application.setAttribute("a","a");
how do I retrieve this "a" from the servlet?
thanks

you need to use the ServletContext's getAttribute function

you must use a cast to the object depending on what you passed.

application.setAttribute("a","a");

so the first "a" is your key, the second "a" is a String object.

therefore,

String s = (String)application.getAttribute("a");

this can only be work on jsp not in servlet

the servlet solution is the aforementioned ServletContext...
here's some snippets:

Servlet A
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Vector v = new Vector();

ServletContext sc = getServletConfig().getServletContext();
sc.setAttribute("abc", v);
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Servlet B
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ServletContext sc = getServletConfig().getServletContext();
Vector v = (Vector)sc.getAttribute("abc");
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JSP's application variable is just the ServletContext object