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CS8651 Internet Programming – 2017Reg

UNIT III
- SERVER SIDE PROGRAMMING
Servlets: Java Servlet Architecture – Servlet Life Cycle – Form GET and POST actions – Session
Handling – Understanding Cookies – Installing and Configuring Apache Tomcat Web Server;
DATABASE CONNECTIVITY: JDBC perspectives, JDBC program example; JSP: Understanding
Java Server Pages – JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL) – Creating HTML forms by embedding JSP
code.
PART-A
Q.No Questions
What are servlets?
A servlet is a Java programming language class that is used to extend the capabilities of servers
that host applications accessed by means of a request-response programming model. Although
servlets can respond to any type of request, they are commonly used to extend the applications
hosted by web servers. For such applications, Java Servlet technology defines HTTP-specific
servlet classes.
 Servlet is a technology which is used to create a web application.
 Servlet is an API that provides many interfaces and classes including
documentation.
 Servlet is an interface that must be implemented for creating any Servlet.
 Servlet is a class that extends the capabilities of the servers and responds to the
incoming requests. It can respond to any requests.
 Servlet is a web component that is deployed on the server to create a dynamic
web page.
1.
List the application of servlets.

Servlets may be used at different levels on a distributed framework. The following are
2.
some examples of servlet usage:
 To accept form input and generate HTML Web pages dynamically.
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 As part of middle tiers in enterprise networks by connecting to SQL databases via

JDBC.
 In conjunction with applets to provide a high degree of interactivity and dynamic
Web content generation.
 For collaborative applications such as online conferencing.
 A community of servlets could act as active agents which share data with each
other.
 Servlets could be used for balancing load among servers which mirror the same
content.
 Protocol support is one of the most viable uses for servlets. For example, a file
service can start with NFS and move on to as many protocols as desired; the
transfer between the protocols would be made transparent by servlets. Servlets
could be used for tunneling over HTTP to provide chat, newsgroup or other file
server functions.
Summarize the advantages and disadvantages of servlets.

Servlet Advantage
 Servlets provide a way to generate dynamic documents that is both easier to
write and faster to run.
 Provide all the powerfull features of JAVA, such as Exception handling
and garbage collection.
 Servlet enables easy portability across Web Servers.
 Servlet can communicate with different servlet and servers.
 Since all web applications are stateless protocol, servlet uses its own API to
3. maintain session
Servlet Disadvantage
 Designing in servlet is difficult and slows down the application.
 Writing complex business logic makes the application difficult to
understand.
 You need a Java Runtime Environment on the server to run servlets.
 CGI is a completely language independent protocol, so you can write
 CGIs in whatever languages you have available (including Java if you
want to).
Show how is session tracking is achieved by the URL rewriting?

URL Rewriting
In URL rewriting, we append a token or identifier to the URL of the next Servlet or the
next resource. We can send parameter name/value pairs using the following format:
4. url?name1=value1&name2=value2&??
A name and a value is separated using an equal = sign, a parameter name/value pair is
separated from another parameter using the ampersand(&). When the user clicks the
hyperlink, the parameter name/value pairs will be passed to the server. From a Servlet,
we can use getParameter() method to obtain a parameter value.
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Advantage of URL Rewriting
1. It will always work whether cookie is disabled or not (browser independent).

2. Extra form submission is not required on each pages.
Disadvantage of URL Rewriting
1. It will work only with links.

2. It can send Only textual information.
URL Rewriting
URL rewriting is another way to support anonymous session tracking.

With URL rewriting, every local URL the user might click on is
dynamically modified, or rewritten, to include extra information. The
extra information can be in the form of extra path information, added
parameters, or some custom, server-specific URL change.
Example 7-2 shows a revised version of our shopping cart viewer that uses
URL rewriting in the form of extra path information to anonymously track a
shopping cart.
Example 7-2. Session tracking using URL rewriting import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
public class ShoppingCartViewerRewrite extends HttpServlet { public void
doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) throws
ServletException, IOException { res.setContentType("text/html");
PrintWriter out = res.getWriter(); out.println(""); out.println("");
// Get the current session ID, or generate one if necessary
String sessionid = req.getPathInfo();
if (sessionid == null)
{ sessionid = generateSessionId();
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}
// Cart items are associated with the session ID
String[] items = getItemsFromCart(sessionid);
// Print the current cart items.
out.println("You currently have the following items in your cart:
");
if (items == null) { out.println("None"); } else { out.println("
");
for (int i = 0; i < items.length; i++)
{ out.println("
 " + items[i]); } out.println("
"); }
// Ask if the user wants to add more items or check out. // Include the session
ID in the action URL.
out.println("
");
out.println("Would you like to
");
\ \
out.println(" "); out.println(" "); out.println("
");
// Offer a help page. Include the session ID in the URL. out.println("For

help, click here");
out.println(""); }
private static String generateSessionId() { String uid = new

java.rmi.server.UID().toString();
// guaranteed unique return java.net.URLEncoder.encode(uid);
// encode any special chars }
private static String[] getItemsFromCart(String sessionid) {
// Not implemented }
This servlet first tries to retrieve the current session ID using

getPathInfo() . If a session ID is not specified, it calls
generateSessionId() to generate a new unique session ID using an RMI
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class designed specifically for this. The session ID is used to fetch and
display the current items in the cart. The ID is then added to the form's
ACTION attribute, so it can be retrieved by the ShoppingCart servlet.
The session ID is also added to a new help URL that invokes the Help
servlet. This wasn't possible with hidden form fields because the Help
servlet isn't the target of a form submission. docstore.mik.ua/orelly/java-
ent/servlet/ch07_03.htm
Compare GET and POST request type.
GET POST
1) In case of Get request, In case of post request, large amount

only limited amount of of data can be sent because data is
data can be sent because sent in body.
data is sent in header.
2) Get request is not Post request is secured because data is

secured because data is not exposed in URL bar.
exposed in URL bar.
5. 3) Get request can be Post request cannot be bookmarked.

bookmarked.
4) Get request Post request is non-idempotent.

is idempotent . It means
second request will be
ignored until response of
first request is delivered
5) Get request is more Post request is less efficient and used

efficient and used more less than get.
than Post.
Summarize the servlet interface and its methods.

Servlet Interface
1. Servlet Interface
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2. Methods of Servlet interface
 Servlet interface provides common behavior to all the servlets.

