JSP file and button value

Question

I have a JSP file. Inside that file I want to take the value when the button is pressed.

<button value="Honduras" type="submit" name="add" class="btn btn-primary">Add to Cart</a>

I am trying to extract value="Honduras" when button with name="add" is pressed.

String productName = request.getParameter("add"); //Expected productName="Honduras"

But I get the following error which refers to the line above:

Message An exception occurred processing [/index.jsp] at line [68]

Any thoughts?

Answer 1

Your JSP line:

<button 
   value="Honduras" 
   type="submit" 
   name="add" 
   class="btn btn-primary">
      Add to Cart
</a>

Uses a button to open the tag, but uses a a to close the tag

Not sure if this is the issue, but it is incorrect