BBjHttpRequest::getAttribute (Deprecated)

BBjHttpRequest::getAttribute is deprecated for BBj 21.00 and higher, and has been replaced by BBxServletRequest::getAttribute.

Description

In BBj 15.00 and higher, this method returns the value of the named attribute as an Object, or null() if no attribute of the given name exists.

Attributes can be set using BBjHttpRequest::setAttribute(). This allows information to be embedded into a request before a RequestDispatcher call.

Syntax

Return Value	Method
Object	getAttribute(string name)

Parameters

Parameter	Description
name	A String specifying the name of the attribute.

Return Value

Returns an Object containing the value of the attribute, or null() if the attribute does not exist.

Remarks

None.

Example

rem 'Obtain the instance of the BBjAPI object

let myAPI! = BBjAPI()
MyServlet! = new MyServlet()

data!.setCallback(data!.ON_WEB_CONNECTION, myServlet!, "myMethod")

process_events

class public MyServlet
    method public void myMethod(BBjServletEvent p_event!)
        let chan = UNT
        request! = p_event!.getHttpRequest()
        response! = p_event!.getHttpResponse()
        resp!.setContentType("text/html")
        open (chan)"JSERVLET"
        print (chan)"<html><body><h1>Hello BBj!</h1><ul>"

        vect! = request!.getAttributeNames()
        if (vect!.size()) then
            for i = 0 to vect!.size()-1
                name$ = vect!.get(i)
                print (chan)"<li><b>" + name$ + "</b> = " + request!.getAttribute(name$)
            next i
        endif
        print (chan)"</ul></body></html>"
        close (chan)
    methodend
classend