Using Javascript can you get the value from a session attribute set by servlet in the HTML page

Question

I have a servlet that forwards to a HTML page, using redirect. Because I am using ajax and php on the html page to do other functions. Can turn into a jsp. Is there a way I

Answer 1

<%
String session_val = (String)session.getAttribute("sessionval"); 
System.out.println("session_val"+session_val);
%>