JSP response Object

JSP inbuilt response object is used to send the data back to the user in the form of a response to the initiated request. Additionally, the response object may also be used to send cookies with a response to browser, to store cookies in it. The type of request object is javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse interface, which is itself a subclass of javax.servlet.ServletResponse interface.

Some useful methods available to response object.

The methods in the table below are part of javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse interface and its superclass javax.servlet.ServletResponse. Hence, these methods are available to the JSP implicit response object.

Methods	Description
void *addCookie(Cookie* cookie)**	This method adds a Cookie to the response and sent it to browser.
void *addHeader(String* name, String value)**	This method adds a response header with a name and its value.
void *addDateHeader(String* name, long date)**	This method adds a response date header with a name and its date value.
void *addIntHeader(String* name, int value)**	This method adds a response header with a name and its int value.
void *sendError(int* sc, String message)**	This method sends an error response to client using a status code and a message.
void *sendRedirect (String* url)**	This method sends a temporary redirect response to client by specifying the URL.
String *setStatus(int* sc)**	This method sets the status code of the response.
void *setHeader(String* name, String value)**	This method sets the response header with a name and value.
void *setDateHeader(String* name, long date)**	This method sets the response header with a name and a date value.
void *setIntHeader(String* name, int value)**	This method sets the response header with a name and an int value.
void *setContentType(String* contentType)**	This method adds a MIME type to a response header.
String *getHeader(String* name)**	This method gets the value of the response header with the given name..

Using JSP response object to set the contentType attribute.

In this example, we will set the value of contentType attribute using JSP's inbuilt response object.

Response1.jsp

<html>

<head>
<title>Using JSP built-in response object</title>
</head>


<body>

<h2>Setting the contentType using response object - </h2>

<% response.setContentType("text/xml"); %>
This page will now be displayed in XML form to the user. <br/>


<i>Thank you for reading</i> <br/>
<b>Have a nice day!</b> <br/>

</body>

</html>

executing this JSP page displays the contentType of the page to "text/xml" and displayed the page in XML form to the user when the page is requested.

Using JSP reponse object to set and read a cookie value

In this example, we will create and set a cookie in the browser using JSP's inbuilt response object. In JSP, we can create a cookie using Cookie class and each cookie created has a name and a value associated with it. Let's look the code below.

AddCookie.jsp

<html>

<head>
<title>Using response object to set cookies </title>
</head>


<body>

<h2>Using the response object to add a cookie in the browser.</h2>

<%
Cookie cookie = new Cookie("Website", "DecodeJava.com");
response.addCookie(cookie);
%>

To read value in cookie, click here <a href="ReadCookie.jsp">Read Cookie</a>

</body>

</html>

and in the next JSP page we will read this cookie using JSP inbuilt request object.

ReadCookie.jsp

<html>

<head>
<title>Ceating a JSP Cookie </title>
</head>


<body>

<h2>Reading the cookies set by the request object.</h2>

<% 
Cookie[] array = request.getCookies();


for(int i=0; i<array.length; i++)
{
if(array[i].getName().equals("Name"))
{
out.println("<br/>");
out.println("Name of the cookie : " + array[i].getName() + "<br/>");
out.println("Value in cookie : " + array[i].getValue());
} 
}

%>

</body>

</html>

Executing AddCookie.jsp creates a cookie and stores it in the browser using the JSP's inbuilt response object.

AddCookie.jsp

On this page, when we click on "Read the Cookie," another page opens which reads the cookie using JSP's inbuilt request object.

ReadCookie.jsp

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