 Servlet interface defines methods that all servlets must implement.
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 Servlet interface needs to be implemented for creating any servlet (either directly or
indirectly).
 It provides 3 life cycle methods that are used to initialize the servlet, to service the requests,
and to destroy the servlet and 2 non-life cycle methods.
Methods of Servlet interface
There are 5 methods in Servlet interface. The init, service and destroy are the life cycle methods of
servlet. These are invoked by the web container.
Method Description
public void init(ServletConfig initializes the servlet. It is the life cycle

config) method of servlet and invoked by the web
container only once.
public void service(ServletRequest provides response for the incoming

request,ServletResponse response) request. It is invoked at each request by
the web container.
public void destroy() is invoked only once and indicates that

servlet is being destroyed.
public ServletConfig returns the object of ServletConfig.

getServletConfig()
public String getServletInfo() returns information about servlet such as

writer, copyright, version etc.
Servlet Example by implementing Servlet interface
File: First.java
1. import java.io.*;
2. import javax.servlet.*;
3.
4. public class First implements Servlet{
5. ServletConfig config=null;
6.
7. public void init(ServletConfig config){
8. this.config=config;
9. System.out.println("servlet is initialized");
10. }
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11.
12. public void service(ServletRequest req,ServletResponse res)
13. throws IOException,ServletException{
14.
15. res.setContentType("text/html");
16.
17. PrintWriter out=res.getWriter();
18. out.print("<html><body>");
19. out.print("<b>hello simple servlet</b>");
20. out.print("</body></html>");
21.
22. }
23. public void destroy(){System.out.println("servlet is destroyed");}
24. public ServletConfig getServletConfig(){return config;}
25. public String getServletInfo(){return "copyright 2007-1010";}
26.
27. }
Sketch the Servlet life cycle.

Life Cycle of a Servlet (Servlet Life Cycle)
The web container maintains the life cycle of a servlet instance. Let's see the life cycle of the servlet:
A. Life Cycle of a Servlet

7. 1. Servlet class is loaded
2. Servlet instance is created
3. init method is invoked
4. service method is invoked
5. destroy method is invoked
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As displayed in the above diagram, there are three states of a servlet: new, ready and end. The servlet is in
new state if servlet instance is created. After invoking the init() method, Servlet comes in the ready state.
In the ready state, servlet performs all the tasks. When the web container invokes the destroy() method, it
shifts to the end state.
Show the use of ‘param’ variable in JSP.
Jsp param
<jsp:param> tag is used to represent parameter value during jsp forward or include action
this should be the sub tag of <jsp:forward> or <jsp:include>.
When an include or forward element is invoked, the original request object is provided to
the target page. If you wish to provide additional data to that page, you can append
parameters to the request object by using the jsp:param element.
Syntax
8.
<jsp:param name=" " value=" "/>
Example
<jsp:include page="contact.jsp"/>
<jsp:param name="param1" value="value1"/>
</jsp:include>
Example
<jsp:forward page="home.jsp"/>
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<jsp:param name="param1" value="value1"/>

</jsp:forward>
Quote the uses of cookies.

Cookies in Servlet
A cookie is a small piece of information that is persisted between the multiple client
requests.
A cookie has a name, a single value, and optional attributes such as a comment, path and
domain qualifiers, a maximum age, and a version number.
How Cookie works
By default, each request is considered as a new request. In cookies technique, we add

cookie with response from the servlet. So cookie is stored in the cache of the browser.
After that if request is sent by the user, cookie is added with request by default. Thus, we
recognize the user as the old user.
Types of Cookie
There are 2 types of cookies in servlets.
9. 1. Non-persistent cookie
2. Persistent cookie
Non-persistent cookie
It is valid for single session only. It is removed each time when user closes the browser.
Persistent cookie
It is valid for multiple session . It is not removed each time when user closes the
browser. It is removed only if user logout or signout.
Advantage of Cookies
1. Simplest technique of maintaining the state.

2. Cookies are maintained at client side.
Disadvantage of Cookies
1. It will not work if cookie is disabled from the browser.
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2. Only textual information can be set in Cookie object.
Analyze about java scriplet.

In JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology, a scriptlet is a piece of Java-code embedded
in the HTML-like JSP code. The scriptlet is everything inside the <% %> tags. Between
these the user can add any valid Scriptlet i.e. any valid Java Code. In AppleScript,
a scriptlet is a small script.
JSP scriptlet tag

A scriptlet tag is used to execute java source code in JSP. Syntax is as follows:
1. <% java source code %>

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Example of JSP scriptlet tag
In this example, we are displaying a welcome message.
1. <html>
2. <body>
3. <% out.print("welcome to jsp"); %>
4. </body>
5. </html>
Express appropriate java script code to remove an element (current

element) from a DOM.
A. Removing Existing HTML Elements
To remove an HTML element, use the remove() method:
1. Example
11. <div>
<p id="p1">This is a paragraph.</p>
<p id="p2">This is another paragraph.</p>
</div>
<script>
var elmnt = document.getElementById("p1");
elmnt.remove();
</script>
12. Define JSP.
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JavaServer Pages (JSP) is a technology for developing Webpages that supports dynamic
content. This helps developers insert java code in HTML pages by making use of special
JSP tags, most of which start with <% and end with %>.
A JavaServer Pages component is a type of Java servlet that is designed to fulfill the role
of a user interface for a Java web application. Web developers write JSPs as text files that
combine HTML or XHTML code, XML elements, and embedded JSP actions and
commands.
Using JSP, you can collect input from users through Webpage forms, present records
from a database or another source, and create Webpages dynamically.
JSP tags can be used for a variety of purposes, such as retrieving information from a
database or registering user preferences, accessing JavaBeans components, passing
control between pages, and sharing information between requests, pages etc.
List any three advantages of java servlet over JSP.
1. Being an extension to Java servlet, it can use every feature of Java Servlet. Also,
custom tags can be used along with it.
2. There is no need to recompile JSP when changed. The changes automatically
appear when run.
3. The tags which are used are easy to understand and write.
4. Supports Java API’s which can now be easily used and integrated with the
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HTML code.
5. The results which are obtained are in HTML format, so can be opened on any
browsers.
6. Customized JSP tags can be used. Ex: Tags with XML.
7. Changes can be added into the business logic page rather than changing in each
and every page.
Rewrite the code segment to store current server time in session using
Java Servlet API.
Write a servlet application to print the current date and time.

