Question

does anyone know how to forward a request to a specific frame?

I use:

    dispatcher = getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher("/servlet/MyServlet" );
    dispatcher.forward( request, response );

Is there any way to define a target frame (TARGET=’myFrame’) in such a
request forwarding?

Answer 1

No, it’s not possible to specify the target from the server side on. Imagine what would happen if it was possible to specify a target="_blank" from the server side on.

You’d need to specify it in the client side. You can specify the target attribute in <form> and <a> elements whose action or href points to the servlet in question.

As an alternative, you could go for a frameless ajax based approach. In JavaScript it’s possible to traverse/manipulate the HTML DOM tree dynamically based on the servlet response. Frames are too 90’s anyway.