Assign request variable in catch block

[anjibman]

Hi All,

Is it valid to do following:

try{
     //do something
} catch(SomeException ex){
     request.setAttribute("status", statusInfo);
}
request.setAttribute("status", diffStatusInfo);

This one is not working for me. I am not able to get status variable in client when there is exception. However I am able to get diffStatusInfo when program runs without exception.

Any suggestion/comment?

Thanks.

[KevinWorkman]

You're going to have to be more specific than "not working". What does this do? What did you expect it to do?

[anjibman]

I am expecting JSP will print

1. statusInfo value if exception occur
2. else diffStatusInfo if program run without exception.

[Junky]

If an execpetion occurs the attribute will be set to statusInfo. Then execution leaves the catch block and the attribute will be set to diffStatusInfo. What you need to do is move the call to setAttribute inside the try statement.