14.
Answer:
The most important advantage of using Servlet is that we can use all the
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methods available in core java. The Date class is available in java.util

package.
Below program shows how to print the current date and time. We can
use simple Date object with toString() to print current date and time.
DateSrv.java
import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
public class DateSrv extends GenericServlet

{
//implement service()
public void service(ServletRequest req, ServletResponse res) throws
IOException, ServletException
{
//set response content type
res.setContentType("text/html");
//get stream obj
PrintWriter pw = res.getWriter();
//write req processing logic
java.util.Date date = new java.util.Date();
pw.println("<h2>"+"Current Date & Time: "
+date.toString()+"</h2>");
//close stream object
pw.close();
}
}
Output:
Compare the difference between JSP and servlet.

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Difference Between Servlet and JSP

In this article we will list some of the differences between Servlets and JSP.
SERVLET JSP
A servlet is a server-side program and JSP is an interface on top of Servlets. In
written purely on Java. another way, we can say that JSPs are
extension of servlets to minimize the effort of
developers to write User Interfaces using Java
programming.
Servlets run faster than JSP JSP runs slower because it has the transition
phase for converting from JSP page to a
Servlet file. Once it is converted to a Servlet
then it will start the compilation
Executes inside a Web server, such as A JSP program is compiled into a Java servlet
Tomcat before execution. Once it is compiled into a
servlet, it's life cycle will be same as of
servlet. But, JSP has it's own API for the
lifecycle.
Receives HTTP requests from users and Easier to write than servlets as it is similar to
provides HTTP responses HTML.
We can not build any custom tags One of the key advantage is we can build
custom tags using JSP API (there is a separate
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package available for writing the custom tags)
which can be available as the re-usable
components with lot of flexibility
Servlet advantages include: JSP Provides an extensive infrastructure
1. Performance : get loaded upon first for:
request and remains in memory 1. Tracking sessions.
idenfinately. 2. Managing cookies.
2. Simplicity : Run inside controlled server 3. Reading and sending HTML headers.
environment. No specific client software is 4. Parsing and decoding HTML form data.
needed:web broser is enough 5. JSP is Efficient: Every request for a JSP is
3. Session Management : overcomes handled by a simple Java thread
HTTP's stateless nature 6. JSP is Scalable: Easy integration with
4. Java Technology : network other backend services
access,Database connectivity, j2ee 7. Seperation of roles: Developers, Content
integration Authors/Graphic Designers/Web Masters
II. Difference between Servlet and JSP
In brief, it can be defined as Servlet are the java programs that run on a Web
server and act as a middle layer between a request coming from HTTP client and
databases or applications on the HTTP server.While JSP is simply a text
document that contains two types of text: static text which is predefined and
dynamic text which is rendered after server response is received.
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sr. Key Servlet JSP

No.
Implementation Servlet is JSP is primarily written in HTML language

developed on Java although Java code could also be written on
1
language. it but for it, JSTL or other language is
required.
MVC In contrast to MVC On the other hand, JSP plays the role of
we can state view to render the response returned by the
servlet as a servlet.
controller which
2
receives the
request process
and send back the
response.
Request type Servlets can accept JSP on the other hand is compatible with
and process all HTTP request only.
3
type of protocol
requests.
Session In Servlet by On the other hand in JSP session

Management default session management is automatically enabled.
management is not
4
enabled, the user
has to enable it
explicitly.
Performance Servlet is faster JSP is slower than Servlet because first the
5 than JSP. translation of JSP to java code is taking
place and then compiles.
Modification Modification in On the other hands JSP modification is fast

reflected Servlet is a time- as just need to click the refresh button and
consuming task code change would get reflected.
because it includes
reloading,
6 recompiling and
restarting the
server as we made
any change in our
code to get
reflected.
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Summarize briefly about the interaction between a webserver and a

servlet.
How does a web server interact with a servlet?
A servlet is a Java Programming language class that is used to extend the
capabilities of servers that host applications accessed by means of a request-
response programming model. Although servlets can respond to any type of
request, they are commonly used to extend the applications hosted by web servers.
It is also a web component that is deployed on the server to create a dynamic web
page.
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In this figure you can see, a client sends a request to the server and the server
generates the response, analyses it and sends the response to the client.
Stages of the Servlet Life Cycle: The Servlet life cycle mainly goes through four
stages,
 Loading a Servlet.
 Initializing the Servlet.
 Request handling
 Destroying the Servlet.
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Let’s look at each of these stages in details:
1. Loading a Servlet: The first stage of the Servlet life cycle involves loading
and initializing the Servlet by the Servlet container. The Web container or
Servlet Container can load the Servlet at either of the following two stages
:Initializing the context, on configuring the Servlet with a zero or positive
integer value.If the Servlet is not preceding the stage, it may delay the
loading process until the Web container determines that this Servlet is
needed to service a request.
2. Initializing a Servlet: After the Servlet is instantiated successfully, the
Servlet container initializes the instantiated Servlet object. The container
initializes the Servlet object by invoking the init(ServletConfig) method
which accepts ServletConfig object reference as a parameter.
3. Handling request: After initialization, the Servlet instance is ready to serve
the client requests. The Servlet container performs the following
operations when the Servlet instance is located to service a request :It
creates the ServletRequest and ServletResponse. In this case, if this is an
HTTP request then the Web container
creates HttpServletRequest and HttpServletResponse objects which are
subtypes of the ServletRequest and ServletResponse objects
respectively.
4. Destroying a Servlet: When a Servlet container decides to destroy the
Servlet, it performs the following operations,It allows all the threads
currently running in the service method of the Servlet instance to complete
their jobs and get released.After currently running threads have completed
their jobs, the Servlet container calls the destroy() method on the Servlet
instance.
After the destroy() method is executed, the Servlet container releases all the
references of this Servlet instance so that it becomes eligible for garbage collection.
Define JDBC.
What is JDBC?
JDBC stands for Java Database Connectivity, which is a standard Java API for
database-independent connectivity between the Java programming language
and a wide range of databases.
17. The JDBC library includes APIs for each of the tasks mentioned below that are
commonly associated with database usage.
 Making a connection to a database.
 Creating SQL or MySQL statements.
 Executing SQL or MySQL queries in the database.
 Viewing & Modifying the resulting records.
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Fundamentally, JDBC is a specification that provides a complete set of interfaces

that allows for portable access to an underlying database. Java can be used to
write different types of executables, such as −
 Java Applications
 Java Applets
 Java Servlets
 Java ServerPages (JSPs)
 Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs).
All of these different executables are able to use a JDBC driver to access a
database, and take advantage of the stored data.
JDBC provides the same capabilities as ODBC, allowing Java programs to
contain database-independent code.
Formulate the three methods that are central to the life cycle of the servlet.
Servlets - Life Cycle
A servlet life cycle can be defined as the entire process from its creation till the
destruction. The following are the paths followed by a servlet.
 The servlet is initialized by calling the init() method.
 The servlet calls service() method to process a client's request.
 The servlet is terminated by calling the destroy() method.
 Finally, servlet is garbage collected by the garbage collector of the JVM.
Now let us discuss the life cycle methods in detail.
18. The init() Method

