Request object in class

[oaklanders]

How do I fetch a request value in a Java class?
Here is my attempt but it has request object error:

public class First
{
    private HttpServletRequest request;
    private String lastname;

    public First()
    {
         lastname= request.getParameter("lastname");
    }
  

    public FetchFormValue()
    {
        if(lastname.equals("Smith")
        {
             //do stuff for Smith
        }
        else
        {
            //do other stuff
        }
    }
..
}

 

[Targol]

The code you posted is missing initialization for "request" object. Is it initialized elsewhere in the class ?

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