Re: Making Java Act Like A Form
doug...@gmail.com wrote:
<%@ page language="java" import="org.apache.commons.httpclient.*,
org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.*" %>
<%
String url = "http://localhost:8080/printer.jsp";
try {
HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
PostMethod method = new PostMethod( url );
// Configure the form parameters
method.addParameter( "p", "Java" );
// Execute the POST method
int statusCode = client.executeMethod( method );
if( statusCode != -1 ) {
String contents = method.getResponseBodyAsString();
method.releaseConnection();
System.out.println( contents );
}
}
catch( Exception e ) {
e.printStackTrace();
out.println(e.toString());
}
%>
Daniel Pitts wrote:
System.out.println does NOT print to the jsp output., try
"out.println" instead of "System.out.println"
%@ page language="java" import="org.apache.commons.httpclient.*,
org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.*" %>
<%
String url = "http://localhost:8080/printer.jsp";
try {
HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
PostMethod method = new PostMethod( url );
// Configure the form parameters
method.addParameter( "p", "Java" );
// Execute the POST method
int statusCode = client.executeMethod( method );
if( statusCode != -1 ) {
String contents = method.getResponseBodyAsString();
method.releaseConnection();
out.println( contents );
}
}
catch( Exception e ) {
e.printStackTrace();
out.println(e.toString());
}
Why write this as JSP at all? You use nothing but scriptlet. If you wrote this
as a standard servlet, you'd probably find that existing methods like doPost()
will obviate the need to handle certain things yourself.
Take a gander at the Model-View-Controller, or "Model 2" paradigm for web
apps, as supported by Struts or JSF.
<http://java.sun.com/blueprints/guidelines/designing_enterprise_applications_2e/web-tier/web-tier5.html>
The JSF section of <http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/tutorial/doc/>:
<http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/tutorial/doc/JSFIntro.html#wp114889>
<http://struts.apache.org/>
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