The init method is called only once. It is called only when the servlet is created, and not
called for any user requests afterwards. So, it is used for one-time initializations, just as
with the init method of applets.
The servlet is normally created when a user first invokes a URL corresponding to the
servlet, but you can also specify that the servlet be loaded when the server is first started.
When a user invokes a servlet, a single instance of each servlet gets created, with each
user request resulting in a new thread that is handed off to doGet or doPost as appropriate.
The init() method simply creates or loads some data that will be used throughout the life
of the servlet.
The init method definition looks like this −
public void init() throws ServletException {
// Initialization code...
}
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The service() Method

The service() method is the main method to perform the actual task. The servlet container
(i.e. web server) calls the service() method to handle requests coming from the client(
browsers) and to write the formatted response back to the client.
Each time the server receives a request for a servlet, the server spawns a new thread and
calls service. The service() method checks the HTTP request type (GET, POST, PUT,
DELETE, etc.) and calls doGet, doPost, doPut, doDelete, etc. methods as appropriate.
A. The destroy() Method

The destroy() method is called only once at the end of the life cycle of a servlet. This
method gives your servlet a chance to close database connections, halt background
threads, write cookie lists or hit counts to disk, and perform other such cleanup activities.
After the destroy() method is called, the servlet object is marked for garbage collection.
The destroy method definition looks like this −
public void destroy() {
// Finalization code...
}
Distinguish between servlets and JSP.
Difference between Servlet and JSP
SERVLET JSP
Servlet is a java code. JSP is a html based code.
Writing code for servlet is harder

than JSP as it is html in java. JSP is easy to code as it is java in html.
19. Servlet plays a controller role in JSP is the view in MVC approach for showing
MVC approach. output.
JSP is slower than Servlet because the first step in

JSP lifecycle is the translation of JSP to java code
Servlet is faster than JSP. and then compile.
Servlet can accept all protocol

requests. JSP only accept http requests.
In Servlet, we can override the

service() method. In JSP, we cannot override its service() method.
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In Servlet by default session

management is not enabled, user In JSP session management is automatically
have to enable it explicitly. enabled.
In Servlet we have to implement
everything like business logic and
presentation logic in just one In JSP business logic is separated from presentation
servlet file. logic by using javaBeans.
Modification in Servlet is a time
consuming task because it
includes reloading, recompiling JSP modification is fast, just need to click the
and restarting the server. refresh button.
Discuss the need to use JSTL tags?
III. JSTL (JSP Standard Tag Library)

The JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL) represents a set of tags to simplify the JSP
development.
A. Advantage of JSTL
1. Fast Development JSTL provides many tags that simplify the JSP.
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2. Code Reusability We can use the JSTL tags on various pages.
3. No need to use scriptlet tag It avoids the use of scriptlet tag.
B. JSTL Tags
There JSTL mainly provides five types of tags:
Tag Name Description
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Core tags The JSTL core tag provide variable support, URL management, flow
control, etc. The URL for the core tag
is http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core. The prefix of core tag is c.
Function The functions tags provide support for string manipulation and string
tags length. The URL for the functions tags
is http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions and prefix is fn.
Formatting The Formatting tags provide support for message formatting, number
tags date formatting, etc. The URL for the Formatting tags
is http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt and prefix is fmt.
XML tags The XML tags provide flow control, transformation, etc. The URL for t
XML tags is http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/xml and prefix is x.
SQL tags The JSTL SQL tags provide SQL support. The URL for the SQL tags
is http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/sql and prefix is sql.
PART-B
Questions
Q.No
(i) Integrate how servlets work and its life cycle.
1. (ii) Explain and develop the Servlet API.
(i) Analyze a JavaScript to find factorial of a given number.
function factorial(x)
{
if (x === 0)
{
2. return 1;
}
return x * factorial(x-1);
}
console.log(factorial(5));
OUTPUT : 120
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(ii) Differentiate GET and POST method.
Get vs. Post

There are many differences between the Get and Post request. Let's see these
differences:
GET POST
1) In case of Get request, In case of post request, large amount of

only limited amount of data can be sent because data is sent in
data can be sent because data is body.
sent in header.
2) Get request is not Post request is secured because data is

secured because data is exposed not exposed in URL bar.
in URL bar.
3) Get request can be Post request cannot be bookmarked.

bookmarked.
4) Get request is idempotent . It Post request is non-idempotent.

means second request will be
ignored until response of first
request is delivered
5) Get request is more Post request is less efficient and used less
efficient and used more than than get.
Post.
GET and POST

Two common methods for the request-response between a server and client are:
o GET- It requests the data from a specified resource

o POST- It submits the processed data to a specified resource
Demonstrate the Servlet architecture and explain its working

principle.
3.
Servlet Architecture
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 Servlets read the explicit data sent by the clients (browsers). This includes an
HTML form on a Web page or it could also come from an applet or a custom
HTTP client program.
 Read the implicit HTTP request data sent by the clients (browsers). This
includes cookies, media types and compression schemes the browser
understands, and so forth.
 Process the data and generate the results. This process may require talking
to a database, executing an RMI or CORBA call, invoking a Web service, or
computing the response directly.
 Send the explicit data (i.e., the document) to the clients (browsers). This
document can be sent in a variety of formats, including text (HTML or XML),
binary (GIF images), Excel, etc.
 Send the implicit HTTP response to the clients (browsers). This includes
telling the browsers or other clients what type of document is being returned
(e.g., HTML), setting cookies and caching parameters, and other such tasks.
Servlet API:
 Servelt API contains three packages
 javax.servlet: Package contains a number of classes and interfaces that
describe the contract
between a servlet class and the runtime environment provided for an
instance of such a class a
conforming servelt container.
 javax.servlet.aanotation: Package contains a number of annotations that
allow users to use
annotations to declare servlets , filters, listeners and specify the metadata for
the declared component
 javax.servlet.http: Package contains a number of classes and interfaces
that describe and define the contract between a servlet class rnning under
the HTTP protocal and the runtime environment provided for an instance of
such class by a confirming servlet container.
Consider a database that has a table Employee with two columns

