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CS119 L5 Servlets

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Servlets

Enterprise Systems
Programming
Servlets
 Servlets: server-side Java programs that enable
dynamic processing of web-based requests
 Web-based requests are coursed through html
forms
 Servlets process these requests and typically
generates html-formatted responses to these
requests
 Servlets resides on a web server that supports
servlet functionality
 e.g., Apache Tomcat
 These servers are also called web containers or servlet
containers
Web application structure
 A web application consists of several files
placed inside a context root folder
 Structure:
<context-root-folder-name>
 html file(s) referring to servlet pages
 WEB-INF
 web.xml
 classes
 <package-name>
 Java servlet class file(s)
Web-application example
 Simple Example:

mywebapp
 welcomeform.html
 WEB-INF
 web.xml
 classes
 servlets
 WelcomeServlet.class
Web-application example
 Simple Example:
refers to servlet page
mywebapp (html source need not reside
inside mywebapp)
 welcomeform.html
 WEB-INF
contains mapping(s) of URL
 web.xml to actual servlet code
 classes
 servlets
 WelcomeServlet.class servlet code

could be an elaborate
package folder hierarchy
Web-application example
 Simple Example:
…
<form action="/mywebapp/welcome"
mywebapp …
 welcomeform.html
 WEB-INF
maps "/welcome"
 web.xml to servlets.WelcomeServlet
 classes
 servlets
 WelcomeServlet.class
web.xml contents
 web.xml: deployment descriptor
 Most important portions:
 Establishing aliases: associate servlet name to
actual servlet code
 Mapping: associates a URL to a servlet name
web.xml example
<web-app>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>welcome</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>
servlets.WelcomeServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>welcome</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/welcome</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>
HTML forms
 HTML form: section of a webpage that
contains input elements (e.g., text boxes)
 Often contains a submit element
(a button) that enables submission of the
form contents to a web server
 Submission is associated with an action
(the URL of the page that processes the
form)
HTML form example
<form action="/mywebapp/welcome"
method="get">
TYPE IN SOME TEXT
<input type = "text" name ="firstname" />
<input type = "submit" value="Click" />
</form>
Form methods
 Two types of form submission methods
 GET: form data is appended to the URL
(data separated from the action URL by
question mark)
 Use this for query-type actions or indempotent
actions
 POST: form data is “passed” or included as
a message to the web-server
 Use this for actions with side-effects
HttpServlet class
 Class that servlets extend
 Expect to override at least one of the following
methods:
 protected doGet( HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response )
throws ServletException, IOException
 protected doPost( HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response )
throws ServletException, IOException
 Read form data through the request parameter,
generate output/resulting webpage through the
response parameter
HttpServletRequest
 Most important method: getParameter()
 Given the input parameter name (indicated in the
HTML form), returns a string that represents the
associated form data
 May need to use Java conversion features (such
as Integer.parseInt()) to convert to the
appropriate type for processing
 Examples:
 String name = request.getParameter( "firstname" );
 int year = Integer.parseInt(
request.getParameter( "year" ) );
HttpServletResponse
 Used to facilitate result of processing a form
 “generates” html content
 Invoke the getWriter() method to get a
PrintWriter handle, then issue print, println
methods on that handle
 Invoke getContentType(“text/html”) to specify
that you are generating html content
 Example:
 response.setContentType( "text/html" );
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
out.println( "<h2> Welcome </h2>" );
Complete doGet() example
protected void doGet( HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response )
throws ServletException, IOException
{
String name = request.getParameter( "firstname" );
int favoriteNumber = name.length();

response.setContentType( "text/html" );
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();

out.println( "<h2> Welcome " + name + "</h2>" );


out.println( "Your favorite number is “
+ favoriteNumber );
out.close();
}
Connecting to a database
 Combine JDBC concepts and servlets
 Better to separate code that connect to
the database
 Tip: have a collection of methods that carry
out query or update methods on the database
and then invoke these methods from the
servlet
 Database code could be in a separate
package or be part of the package
containing servlet code
doGet() with database access
protected void doGet( HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response )
throws ServletException, IOException
{
String name = request.getParameter( "firstname" );
String mobileNumber;
try getNum()
{ is a method of
mobileNumber = DBAccess.getNum( name ); DBAccess.java
}
catch( Exception e )
and contains
{ JDBC code
mobileeNumber = "no mobile number";
}
response.setContentType( "text/html" );
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();

out.println( "<h2> Welcome " + name + "</h2>" );


out.println( "Your MOBILE number is " + mobileeNumber );
out.close();
 }
Summary
 Servlets process form data through java
 Java programs that extend HttpServlet
 Servlets are part of a web application
 web.xml indicates appropriate mappings
 Other servlet features: redirection,
sessions/cookies
 Next: JSP (simplifies servlet coding)

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