Introduction to Servlet & JSP
Krerk Piromsopa.
Department of Computer Engineering.
Chulalongkorn University
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Servlet Technology
• JAVA APPLETs run on client side (in web browsers) or
writing Internet applications.
• JAVA SERVLETs run on server side for web-based
application. (No GUI is required)
• JAVA have built-in support for multithread.
• Servlet API is Standard Java Extension API, (NOT part of
core Java) and available as add-on package.
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Servlets Overview
• Protocol and Platform-
independent server side Java
components
• Clients may range from simple
HTML forms to Java applets.
• Used as middle tiers for
distributed application systems.
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Applications & Usage Modes.
• Database Connection. • Filter chains of Servers.
• Synchronization (On-line • HTTP
conferencing) • CGI replacement
• Virtual Server management • Server side include
• etc.
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Security.
• Rely on HTTP-specific authentication
• Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
• Java advantage: no memory access violations, strong
typing violations. (Servlet will not crash servers.)
• Security Manager. Only trusted servlets will be allow to
access network services or local files.
• Support fine grained access control (more secure than MS.
ActiveX.)
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Performance
Servlet run as light
weight thread in
process.
CGI run as heavy
weight process.
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Three Tier Applications.
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Sample Servlet
Hello World!
import java.io.*; PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
import javax.servlet.*; out.println("<html>");
import javax.servlet.http.*; out.println("<body>");
out.println("<head>");
public class HelloWorld extends out.println("<title>Hello
HttpServlet { World!</title>");
out.println("</head>");
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest out.println("<body>");
request, HttpServletResponse out.println("<h1>Hello World!</h1>");
response) out.println("</body>");
throws IOException, ServletException out.println("</html>");
{ }
response.setContentType("text/html");
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JavaServer Pages VS. Servlets.
• Dynamic Page require for.
– Working on any web or application server
– Separating the application logic from the appearance of the page
– Allowing fast development and testing
– Simplifying the process of developing interactive web-based
applications
• JSP is a new approach to fit this need.
• Servlet ,to turn page, have to edit and recompile.
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JavaServer Pages Approach.
• Separating content generation from presentation
• Emphasizing reusable components
• Simplifying page development with tags
• Java Technology benefits (memory management and
security.
• Scalability (integrated with J2EE)
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JSP Example.
<HTML>
<%@ page language=="java" imports=="com.wombat.JSP.*" %>
<H1>Welcome</H1>
<P>Today is </P>
<jsp:useBean id=="clock" class=="calendar.jspCalendar" />
<UL>
<LI>Day: <%==clock.getDayOfMonth() %>
<LI>Year: <%==clock.getYear() %>
</UL>
<% if (Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.AM_PM) ==== Calendar.AM) { %>
Good Morning
<% } else { %>
Good Afternoon
<% } %>
<%@ include file=="copyright.html" %>
</HTML>
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JSP components.
• JSP Directives • Scripting Elements (scriptlet)
– <%@ …. %> – <% ... %>
• JSP Tags
– <jsp:useBean … />
– <jsp:setProperty … />
– <jsp:getProperty … />
– <jsp:include … />
– <jsp:forward … />
• JSP expression
– <%== … %>
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Application Model
• Simple Application
• Flexible Application with Java Servlets
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Application Model (Continue)
• Scalable Processing with Enterprise JavaBeans
Technology.
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References
• “JAVASERVER PAGES WHITE PAPER,”
http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/whitepaper.html
• “JAVA SERVLET TECHNOLOGY,”
http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/whitepaper.html
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