Employee Id and Name. Assume that the administrator user id and
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password to access to access the database table are Scott and Tiger.
Write a JDBC program that can query and print all entries in the
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table employee. Make the database using type 2 driver

database.driver and connection string jdbc :db.oci.
Describe in detail the session handling in server side programming.
IV. Managing Session in Servlets

We all know that HTTP is a stateless protocol. All requests and responses are
independent. But sometimes you need to keep track of client's activity across
multiple requests. For eg. When a User logs into your website, not matter on
which web page he visits after logging in, his credentials will be with the server,
until he logs out. So this is managed by creating a session.
Session Management is a mechanism used by the Web container to store
session information for a particular user. There are four different techniques
used by Servlet application for session management. They are as follows:
1. Cookies
2. Hidden form field
3. URL Rewriting
4. HttpSession
Session is used to store everything that we can get from the client from all the
requests the client makes.
5.
A. How Session Works
B.
he basic concept behind session is, whenever a user starts using our
application, we can save a unique identification information about him, in an
object which is available throughout the application, until its destroyed. So
wherever the user goes, we will always have his information and we can
always manage which user is doing what. Whenever a user wants to exit from
your application, destroy the object with his information.
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(i) Discuss about JSTL.

V. JSTL (JSP Standard Tag Library)
The JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL) represents a set of tags to simplify the JSP
development.
A. Advantage of JSTL
1. Fast Development JSTL provides many tags that simplify the JSP.
2. Code Reusability We can use the JSTL tags on various pages.
3. No need to use scriptlet tag It avoids the use of scriptlet tag.
B. JSTL Tags
There JSTL mainly provides five types of tags:
Tag Name Description
Core tags The JSTL core tag provide variable support, URL management, flow
etc. The URL for the core tag is http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/co
6. prefix of core tag is c.
Function The functions tags provide support for string manipulation and strin
tags The URL for the functions tags
is http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions and prefix is fn.
Formatting The Formatting tags provide support for message formatting, numb
tags date formatting, etc. The URL for the Formatting tags
is http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt and prefix is fmt.
XML tags The XML tags provide flow control, transformation, etc. The URL for
tags is http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/xml and prefix is x.
SQL tags The JSTL SQL tags provide SQL support. The URL for the SQL tags
is http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/sql and prefix is sql.
(ii) Summarize a client server JSP program to find simple interest

and display the result in client.
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Explain the use of cookies for tracking for tracking requests with a
program.
Session Tracking in JSP
Session Tracking :
HTTP is a "stateless" protocol which means each time a client retrieves a Web page, the
client opens a new connection to the Web server and the server does not keep any record of
previous client request.Session tracking is a mechanism that is used to maintain state about
a series of requests from the same user(requests originating from the same browser) across
some period of time. A session id is a unique token number assigned to a specific user for
the duration of that user's session.
Need Of Session Tracking :

HTTP is a stateless protocol so When there is a series of continuous request and response from
a same client to a server, the server cannot identify which client is sending request.If we want
to maintain the conversational state,session tracking is needed. For example, in a shopping cart
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application a client keeps on adding items into his cart using multiple requests.When every
request is made,the server should identify in which client's cart the item is to be added. So in
this scenario, there is a certain need for session tracking.
Solution is, when a client makes a request it should introduce itself by providing unique
identifier every time.There are four ways to maintain session between web client and web
server.
Methods to track session :

 Cookies
 URL Rewriting
 Hidden Fields
 Session API
Cookies :
Cookies mostly used for session tracking. Cookie is a key value pair of information, sent by the
server to the browser. This should be saved by the browser in its space in the client computer.
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Whenever the browser sends a request to that server it sends the cookie along with it. Then the
server can identify the client using the cookie.
This is not an effective way because many time browser does not support a cookie or users can
opt to disable cookies using their browser preferences. In such case, the browser will not save
the cookie at client computer and session tracking fails.
(i) Explain about the standard actions in JSP.
Actions are used for controlling the behavior of servlet engine.
How many standard Action Tags are available in JSP?
There are 11 types of Standard Action Tags as following:
 jsp:useBean
 jsp:include
 jsp:setProperty
 jsp:getProperty
 jsp:forward
 jsp:plugin
 jsp:attribute
 jsp:body
 jsp:text
 jsp:param
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 jsp:attribute
 jsp:output
(ii) Analyze MVC architecture of JSP.

VI. MVC in JSP
1. MVC in JSP
2. Example of following MVC in JSP
MVC stands for Model View and Controller. It is a design pattern that separates
the business logic, presentation logic and data.
Controller acts as an interface between View and Model. Controller intercepts all
the incoming requests.
Model represents the state of the application i.e. data. It can also have business
logic.
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View represents the presentaion i.e. UI(User Interface).
a) Advantage of MVC (Model 2) Architecture

1. Navigation Control is centralized
2. Easy to maintain the large application
Explain in detail about Servlet database connectivity with an

example of student database.
Example of Registration form in servlet

Table creation :
1. CREATE TABLE "REGISTERUSER"

2. ( "NAME" VARCHAR2(4000),
3. "PASS" VARCHAR2(4000),
4. "EMAIL" VARCHAR2(4000),
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5. "COUNTRY" VARCHAR2(4000)
6. )
7. /
Example of Registration form in servlet

