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Java WWW Week 2
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JSP structure and models
Format of lecture: Assignment context JSP models
JSPs calling other JSPs i.e. breaking up work Parameter passing JSPs with Add SQL examples
Summary
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JSP Built-in Objects
JSPs have access to several objects that we can use when processing a request from a browser and then generate a dynamic response.
There are eight in all:request out response pagecontextsession applicationconfig page
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Built-in objects
You will see these objects being used in the examples provided during the module coverage of JSPs.
Request objects methods allow us to access information about: The user HTTP headers Clients machine Request URL and parameters.
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Built-in objects
Response objects methods allow access to:Setting HTTP headers.Set cookies.Encode session information into URLs.
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Built-in objects
Out object - has methods to generate and control output to the browser.
PageContext object - has page attributes.Page object - represents the servlet instance
i.e. the object generated from having compiled the JSP.
Application object - used for extracting information about the lifecycle of the Servlet.
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The Structure of JSPs
An initial selection of tags to get to know (Scriptlet Tags = v. important!!!).
<% //embed Java code %>
Used for embedding blocks of Java code into JSPs.Scriptlets provide control structures like decision (if
and switch) and iteration control structures (for and while).
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Structure of JSPsDeclaration Tags – also important.
<%! // Variable declaration - method declaration %>
Used for declaring variables and methods. For example:<%! HttpSession ses = null; %><%! public String whereFrom(HttpServletRequest req)
{ ses = req.getSession(); return req.getRemoteHost();}
%><% out.print("Hi there, I see that you are coming in from "); %><%= whereFrom(request) %>
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Structure of JSPs
Expression Tags.
<%= java expression %>
Used for inserting the value of a Java expression into JSPs. e.g. <td><%= rs.getString("LastName") %></td>
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Structure of JSPs
Directive Tags – used to provide information to the JSP server. There are three directives:
page include taglib
We will only review the page and include directive. Page Directive - used to set properties of the JSP. E.g. what
packages it imports from the Java library or is an error page.<%@ page page_attributes %> e.g. <%@ page import="java.sql.*" %><%@ page errorPage=“myErrorPage.jsp" %>
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Catching Errors – myErrorPage.jsp
<%@ page isErrorPage="true" %>
<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>My Error Page</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>
<H2>Exception Information</H2>
<TABLE>
<tr><td>Exception Class: </td><td><%= exception.getClass() %></td></tr> <tr><td>Message: </td><td><%= exception.getMessage() %></td></tr> </TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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JSP Action Tags Action tags are used to perform actions when a JSP page is requested
by a browser. There are six JSP action tags:
useBeansetPropertygetPropertyIncludeForwardplugin
We will review two of them in during the module:includeforward
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include action and directiveActions and Directives – there is a difference:Actions are elements that can create and access programming
language objects and affect the output stream include Action.
<jsp:include page= “Relative_URL” />Used to include the output of another JSP include Directive.
<%@ include file=“Relative_URL_to_file” %>Used to include the text of another fileThere are examples of both on the Tomcat server
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include example
<body><%@ page buffer="5" autoFlush="false" %><p>In place evaluation of another JSP which gives
you the current time:<jsp:include page="clock.jsp" flush="true">
<jsp:param name="type" value="small"></jsp:include></html>
See: http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/tags/12/syntaxref1214.html
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Action or Directive?
Well both have their pros and cons and, as always, it just depends on what your requirements are. The benefits of using the <jsp:include/> ACTION are:
Guarantees automatic recompilation, Smaller class sizes, Can make use of parameters (treated like form parameters)JSP expressions can be used in attribute values
One of the main benefits of using the include DIRECTIVE is that local page variables can be shared between the two files. It also has slightly better run time efficiency and doesn't restrict output buffering.
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forward Action
<jsp:forward page=“Relative_URL” />
Used to forward the request to another JSP This will forward the current request object to the specified file When a forward tag is encountered, the JSP engine doesn't process the
remainder of the current JSP file Anything that has been written into the output buffer by the current JSP file
will be lost The following example tests the virtual memory and either forwards to
another .jsp or another html page - see code screen grab on next page…
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forward Action example
<%
double freeMem = Runtime.getRuntime().freeMemory();
double totlMem = Runtime.getRuntime().totalMemory();
double percent = 100*freeMem/totlMem;
if (percent < 50.0) {
%>
<jsp:forward page="/jsp/forward/one.jsp"/>
<% } else { %>
<jsp:forward page="two.html"/>
<% } %>
</html>
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Forward model
JSP
JSP
Client Request
(optional)
DATABASE
Forward model
The JSP parses the input from
the client form (and optionally
updates the Database)HTTP Server - Tomcat
HTML Form
(optional)
SQL
Response
HTML Form
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Demos in server folder
CRUD examples Create(add);Retrieve(view/get);Adding information to a database
Demo of a add JSP (addtousers.jsp)
Retrieving (getting) information from the Guestbook database with JSPsDemo of a simple Get JSP (SimpleGetUserExample.jsp)Demo of a user input version of get
(GetUserUsingInputExample.jsp)
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addtousers.jsp
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GetUserUsingInputExample.jsp
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Summary
You have learnt more about the structure of JSPs
Learning from examples is goodYou have seen an Add something JSPYou have seen a more sophisticated view
something JSP (compared to last week with the simple guest listing)