data transfer between two servlets - java

I have two servlet.
The first (doGet) shows me the form and the second (doPost) processes the form
Here is my first servlet
protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException
{
Nodes nodes = nodes_dao.start(request);
int id = nodes.getId_node();
request.setAttribute("nodes", nodes);
request.setAttribute("id", id);
request.getRequestDispatcher(VUE).forward(request, response);
}
And here is my second servlet
protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException
{
String question = null;
String result = null;
question = request.getParameter("question");
result = request.getParameter("result");
Node_dao dao = new Node_dao();
try
{
dao.insert_result(result);
int left_id = dao.select_left_id(result);
dao.insert_question(question, left_id);
}
For example, how I can retrieve the id of the first servlet in the second?
Thanks

You are already calling request.setAttribute("id", id); in th first servlet, then forwarding to the second. So all you are missing is to call int id = (int)request.getAttribute("id"); in the second servlet.
HOWEVER, there is a second problem. You cannot magically change the METHOD type by forwarding. If the original request was GET, it is still GET after the forward. So your second servlet needs to handle the request in a doGet not a doPost.

You could do this using cookies or httpsession.
This link will be interesting for you: http://www.journaldev.com/1907/java-servlet-session-management-tutorial-with-examples-of-cookies-httpsession-and-url-rewriting

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If you add String result = (String)req.getAttribute("serverAnswer"); just before calling req.getRequestDispatcher(ANSWER.get()) on your servlet and check value of result it would still be null.
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#WebServlet("/EditServlet")
public class EditServlet extends HttpServlet {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
response.setContentType("text/html");
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String id2=request.getParameter("id");
System.out.println("id is"+request.getParameter("id"));//Null is getting printed
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}}
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should be
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