In this example, we have created the three pages.
o register.html
o Register.java
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o web.xml
register.html
In this page, we have getting input from the user using text fields and combobox.
The information entered by the user is forwarded to Register servlet, which is
responsible to store the data into the database.
1. <html>
2. <body>
3. <form action="servlet/Register" method="post">
4.
5. Name:<input type="text" name="userName"/><br/><br/>
6. Password:<input type="password" name="userPass"/><br/><br/>
7. Email Id:<input type="text" name="userEmail"/><br/><br/>
8. Country:
9. <select name="userCountry">
10. <option>India</option>
11. <option>Pakistan</option>
12. <option>other</option>
13. </select>
14.
15. <br/><br/>
16. <input type="submit" value="register"/>
17.
18. </form>
19. </body>
20. </html>
Register.java
This servlet class receives all the data entered by user and stores it into the
database. Here, we are performing the database logic. But you may separate it,
which will be better for the web application.
1. import java.io.*;
2. import java.sql.*;
3. import javax.servlet.ServletException;
4. import javax.servlet.http.*;
5.
6. public class Register extends HttpServlet {
7. public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
8. throws ServletException, IOException {
9.
10. response.setContentType("text/html");
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11. PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();

12.
13. String n=request.getParameter("userName");
14. String p=request.getParameter("userPass");
15. String e=request.getParameter("userEmail");
16. String c=request.getParameter("userCountry");
17.
18. try{
19. Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
20. Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection(
21. "jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:xe","system","oracle");
22.
23. PreparedStatement ps=con.prepareStatement(
24. "insert into registeruser values(?,?,?,?)");
25.
26. ps.setString(1,n);
27. ps.setString(2,p);
28. ps.setString(3,e);
29. ps.setString(4,c);
30.
31. int i=ps.executeUpdate();
32. if(i>0)
33. out.print("You are successfully registered...");
34.
35.
36. }catch (Exception e2) {System.out.println(e2);}
37.
38. out.close();
39. }
40.
41. }
Demonstrate the procedure of installing and configuring Apache

Tomcat.
How To Install Apache Tomcat 8 on

Ubuntu 16.04
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Apache Tomcat is a web server and servlet container that is used to serve Java
applications. Tomcat is an open source implementation of the Java Servlet and
JavaServer Pages technologies, released by the Apache Software Foundation. This
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tutorial covers the basic installation and some configuration of the latest release of
Tomcat 8 on your Ubuntu 16.04 server.
Step 1: Install Java

Tomcat requires Java to be installed on the server so that any Java web application
code can be executed. We can satisfy that requirement by installing OpenJDK with apt-
get.
First, update your apt-get package index:
 sudo apt-get update
Then install the Java Development Kit package with apt-get:
 sudo apt-get install default-jdk
Now that Java is installed, we can create a tomcat user, which will be used to run the
Tomcat service.
Step 2: Create Tomcat User

For security purposes, Tomcat should be run as an unprivileged user (i.e. not root). We
will create a new user and group that will run the Tomcat service.
First, create a new tomcat group:
 sudo groupadd tomcat
Next, create a new tomcat user. We’ll make this user a member of
the tomcat group, with a home directory of /opt/tomcat (where we will install
Tomcat), and with a shell of /bin/false (so nobody can log into the account):
 sudo useradd -s /bin/false -g tomcat -d /opt/tomcat tomcat
Now that our tomcat user is set up, let’s download and install Tomcat.
Step 3: Install Tomcat

The best way to install Tomcat 8 is to download the latest binary release then configure
it manually.
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We will install Tomcat to the /opt/tomcat directory. Create the directory, then
extract the archive to it with these commands:
 sudo mkdir /opt/tomcat


 sudo tar xzvf apache-tomcat-8*tar.gz -C /opt/tomcat --strip-
components=1

Next, we can set up the proper user permissions for our installation.
Step 4: Update Permissions

The tomcat user that we set up needs to have access to the Tomcat installation. We’ll
set that up now.
Change to the directory where we unpacked the Tomcat installation:
 cd /opt/tomcat
Give the tomcat group ownership over the entire installation directory:
 sudo chgrp -R tomcat /opt/tomcat
Next, give the tomcat group read access to the conf directory and all of its contents,
and execute access to the directory itself:
 sudo chmod -R g+r conf

 sudo chmod g+x conf
Make the tomcat user the owner of the webapps, work, temp,
and logs directories:
 sudo chown -R tomcat webapps/ work/ temp/ logs/


Now that the proper permissions are set up, we can create a systemd service file to
manage the Tomcat process.
Step 5: Create a systemd Service File
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We want to be able to run Tomcat as a service, so we will set up systemd service file.
Tomcat needs to know where Java is installed. This path is commonly referred to as
“JAVA_HOME”. The easiest way to look up that location is by running this command:
Step 6: Adjust the Firewall and Test the Tomcat

Server
Now that the Tomcat service is started, we can test to make sure the default page is
available.
Before we do that, we need to adjust the firewall to allow our requests to get to the
service. If you followed the prerequisites, you will have a ufw firewall enabled
currently.
Tomcat uses port 8080 to accept conventional requests. Allow traffic to that port by
typing:
 sudo ufw allow 8080
Step 7: Configure Tomcat Web Management

Interface
Step 8: Access the Web Interface

Now that we have create a user, we can access the web management interface again in
a web browser. Once again, you can get to the correct interface by entering your
server’s domain name or IP address followed on port 8080 in your browser:
Open in web browser

http://server_domain_or_IP:8080
The page you see should be the same one you were given when you tested earlier:
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Your installation of Tomcat is complete! Your are now free to deploy your own Java
web applications!
(i) Discuss about the Servlet life cycle.

VII. Life Cycle of a Servlet (Servlet Life Cycle)
The web container maintains the life cycle of a servlet instance. Let's see the life
cycle of the servlet:
1. Servlet class is loaded.

2. Servlet instance is created.
3. init method is invoked.
4. service method is invoked.
5. destroy method is invoked.
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As displayed in the above diagram, there are three states of a servlet: new, ready
and end. The servlet is in new state if servlet instance is created. After invoking
the init() method, Servlet comes in the ready state. In the ready state, servlet
performs all the tasks. When the web container invokes the destroy() method, it
shifts to the end state.
(ii) List JSP advantages.

