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Message:

cookie lost while sendRedirect

Posted by Divya on January 30, 2002 at 5:38 PM

> Hi all, this is the case, hope to get help from you:

> 1. add a cookie to response
> HttpServletResponse.addCookie(Cookie)

> 2. then, redirect it to a new URL
> HttpServletResponse.sendRedirect("the URL")
> I have made sure the new URL is in the same domain.
> This is tested on Tomcat, SSL is not set up, not a public URL.

> Results:
> The cookie is not add to client(my local machine).

Hi,

The cookies stored in the response object would be lost once you use sendRedirect. You'll have to use RequestDispatcher through which you can forward your Request and Response objects.

String path = "/servlet/yoururl?parameters"
ServletContext ctx = getServletContext();
RequestDispatcher rd = ctx.getRequestDispatcher(path);
rd.forward(req, res); //where res is the Response object in which you have set the cookie

cheers,
Divya
divsm@hotmail.com