When to use redirect en when to use forward

This is just to remind me.

These are the two and the differences:

• response.sendRedirect("http://www.xyz.com")

  • send a redirect request back to the browser
  • is slow
  • will change the location

• pageContext.forward("http://www.xyz.com") and requestDispatcher.forward("http://www.xyz.com")

  • sends a forward request right onto the next page/jsp
  • is faster
  • will not change the location
  • you still have access to the original request

• pageContext.include("http://www.xyz.com") and requestDispatcher.include("http://www.xyz.com")

  • includes a request into the current page/jsp
  • will not change the location
  • you still have access to the original request
  • you can continue processing when you get back control
  • good for including content from another page