The "session" Implicit Object

This section describes the 'session' implicit object - a javax.servlet.http.HttpSession object provided by the JSP server to hold information and methods common to all JSP pages running under one session.

What Is the "session" Implicit Object?: The "session" implicit object is an object provided by the JSP server to hold information and methods common to all JSP pages running under one session. The session object must be an instance of a class that implements the javax.servlet.http.HttpSession interface defined by the J2EE specification. Here are some methods of the HttpSession interface defined in J2EE 1.6:

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 JSP (JavaServer Pages) Overview

 Tomcat Installation on Windows Systems

 JSP Scripting Elements

 Java Servlet Introduction

 JSP Implicit Objects

 Syntax of JSP Pages and JSP Documents

JSP Application Session

 What Is a Session

The "session" Implicit Object

 Passing Values between JSP Pages

 Testing Result of RegForm.jspx

 Using Perl LWP Package for Debugging

 Managing Cookies in JSP Pages

 JavaBean Objects and "useBean" Action Elements

 Managing HTTP Response Header Lines

 Non-ASCII Characters Support in JSP Pages

 Performance of JSP Pages

 EL (Expression Language)

 Overview of JSTL (JSP Standard Tag Libraries)

 JSTL Core Library

 JSP Custom Tags

 JSP Java Tag Interface

 Custom Tag Attributes

 Multiple Tags Working Together

 File Upload Test Application

 Using Tomcat on CentOS Systems

 Using Tomcat on macOS Systems

 Connecting to SQL Server from Servlet

 Developing Web Applications with Servlet

 Archived Tutorials

 References

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