BBjHttpSession::setAttribute (Deprecated)

BBjHttpSession::setAttribute is deprecated for BBj 21.00 and higher, and has been replaced by BBxWebSession::setAttribute.

Description

In BBj 12.00 and higher, this method binds an object to this BBjHttpSession using the name specified.

Syntax

Return Value	Method
void	setAttribute(String name, String value )

Parameters

Parameter	Description
name	Specifies the name of the attribute.
value	Specifies the value for the attribute.

Return Value

None.

Remarks

Binds an object to this session, using the name specified. If an object of the same name is already bound to the session, the object is replaced. The example below shows getting the attribute ‘userID’ from the session within a BBjServlet.

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()
        response!.setContentType("text/html")
        session! = request!.getSession()
        session!.setAttribute(“MyAttribute","Something")
        open(chan)"JSERVLET"
        print(chan)"<html><body><h1>Hello BBj!</h1>"
        print(chan)"</body></html>"
        close(chan)
    methodend
classend