servlets

How do I pass information from a servlet to a JSP page

Is it possible to have a servlet that contains an object (an ArrayList in this case) that then does the equivalent of displaying a jsp page and passing that object to the jsp page. In this case the ArrayList contains database results an I want to iterate through and display the results on the JSP page. I am not using any MVC framework, ...

Where does the Java EE folder go?

I just downloaded from: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/download.html the Java(TM) Servlet API Specification Interface Classes 2.3 Inside this zip file I have the folder javax (folder) servlet (folder) http (folder) bunch of class files Where do I put this? So I can call it from my Java program? ...

My First Tomcat Servlet

I seem to be having trouble with Tomcat servlets and even setting up my own. I am using Windows Vista x64 bit. I CAN connect and see the servlet examples. I just don't know how to go about creating my own. Can anyone pinpoint to me a guide on "my first servlet" with a step-by-step instructions on how-to? Thanks. Anyone? ...

Populating child dropdownlists in JSP/Servlet

Suppose I am having three dropdownlist controls named dd1, dd2 and dd3. The value of each dropdownlist comes from database. dd3's value depends upon value of dd2 and dd2's value depends on value of dd1. Can anyone tell me how do I call servlet for this problem? ...

exception while deploying spring app on tomcat 6

Hi all, I'm trying to make a simple web app using spring and deploying it on Tomcat 6. When I try to deploy it on the server, it gives me the following error. I'm unable to figure out if the problem is with Tomcat or my app. Feb 12, 2010 3:45:43 PM org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule begin WARNING: [SetPropertiesRule]{Se...

single method in getRequestDispatcher() in ServletRequest and ServletContext interfaces.

HI I like to know there is a single method called getRequestDispatcher() in ServletRequest and ServletContext interfaces. What is the difference? ...

Can you call a servlet with a link

Can you call a servlet with a link (i.e. link text And possibly pass parameters to the request object by adding them to the querystring. If not, I have seen this kind of thing: RequestDispatcher dispatcher = getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher(/MyServlet); dispatcher.include(request,response); But how would I trigger ...

My First Tomcat Servlet

I seem to be having trouble with Tomcat servlets and even setting up my own. I am using Windows Vista x64 bit. I CAN connect and see the servlet examples. I just don't know how to go about creating my own. Can anyone pinpoint to me a guide on "my first servlet" with a step-by-step instructions on how-to? Thanks. [Do not close this as ...

Why use JSP/Servlets?

I have done a lot of web development using PHP (both procedural and OO). I have in the last few years been involved in Java development (not JSP and Servlets) for embedded systems. I am pretty proficient using Java SE and have recently scored a nice web dev job. I am thinking of developing this site using JSP and Servlets but this is str...

how to read the parameters and value from the querystring using java

Hi, I am using Ciui from google code and all the requests are only GET requests and not POST. The calls are made by the ajax (i am not sure) . I need to know how to read the "searchstring" parameter from this url. When i read this in my servlet using the getQueryString() method i am not able to properly form the actual text. This unicod...

Uploadify plugin doesn't call Java Servlet

Hello,i just started using Uploadify flash plugin instead of standard HTML UI. And met the next problem: when I click "Upload Files" link,that progress is shown and "completed" status is appeared, but in reality - it didn't happened anything,Java Servlet isn't called from backend. There is upload servlet and uploading performed next way ...

chat application using jsp and servlets

I am developing chat appliction using jsp and servlets. Can anyone tell me, what are the possiblities to notify the administrator (trigger events in administrator account), when the client hits the "Startchat " button? ...

jetty: dynamically changing idle time

I have a jetty server which is configured to expire requests after 30 seconds, this is the configuration line in the xml config file: <Set name="maxIdleTime">30000</Set> There are two kinds of requests that are accepted by this server: requests which have to be served in real time and requests that come from batch scripts that can tak...

How to Merge GWT (Google Web Toolkit) Project and Dynamic Web Project (i.e. Java Web App/Servlets) in Eclipse?

I currently have a primary Java Web App Project which houses some Servlets, JSPs and static HTML pages. Later on, I also created a second Eclipse Google Web Toolkit Project (GWT). Now, after finishing the GWT Project, I want to integrate or merge the GWT Project (while retaining its RPC capabilities with Servlets) with the Primary Java W...

How to get all children of a parent and then their children using recursion

Greetings: I have the metaphor of Parent Transactions in my JSP web application. I have transaction ID's stored in a database and the requirement is to display all of the children of the parent and then the subsequent children of the parent's children. In reality this list of parents and their children will never be more than 4 or 5 lev...

Include JSTL dependency with Maven

I am using maven2, how do I add a dependency to JSTL (The JSP Standard Tag Library) ? ...

ServletRequestWrapper or ServletResponseWrapper in production?

Hi have you seen anything really useful extending HttpServletResponseWrapper/HttpServletRequestWrapper or ServletRequestWrapper/ ServletResponseWrapper in production environment? ...

JSP helper class for printing content

I have a question on code reuse in JSP. I have a JSP page example.jsp that issues a call to a database and gets the results. I have a java class HelperClass.java that accepts a record and prints out the different fields response.getWriter().println Now my JSP page has HTML as well and the problem is the content printed out by the Hel...

Most useful java servlet Filter out there?

Very interesting tricks can be done with java servlet filters in security, performance, etc. What are the best servlet filters out there? ...

Deploying Java Application As Servlet

I have a java application that up until now was run as a stand alone java application (i.e. executable jar). I now need to deploy it in Tomcat as a servlet. It doesn't need to actually process any HTTP requests though, but it needs to be started using tomcat. What are the steps required to convert the project so that it can be deployed ...