided to put the information into the cookie using client side javascript which doesn't work.
I also tried to create an intermediate servlet before the j_security_check and I was able to create a cookie and access it from my request after the container's authentication process.But the problem there is that I am unable to use RequestDispatcher, i will have to use sendRedirect which displays the URL on the address bar.
Thanks

[Ram Pra]

Why don't I see the cookie created by client side javascript on the server.Is there something which I am missing here.

[Jose Zaleta]

Hey,
I've used JavaScript to create cookies and used them back in a Servlet later on. Are you sure the cookie is being created? You can check the browser's cache, or if you're using Netscape there's a nice utility that can provide this info.

[Ram Pra]

Thanks Everyone !!
Actually I was not setting the path for the cookies created on the client side, wehn I set my path to "/" I could access the cookies on the server without any problems.
Thanks again.
Prashanth