Failure to forward a request with a session to a JSP page

Question

I'm trying to set an int value to request session like this...

        request.getSession().setAttribute("score", 0);          
        request.getRequestDispatcher("game.jsp").forward(request, response);

But <% if(request.getAttribute("score") == null) %> gives true, and I get NullPointerException when I try to use this data. What could be a possible cause for this? Thank you.

Answer 1

The setAttribute() method is looking for an object in the second parameter, but you are providing a primitive type. Try the following instead:

request.getSession().setAttribute("score", new Integer(0));

Answer 2

it should be..

request.getSession().getAttribute("score") 

not

request.getAttribute("score")