store variables in a jsp page scope with the spring framework

[albert kao]

How to store variables in the jsp page scope with the spring 2.5.x framework?

This has compile errors.
What is the proper way to initialize pageContext?

import javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext;

@Override
public ModelAndView handleRequestInternal(HttpServletRequest request,
		HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {
		
		PageContext pageContext;
		
		Object o = pageContext.getAttribute("com.mycompany.pageId");

Description Resource Path Location Type
The local variable pageContext may not have been initialized HwController.java /com.mycompany.monitoring.war/src/com/mycompany/monitoring/war line 59 Java Problem

[David Newton]

Why not just a request attribute? Or put it in the ModelAndView, which is probably more appropriate if you're using SpringMVC anyway.

[albert kao]

David Newton wrote:Why not just a request attribute? Or put it in the ModelAndView, which is probably more appropriate if you're using SpringMVC anyway.

I want to store some variables (e.g. number of rows per table) at page scope in Spring so that each page has its own group of variables. What is the proper way to do that? My approach of using the PageContext for that purpose may or may not be wrong.