1. Advantages of JSP over Servlet
There are many advantages of JSP over the Servlet. They are as follows:
a) 1) Extension to Servlet
JSP technology is the extension to Servlet technology. We can use all the features
of the Servlet in JSP. In addition to, we can use implicit objects, predefined tags,
expression language and Custom tags in JSP, that makes JSP development easy.
b) 2) Easy to maintain
JSP can be easily managed because we can easily separate our business logic with
presentation logic. In Servlet technology, we mix our business logic with the
presentation logic.
c) 3) Fast Development: No need to recompile

and redeploy
If JSP page is modified, we don't need to recompile and redeploy the project. The
Servlet code needs to be updated and recompiled if we have to change the look
and feel of the application.
d) 4) Less code than Servlet
In JSP, we can use many tags such as action tags, JSTL, custom tags, etc. that
reduces the code. Moreover, we can use EL, implicit objects, etc.
(i) Explain and write a simple JDBC program.

Java Database Connectivity with MySQL
To connect Java application with the MySQL database, we need to follow 5
following steps.
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1. Driver class: The driver class for the mysql database
is com.mysql.jdbc.Driver.
2. Connection URL: The connection URL for the mysql database
is jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/sonoo where jdbc is the API, mysql is
the database, localhost is the server name on which mysql is running, we
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may also use IP address, 3306 is the port number and sonoo is the
database name. We may use any database, in such case, we need to
replace the sonoo with our database name.
3. Username: The default username for the mysql database is root.
4. Password: It is the password given by the user at the time of installing the
mysql database. In this example, we are going to use root as the password.
Let's first create a table in the mysql database, but before creating table, we need
to create database first.
1. create database sonoo;

2. use sonoo;
3. create table emp(id int(10),name varchar(40),age int(3));
Example to Connect Java Application with mysql database

In this example, sonoo is the database name, root is the username and password
both.
1. import java.sql.*;
2. class MysqlCon{
3. public static void main(String args[]){
4. try{
5. Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
6. Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection(
7. "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/sonoo","root","root");
8. //here sonoo is database name, root is username and password
9. Statement stmt=con.createStatement();
10. ResultSet rs=stmt.executeQuery("select * from emp");
11. while(rs.next())
12. System.out.println(rs.getInt(1)+" "+rs.getString(2)+" "+rs.getString(3));
13. con.close();
14. }catch(Exception e){ System.out.println(e);}
15. }
16. }
(ii) List various JSP scripting components.
VIII. JSP Scripting Element

JSP Scripting element are written inside <% %> tags. These code inside <% %> tags are
processed by the JSP engine during translation of the JSP page. Any other text in the
JSP page is considered as HTML code or plain text.
Example:
<html>
<head>
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<title>My First JSP Page</title>

</head>
<%
int count = 0;
%>
<body>
Page Count is <% out.println(++count); %>
</body>
</html>
1. Types of scripting elements
Scripting Element Example
Comment <%-- comment --%>
Directive <%@ directive %>
Declaration <%! declarations %>
Scriptlet <% scriplets %>
Expression <%= expression %>
B. JSP Comment
JSP Comment is used when you are creating a JSP page and want to put in comments
about what you are doing. JSP comments are only seen in the JSP page. These
comments are not included in servlet source code during translation phase, nor they
appear in the HTTP response. Syntax of JSP comment is as follows :
<%-- JSP comment --%>
Simple Example of JSP Comment

<html>
<head>
<title>My First JSP Page</title>
</head>
<%
int count = 0;
%>
<body>
<%-- Code to show page count --%>
Page Count is <% out.println(++count); %>
</body>
</html>
(i) Demonstrate with suitable example for core and formatting tags
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in JSTL.
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JSTL Formatting tags

The formatting tags provide support for message formatting, number and date
formatting etc. The url for the formatting tags is http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt and
prefix is fmt.
The JSTL formatting tags are used for internationalized web sites to display and format
text, the time, the date and numbers. The syntax used for including JSTL formatting
library in your JSP is:
1. <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt" prefix="fmt" %>
Formatting Tags Descriptions
fmt:parseNumber It is used to Parses the string representation of a

currency, percentage or number.
fmt:timeZone It specifies a parsing action nested in its body or the

time zone for any time formatting.
fmt:formatNumber It is used to format the numerical value with specific

format or precision.
fmt:parseDate It parses the string representation of a time and date.
fmt:bundle It is used for creating the ResourceBundle objects which

will be used by their tag body.
fmt:setTimeZone It stores the time zone inside a time zone configuration

variable.
fmt:setBundle It loads the resource bundle and stores it in a bundle

configuration variable or the named scoped variable.
fmt:message It display an internationalized message.
fmt:formatDate It formats the time and/or date using the supplied

pattern and styles.
JSTL Core <c:choose>, <c:when>, <c:otherwise> Tag

The < c:choose > tag is a conditional tag that establish a context for mutually
exclusive conditional operations. It works like a Java switch statement in which
we choose between a numbers of alternatives.
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Example
Let's see the simple example of < c:choose >, < c:when > < c:otherwise > tag:
1. <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>

2. <html>
3. <head>
4. <title>Core Tag Example</title>
5. </head>
6. <body>
7. <c:set var="income" scope="session" value="${4000*4}"/>
8. <p>Your income is : <c:out value="${income}"/></p>
9. <c:choose>
10. <c:when test="${income <= 1000}">
11. Income is not good.
12. </c:when>
13. <c:when test="${income > 10000}">
14. Income is very good.
15. </c:when>
16. <c:otherwise>
17. Income is undetermined...
18. </c:otherwise>
19. </c:choose>
20. </body>
21. </html>
This will produce the following result:
1. Your income is : 16000

2. Income is very good.
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(ii) Demonstrate with suitable example for SQL and XML tags in
JSTL.
JSTL SQL
The <sql:setDataSource> tag sets the data source configuration variable or saves the
data-source information in a scoped variable that can be used as input to the other JSTL
database actions.
Attribute
The <sql:setDataSource> tag has the following attributes −
Attribute Description
driver Name of the JDBC driver class to be

registered
url JDBC URL for the database

connection
user Database username
password Database password
password Database password
dataSource Database prepared in advance
Name of the variable to represent the

var
database
Scope of the variable to represent the

scope
database
Example
Consider the following information about your MySQL database setup −

