How to pass instance variable to the JSP

[Zandis Murāns]

How can I access passed variable (for example, an instance of List) to the JSP?
Here's how I'm trying to accomplish this:

    public void doView(RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response) throws PortletException, IOException {
         PortletRequestDispatcher rd = getPortletContext().getRequestDispatcher("/view.jsp");
         rd.include(request,response);
    }
     
    public void processAction(ActionRequest request, ActionResponse response) throws PortletException, IOException {
        List<String> aList = new ArrayList<String>(1);
        aList.add("Item1");
        request.setAttribute("List", aList);
    }

view.jsp:

...
<portlet:defineObjects />
<%
	List<String> list = request.getAttribute("List"); // null
%>
...

So how comes request.getAttribute("List") is null at this point?

[Philip Thamaravelil]

Move you request.setAttribute("List", aList); to the doView and it will work.