JSP

A Beginner's Guide

By: Gary Bollinger, Bharathi Natarajan

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JavaServer Pages (JSP) are a popular way to deliver dynamic content to otherwise static HTML pages. JSPs are executed on Web servers and are used to generate interactive, viewer specific information. This title provides a learning tool for entry level programmers.

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Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv
JSP Foundations
Introduction to Internet Technologies	p. 3
The Internet as a Client-Server Architecture	p. 4
Network Transparency Issues	p. 5
Stateful Servers	p. 7
HTTP Servers Are Stateless	p. 8
HTTP Requests	p. 9
The Request Line	p. 9
Message Headers	p. 14
Message Body	p. 14
HTTP Responses	p. 15
The Status Line	p. 15
Message Headers	p. 16
Message Body	p. 17
The Rest of the Story	p. 17
Echoing the HTTP Protocol	p. 18
Client-Side Web Programming	p. 23
Extending the Web Browser	p. 25
The Role and Limits of Browser Technologies	p. 30
Server-Side Web Programming	p. 31
Extending the Web Server	p. 34
The Role of Java Servlets and JavaServer Pages	p. 38
Running Your First JSP Program	p. 39
Mastery Check	p. 41
JSP Elements: Comments and Directives	p. 43
The JSP Container	p. 44
JSP Stages	p. 45
JSP Scope	p. 46
JSP Constructs	p. 48
Bird's-Eye View of a Complete JSP Page	p. 49
JSP Comments	p. 50
Using Comments	p. 50
JSP Comment Types	p. 52
JSP Directives	p. 54
The include Directive	p. 55
Include Directive Test	p. 60
The page Directive	p. 62
Page Directive Test	p. 69
The taglib Directive	p. 70
Mastery Check	p. 73
JSP Elements: Scripting Elements	p. 75
The Three Scripting Elements	p. 76
How the Container Translates JSP Scripting Elements	p. 77
JSP Declarations	p. 81
Variables in a JSP Declaration	p. 82
Methods in a JSP Declaration	p. 82
Declarations of Advanced Java Features	p. 83
More About JSP Declarations	p. 84
JSP Expressions	p. 87
More About JSP Expressions	p. 90
JSP Scriptlets	p. 91
Variables in Scriptlets	p. 91
Expressions in Scriptlets	p. 92
Conditionals in Scriptlets	p. 92
Iteration in Scriptlets	p. 94
Advanced Java Features in Scriptlets	p. 95
Exceptions in Scriptlets	p. 97
More About JSP Scriptlets	p. 98
Scripting Elements	p. 100
Mastery Check	p. 104
Implicit Objects	p. 107
The request Variable	p. 109
Request Services	p. 110
The response Variable	p. 119
Response Services	p. 120
Streaming the Contents of a File	p. 126
The pageContext Variable	p. 129
PageContext Services	p. 130
The session Variable	p. 134
Session Services	p. 135
URL Redirection and URL Includes	p. 137
The out Variable	p. 140
Out Services	p. 141
The application Variable	p. 145
Application Services	p. 146
The config Variable	p. 155
The page Variable	p. 156
Page Services	p. 156
The exception Variable	p. 157
Exception Services	p. 158
Mastery Check	p. 159
Standard Actions	p. 161
JSP Actions	p. 162
Standard Actions Versus Custom Actions	p. 162
Tag Attributes	p. 163
The id Attribute	p. 164
The scope Attribute	p. 165
The [left angle bracket]jsp:useBean[right angle bracket] Action	p. 166
Attributes and Usage Rules	p. 167
Processing Steps	p. 167
Using [left angle bracket]jsp:useBean[right angle bracket]	p. 170
The [left angle bracket]jsp:setProperty[right angle bracket] Action	p. 173
Attributes and Usage Rules	p. 174
The Two Variants of [left angle bracket]jsp:setProperty[right angle bracket]	p. 175
The [left angle bracket]jsp:getProperty[right angle bracket] Action	p. 178
Attributes and Usage Rules	p. 178
Using [left angle bracket]jsp:getProperty[right angle bracket]	p. 179
The [left angle bracket]jsp:include[right angle bracket] Action	p. 180
Attributes and Usage Rules	p. 181
Using [left angle bracket]jsp:include[right angle bracket]	p. 181
The [left angle bracket]jsp:forward[right angle bracket] Action	p. 182
Attributes and Usage Rules	p. 183
Using [left angle bracket]jsp:forward[right angle bracket]	p. 183
The [left angle bracket]jsp:param[right angle bracket] Action	p. 184
Attributes and Usage Rules	p. 184
A Simple Shopping Cart	p. 185
The [left angle bracket]jsp:plugin[right angle bracket] Action	p. 190
Attributes and Usage Rules	p. 191
Mapping an Applet to a [left angle bracket]jsp:plugin[right angle bracket]	p. 192
Inserting a Menu Applet	p. 193
Mastery Check	p. 196
Tag Libraries	p. 199
Why Define Custom Tags?	p. 200
Elements of a Tag Library	p. 206
Tag Library Formats	p. 206
The taglib Directive	p. 207