 We are using JDBC MySQL driver.
 We are going to connect to TEST database on local machine.
 We would use user_id and mypassword to access TEST database.
All the above parameters will vary based on your MySQL or any other database setup.
Considering the above parameters, following example uses the setDataSource tag −
<%@ taglib uri = "http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix = "c" %>
<%@ taglib uri = "http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/sql" prefix = "sql"%>
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<html>
<head>
<title>JSTL sql:setDataSource Tag</title>
</head>
<body>
<sql:setDataSource var = "snapshot" driver = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/TEST"
user = "user_id" password = "mypassword"/>
<sql:query dataSource = "${snapshot}" sql = "..." var = "result" />
</body>
</html>
JSTL XML
<x:parse> Tag
The <x:parse> tag is used for parse the XML data specified either in the tag body or an attribute. It is
used for parse the xml content and the result will stored inside specified variable.
The syntax used for including the <x:parse> tag is:
<x:parse attributes> body content </x:parse>
EXAMPLE
Let us put the following content in novels.xml file:
1. <books>
2. <book>
3. <name>Three mistakes of my life</name>
4. <author>Chetan Bhagat</author>
5. <price>200</price>
6. </book>
7. <book>
8. <name>Tomorrow land</name>
9. <author>NUHA</author>
10. <price>2000</price>
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11. </book>
12. </books>
index.jsp
(IN the same directory)
1. <%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>

2. <%@ taglib prefix="x" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/xml" %>
3.
4. <html>
5. <head>
6. <title>x:parse Tag</title>
7. </head>
8. <body>
9. <h2>Books Info:</h2>
10. <c:import var="bookInfo" url="novels.xml"/>
11.
12. <x:parse xml="${bookInfo}" var="output"/>
13. <p>First Book title: <x:out select="$output/books/book[1]/name" /></p>
14. <p>First Book price: <x:out select="$output/books/book[1]/price" /></p>
15. <p>Second Book title: <x:out select="$output/books/book[2]/name" /></p>
16. <p>Second Book price: <x:out select="$output/books/book[2]/price" /></p>
17.
18. </body>
19. </html>
Output:
Books Info:
First Book title: Three mistakes of my life
First Book price: 200
Second Book title: Tomorrow land
Second Book price: 2000
Define HTML and JSP. Use the same and design a scientific calculator.
Calculator.jsp
14. <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>
<html>
<head>
<title>Calculator</title>
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<style>
h1 {
font-family: Arial;
font-size: 14pt;
font-weight: normal;
}
td input {
font-family: Arial;
font-size: 10pt;
width: 30px;
}
input.double {
width: 60px;
}
input.doubleheight {
height: 48px;
}
input.display {
border: 1px solid black;
readonly: true;
width: 120px;
padding: 2px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Calculator</h1>
<form method="GET" action="calculate.html">

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td colspan="4">
<input class="display" type="text" id="display" value="<c:out
value="${displayAmount}"/>" readonly/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="submit" name="button" id="btn-7"
value="7"/></td>
value="8"/></td>
value="9"/></td>
<td><input type="submit" name="button" id="btn-/"
value="/"/></td>
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<td><input type="submit" name="button" id="btn-C"

value="C"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
value="4"/></td>
value="5"/></td>
value="6"/></td>
<td><input type="submit" name="button" id="btn-*"
value="*"/></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
value="1"/></td>
value="2"/></td>
value="3"/></td>
<td><input type="submit" name="button" id="btn--" value="-
"/></td>
<td rowspan="2"><input class="doubleheight" type="submit"
name="button" id="btn-=" value="="/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><input class="double" type="submit"
name="button" id="btn-0" value="0"/></td>
<td><input type="button" name="button" id="btn-."
value="."/></td>
<td><input type="submit" name="button" id="btn-+"
value="+"/></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
PART – C
Q.No Questions
Design a HTML forms by embedding JSP code for submission of a resume to a job
portal website with appropriate database connectivity.
1.
Evaluate a complete query application for books database using JDBC.

2.
Write a program that allows the user to select a favourite programming language and
3.
post the choice to the server. The response is a web page in which the user can click a
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link to view a list of book recommendations. The cookies previously stored on the
client are read by the servlet and form a web page containing the book
recommendation. Use servlet cookies and HTML.
Develop a JSP program to display the grade of a student by accepting the marks of five
4.
subjects.

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List the application of servlets.

 As part of middle tiers in enterprise networks by connecting to SQL databases via

Summarize the advantages and disadvantages of servlets.

Show how is session tracking is achieved by the URL rewriting?

Advantage of URL Rewriting

1. It will always work whether cookie is disabled or not (browser independent).

Disadvantage of URL Rewriting

1. It will work only with links.

URL rewriting is another way to support anonymous session tracking.

 " + items[i]); } out.println("

// Offer a help page. Include the session ID in the URL. out.println("For

private static String generateSessionId() { String uid = new

// guaranteed unique return java.net.URLEncoder.encode(uid);

// encode any special chars }

private static String[] getItemsFromCart(String sessionid) {

This servlet first tries to retrieve the current session ID using

1) In case of Get request, In case of post request, large amount

2) Get request is not Post request is secured because data is

5. 3) Get request can be Post request cannot be bookmarked.

4) Get request Post request is non-idempotent.

5) Get request is more Post request is less efficient and used

Summarize the servlet interface and its methods.

 Servlet interface provides common behavior to all the servlets.

Methods of Servlet interface

public void init(ServletConfig initializes the servlet. It is the life cycle

public void service(ServletRequest provides response for the incoming

public void destroy() is invoked only once and indicates that

public ServletConfig returns the object of ServletConfig.

public String getServletInfo() returns information about servlet such as

Servlet Example by implementing Servlet interface

Sketch the Servlet life cycle.

A. Life Cycle of a Servlet

this should be the sub tag of <jsp:forward> or <jsp:include>.

parameters to the request object by using the jsp:param element.

<jsp:param name=" " value=" "/>

<jsp:param name="param1" value="value1"/>

Quote the uses of cookies.

How Cookie works

By default, each request is considered as a new request. In cookies technique, we add

There are 2 types of cookies in servlets.

1. Simplest technique of maintaining the state.

1. It will not work if cookie is disabled from the browser.

2. Only textual information can be set in Cookie object.

Analyze about java scriplet.

JSP scriptlet tag

1. <% java source code %>

Express appropriate java script code to remove an element (current

To remove an HTML element, use the remove() method:

12. Define JSP.

List any three advantages of java servlet over JSP.

custom tags can be used along with it.

2. There is no need to recompile JSP when changed. The changes automatically

appear when run.

6. Customized JSP tags can be used. Ex: Tags with XML.

Write a servlet application to print the current date and time.

methods available in core java. The Date class is available in java.util

public class DateSrv extends GenericServlet