what is the best way to pass around an object in many jsp pages

[kulangotski]

hi, thanks for reading

just like what is stated above, what would be the best way to pass around an object between jsp pages. specifically, that object would be an ArrayList. it should hold some information that needs to be retrieved over time by a couple of jsp pages.

one way our instructor told us is to put the object in the session object, like

session.setAttribute(key, 'arraylist object');

but is it possible to have that array list object be declared in a separate java file and have the arraylist object declared as static? would that be a possible way to pass around an object?

any suggestions would be appreciated.

thanks,
simon

[doWhile]

but is it possible to have that array list object be declared in a separate java file and have the arraylist object declared as static? would that be a possible way to pass around an object?

You don't provide enough information to answer this question directly. The solution your instructor gave you would work fine for sharing values between pages in a Session. Each session is a per user basis, so if you want to keep values for a given session set a session attribute. If you have something which needs to be shared across all users and would be considered more of a constant/global than anything else, try using a static.

[kulangotski]

I'm sorry for my vague explanation but you already answered my question. and even more, thanks for explaining the difference between session and static :D

regards,
simon