The Tag Library Descriptor	p. 207
Tag Handlers	p. 212
Life Cycle of a Tag Handler	p. 225
Defining Scripting Variables	p. 227
The TagExtraInfo Class	p. 227
Defining the Scripting Variables	p. 230
The Recommended Convention for Defining Implicit Objects	p. 233
Defining Implicit Objects	p. 234
Exchanging Data Between Actions and Tag Libraries	p. 239
Ids and the PageContext Object	p. 239
The Runtime Stack	p. 240
A Template Using a Tag Library	p. 242
Mastery Check	p. 251
Building Real-World Applications
JSP Architectures	p. 255
Patterns in Application Development	p. 256
The Idea of Patterns	p. 256
The Utility of Patterns	p. 258
Architectural Patterns	p. 259
Application Tiers	p. 260
Splitting the Presentation Tier	p. 264
Web Application Architectures	p. 264
Object-Oriented Software Design Patterns	p. 267
Model-View-Controller	p. 268
Mediator	p. 270
Command	p. 271
Strategy	p. 273
Bridge	p. 274
Gallery Viewer	p. 277
The Application: A Family Center	p. 285
Security	p. 286
Web-Flow	p. 286
Repository	p. 286
Mastery Check	p. 287
JSP Security	p. 289
Basic Application Security	p. 290
Authentication	p. 290
Authorization	p. 294
Integrity	p. 295
Confidentiality	p. 297
Availability	p. 297
Auditing	p. 298
Web Authentication	p. 299
LDAP Authentication	p. 299
Certificate-Based Authentication	p. 300
Web Server-Based Authentication	p. 303
Configuring Apache Authentication	p. 305
Servlet Container Authentication	p. 310
Basic Authentication	p. 310
Digest Authentication	p. 313
HTTPS Client Authentication	p. 314
Form-Based Authentication	p. 314
Tomcat Security Interceptors	p. 317
A Custom Tomcat Security Interceptor	p. 319
Enhancing Our Login Pages	p. 323
The Elements of Our Security Solution	p. 326
The Login and Login Error Pages	p. 326
The web.xml File	p. 327
The CustomRealm Security Interceptor	p. 328
The server.xml Configuration File	p. 332
Mastery Check	p. 333
Controller and Flow Control in Web Applications	p. 335
Controller	p. 336
User Input Processing	p. 336
Interaction with the Model	p. 339
Web Application Workflow and Flow Control	p. 339
Simple Flow Control	p. 348
Address Book Search	p. 354
Advanced Flow Control: The Struts MVC Framework	p. 372
Final Thoughts	p. 374
Mastery Check	p. 376
Integrating a Database	p. 377
The Role of External Content Sources	p. 378
Managing Large Amounts of Content	p. 379
Centralizing, Securing, and Sharing Content	p. 380
Providing Dynamic Content	p. 381
Accessing Legacy Information Systems	p. 382
The JDBC Data Access API	p. 385
The JDBC Architecture	p. 385
JDBC Basics	p. 387
JavaServer Pages and the JDBC API	p. 398
Using Jakarta DBTags	p. 401
The Family Center Data Model	p. 405
Entity Types	p. 405
Attributes	p. 407
Relationships	p. 408
Adding Security to the Family Center	p. 411
The Family Center Data Access Approach	p. 413
The Bridge Pattern	p. 413
Mastery Check	p. 426
Appendices
Mastery Check Answers	p. 429
Introduction to Internet Technologies	p. 430
JSP Elements: Comments and Directives	p. 431
JSP Elements: Scripting Elements	p. 432
Implicit Objects	p. 435
Standard Actions	p. 437
Tag Libraries	p. 440
JSP Architectures	p. 442
JSP Security	p. 445
Controller and Flow Control in Web Applications	p. 448
Integrating a Database	p. 449
Creating a Development and Deployment Environment	p. 451
Web Servers and Containers	p. 452
Apache and Tomcat	p. 453
Installing Tomcat	p. 454
Starting and Stopping Tomcat	p. 455
Web Applications and the WAR Format	p. 456
The WAR Directory Structure	p. 458
Creating a WAR File	p. 459
The Web Application Deployment Descriptor	p. 459
Web Applications in Tomcat	p. 461
Installing Apache	p. 461
Connecting Apache and Tomcat	p. 464
Configuring Tomcat (Answer to Question 3)	p. 465
Installing the Adapter (Answer to Question 2)	p. 467
Configuring Apache (Answer to Question 1)	p. 468
Creating a MySQL Database	p. 471
Downloading MySQL	p. 472
Downloading a JDBC Driver for MySQL	p. 473
Installing MySQL	p. 474
MySQL Administration	p. 475
The mysqladmin Tool	p. 476
MySQL Structured Query Language	p. 477
MySQL Documentation	p. 479
New Features in JSP 1.2	p. 481
The Java 2 Platform	p. 482
The Servlet 2.3 Specification	p. 482
The XML Syntax	p. 483
Validation of JavaServer Pages	p. 484
Enhanced Tag Library Support	p. 484
Improved Support for Page Authoring	p. 486
Better Localization Support	p. 486
Fixing the "Flush Before You Include"	p. 487
Backward Compatibility	p. 487
Index	p. 489
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