1- Add following to portlet.xml
<container-runtime-option>
<name>javax.portlet.actionScopedRequestAttributes</name>
<value>true</value>
<value>numberOfCachedScopes</value>
<value>10</value>
</container-runtime-option>
2- set the request object attributes on processAction
request.setAttribute("attr1", request.getParameter("attr1"));
3- read attribute value in render
request.getAttribute("attr1")
<container-runtime-option>
<name>javax.portlet.actionScopedRequestAttributes</name>
<value>true</value>
<value>numberOfCachedScopes</value>
<value>10</value>
</container-runtime-option>
2- set the request object attributes on processAction
request.setAttribute("attr1", request.getParameter("attr1"));
3- read attribute value in render
request.getAttribute("attr1")