Problem with session attributes in JSP EL using Spring MVC

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I'm trying to show a session attribute "userSession" in a jsp page using JSP EL, but it returns null (case 1). Request attributes are shown properly in EL expressions though.

Using java scriptlet instead, behaves as shown in cases 2 and 3:

<c:out value="${userSession}"/> \\Returns null
<c:out value='<%=request.getSession().getAttribute("userSession")%>'/> \\Works fine - returns session attribute
<c:out value='<%=session.getAttribute("userSession")%>'/> \\Throws exception: cannot find variable session

Exception of case 3 may be related to case 1 problem, something like not recognizing the session variable for some reason and that affecting the EL expression then.

I'm using Spring MVC 2.5 and JSTL 1.1.2.

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Maria Ioannidou · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-19 02:22:22Z

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Fixed. Problem was with a <%@ page session="false" %> directive found in an include.jsp used by my page, which I removed from that global place.

It prevents a jsp page from access to session scope variables. So only <%=request.getSession().getAttribute("foo")%> works in that case...

answered Jan 19, 2011 at 2:22

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Abdullah Jibaly · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-19 01:19:59Z

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What does:

<c:out value="${sessionScope.userSession}"/>

or

<c:out value="${sessionScope['userSession']}"/>

give?

edited Jan 19, 2011 at 1:19

answered Jan 19, 2011 at 1:14

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Maria Ioannidou Over a year ago

The same with <c:out value="${userSession}"/> : null

Abdullah Jibaly Over a year ago

Try the sessionScope variable as indicated above.

Abdullah Jibaly Over a year ago

What happens when you set a session var right before you print it: <c:set var="userSession" scope="session" value="Hello"/>?

Maria Ioannidou Over a year ago

I'm getting the following exception: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot access session scope in page that does not participate in any session

Melkior · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-12 13:35:09Z

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<c:out value="${sessionScope}"/> or just ${sessionScope} list all the attributes in portlet application scope.

so, You can try to get your attribut with this expression !

answered Feb 12, 2013 at 13:35

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