Forward to a servlet by request package com.ack.web.servlet; import java.io.IOException; import javax.servlet.RequestDispatcher; import javax.servlet.ServletException; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse; public class ForwardToAServletByRequest extends HttpServlet { public void doGet( HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res ) throws ServletException, IOException { // do not commit anything to the response stream before a forward // set in a request attribute to communicate hello to the // servlet we forward to req.setAttribute( "hello", "world" ); // create a request dispatcher to forward RequestDispatcher rd = getServletContext(). getRequestDispatcher( "/acceptforward/barry/white?rules=ok" ); // and then forward rd.forward( req, res ); } }