Ex No: 5
INVOKING SERVLETS USING HTML FORM
AIM
To invoke a java Servlet program using html form.
ALGORITHM
Identify the classes to be used.
Define a class that should extend the one of the base class httpServlet.
The service( ) method need to be coded to receive information from the browser
whenever a client browser makes a request for the HTML page.
Generate the source and compile it.
Deploy the Servlet then execute the Servlet.
To execute the program open the browser and then type:
http://localhost:8080/sample/invokeServlet.html
PROGRAM
invokeServlet.html
<html>
<head>
<title>Student Information Form</title>
</head>
<body>
<center>
<form name="form1" action="http://localhost:8080/sample/my_servletDemo">
<h3>Enter student information in following fields -</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td><b>Roll Number</b></td>
<td><input type="text" name="Roll Number" size="25" value=" "></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Student Name</b></td>
<td><input type="text" name="Student Name" size="25" value=" "></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Student Address</b></td>
<td><input type="text" name="Address" size="50" value=" "></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Phone</td>
<td><input type="text" name="Phone" size="25" value=" "></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Total Marks</td>
<td><input type="text" name="Total Marks" size="10" value=" "></td>
</tr>
</table>
<input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>
</center>
</body>
</html>
my_servletDemo.java
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
public class my_servletDemo extends GenericServlet
{
public void service(ServletRequest req,ServletResponse res) throws
ServletException,IOException
{
PrintWriter out=res.getWriter();
Enumeration en=req.getParameterNames();
while(en.hasMoreElements())
{
String name_received=(String)en.nextElement();
out.print(name_received+ " = ");
String value_received=req.getParameter(name_received);
out.println(value_received);
out.println(" ");
}
out.close();
}
}
Web.xml
<web-app>
<!-- Servlet-definitions -->
<servlet>
<servlet-name>my_servletDemo </servlet-name>
<servlet-class>my_servletDemo </servlet-class>
</servlet>
<!-- Servlet-mappings -->
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>my_servletDemo </servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/my_servletDemo </ url-pattern >
</servlet- mapping >
</web-app>
Steps to execute Servlets:
1. Open Tomcat6.0 program directory.
2. Double click webapps folder.
3. Create a folder named sample.
4. Place the invokeServlet.html file into the sample folder.
5. Create a folder named WEB-INF in the sample folder.
6. Place the web.xml file in the WEB-INF folder.
7. Create a folder named classes in the WEB-INF folder.
8. Place the class file of the java program my_servletDemo into the classes folder in the
WEB-INF folder.
OUTPUT
http://localhost:8080/sample/invokeServlet.html
CONCLUSION
Thus the program for invoking Servlets from the html forms has been executed.
Ex 5(ii) session tracking
Index.html
<html>
<head>
<title>session tracking</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="FirstServlet" method="POST" >
Name:<input type="text" name="userName"/><br/>
<input type="submit" value="go"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
FirstServlet.java
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
public class FirstServlet extends HttpServlet {
protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
response.setContentType("text/html;charset=UTF-8");
try (PrintWriter out = response.getWriter()) {
String n=request.getParameter("username");
out.println("<!DOCTYPE html>");
out.println("<html>");
out.println("<head>");
out.println("<title>Servlet page1</title>");
out.println("</head>");
out.println("<body>");
out.println("welcome" +n+"<br>");
HttpSession session=request.getSession();
session.setAttribute("uname", n);
out.println("<a href='SecondServlet'>visit</a>");
out.println("</body>");
out.println("</html>");
}
}
}
SecondServlet.java
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
public class page2 extends HttpServlet {
protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
response.setContentType("text/html;charset=UTF-8");
try (PrintWriter out = response.getWriter()) {
HttpSession session=request.getSession(false);
String n=(String)session.getAttribute("uname");
out.println("<!DOCTYPE html>");
out.println("<html>");
out.println("<head>");
out.println("<title>Servlet page2</title>");
out.println("</head>");
out.println("<body>");
out.println("hello" +n);
out.println("</body>");
out.println("</html>");
}
}
