JSP makes this job easy by providing you a mechanism where you can make a webpage in such a way that it would refresh automatically after a given interval.The simplest way of refreshing a Webpage is by using the setIntHeader() method of the response object. Following is the signature of this method −public void setIntHeader(String header, int headerValue)This method sends back the header "Refresh" to the browser along with an integer value which indicates time interval in seconds.Auto Page Refresh ExampleIn the following example, we will use the setIntHeader() method to set Refresh header. This will help simulate a digital ... Read More

When you restart your application, i.e., web server, this will reset your application variable and your hit counter will reset to zero. To avoid this loss, consider the following points −Define a database table with a single count, let us say hitcount. Assign a zero value to it.With every hit, read the table to get the value of hitcount.Increase the value of hitcount by one and update the table with the new value.Display the new value of hitcount as a total page hit counts.If you want to count hits for all the pages, implement above logic for all the pages.Read More

A hit counter tells you about the number of visits on a particular page of your web site. Usually, you attach a hit counter with your index.jsp page assuming people first land on your home page.To implement a hit counter you can make use of the Application Implicit object and associated methods getAttribute() and setAttribute().This object is a representation of the JSP page through its entire lifecycle. This object is created when the JSP page is initialized and will be removed when the JSP page is removed by the jspDestroy() method.Following is the syntax to set a variable at the ... Read More

A hit counter tells you about the number of visits on a particular page of your web site. Usually, you attach a hit counter with your index.jsp page assuming people first land on your home page.To implement a hit counter you can make use of the Application Implicit object and associated methods getAttribute() and setAttribute().This object is a representation of the JSP page through its entire lifecycle. This object is created when the JSP page is initialized and will be removed when the JSP page is removed by the jspDestroy() method.Following is the syntax to set a variable at the ... Read More

The element forwards the request object containing the client request information from one JSP file to another file. The target file can be an HTML file, another JSP file, or a servlet, as long as it is in the same application context as the forwarding JSP file.sendRedirect sends HTTP temporary redirect response to the browser, and browser creates a new request to go the redirected page.

Page redirection is generally used when a document moves to a new location and we need to send the client to this new location. This can be because of load balancing, or for simple randomization.The simplest way of redirecting a request to another page is by using sendRedirect() method of response object. Following is the signature of this method −public void response.sendRedirect(String location) throws IOExceptionThis method sends back the response to the browser along with the status code and new page location. You can also use the setStatus() and the setHeader() methods together to achieve the same redirection example −.... ... Read More

SimpleDateFormat is a concrete class for formatting and parsing dates in a locale-sensitive manner. SimpleDateFormat allows you to start by choosing any user-defined patterns for date-time formatting.Let us modify the above example as follows −Example Live Demo           Display Current Date & Time                        Display Current Date & Time                 Compile the above servlet once again and then call this servlet using the URL http://localhost:8080/CurrentDate. You will receive the following result −OutputDisplay Current Date & Time Mon 2010.06.21 at 10:06:44 PM GMT+04:00

With JSP program, it is very easy to get the current date and the time. You can use a simple Date object with the toString() method to print the current date and the time as follows −Example Live Demo           Display Current Date & Time                        Display Current Date & Time                 Let us now keep the code in CurrentDate.jsp and then call this JSP using the URL http://localhost:8080/CurrentDate.jsp. You will receive the following result −OutputDisplay ... Read More

A JSP can be used with an HTML form tag to allow users to upload files to the server. An uploaded file can be a text file or a binary or an image file or just any document.Creating a File Upload FormLet us now understand how to create a file upload form. The following HTML code creates an uploader form. Following are the important points to be noted down −The form method attribute should be set to POST method and the GET method cannot be used.The form enctype attribute should be set to multipart/form-data.The form action attribute should be set ... Read More

A JSP can be used with an HTML form tag to allow users to upload files to the server. An uploaded file can be a text file or a binary or an image file or just any document.Creating a File Upload FormLet us now understand how to create a file upload form. The following HTML code creates an uploader form. Following are the important points to be noted down −The form method attribute should be set to the POST method and the GET method cannot be used.The form enctype attribute should be set to multipart/form-data.The form action attribute should be ... Read More