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Adding Custom Data to Response Headers?

 
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Hi

If i add a custom header to the HttpServletResponse object, like say,



and then do a response.SendRedirect(URL) to some other URL, will i be able to read this header value at that app?

I've tried this with 2 dummy servlets in different apps but doesn't seem to be working. Am i getting something wrong here or am i trying something which is not right?

At the redirected URL, i retrieve the headers using request.getHeader(headerName);

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I have tried this sample Program :



I have used JMeter tool to observe the Response Data from the Servlet See the screen shot attached )
What i want to say is , It works the custom response headers will also be added .




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and then do a response.SendRedirect(URL) to some other URL, will i be able to read this header value at that app?


No. The response headers are read by the client and then discarded. (Besides, they're response headers, and thus not part of a request.) You'll need to put any data you want to reach the final destination as URL parameters.

Ravi Kiran Va wrote:...


There's no redirection here, so the example is not relevant.
 
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Thanks for the reply.

I am passing the data using query parameters but i was just wondering if there is a way to differentiate between a redirect and when someone accesses the app from the address bar directly.


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Thanks ulf for the relavant answer . (There should be some clapping Icon on the Icons List )
 
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