Using application scope variables in java

Question

My company is redoing our website over the next few months, going from a ColdFusion website to one written in Java. I am just learning Java and I am curious as to how I can

Answer 1

The equivalent is probably the ServletContext

In your controller servlet:

ServletContext context = request.getSession().getServletContext();

Just like in the session object you can store attributes in the servlet context as well

context.setAttribute("someValue", "aValue");

Object attribute = context.getAttribute("someValue");

If you're starting out with Java and you have a non-trivial application to build, I would recommend using a popular framework like Spring or Struts