Values of the scope Attribute

page

Default value. Bean object should be placed in the

PageContext object for the duration of the current 

request. Lets methods in same servlet access bean

application

Bean will be stored in ServletContext (available through 

the application variable or by call to getServletContext()).

ServletContext is shared by all servlets in the same Web 

application (or all servlets on server if no explicit Web 

applications are defined).

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Values of the scope Attribute

session

Bean will be stored in the HttpSession object associated 

with the current request, where it can be accessed from 

regular servlet code with getAttribute and setAttribute, as 

with normal session objects.

request

Bean object should be placed in the ServletRequest object 

for the duration of the current request, where it is 

available by means of getAttribute

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