Thread: Question About servlet and HTML

Hello.

I'm currently creating a web app and I'm just wondering if somebody could clear this up for me.

Alot of people on here and the web say not to create a html file from a servlet. is there any reason for this?

I have a login page which validates by checking a database and loading a servlet showing the current tables in the database. this is all done through servlet and now im wondering if theres any security or performance issues, or whether this is just personal preferance.

Thanks
Kurt

Alot of people on here and the web say not to create a html file from a servlet. is there any reason for this?

Never heard of this....if not a servlet then what is the alternative? jsp? For what its worth, jsp is a servlet, but different in the sense that it allows a programmer to 'exit scripting mode' to write pure html, making quick html easier relative to having to println everything.

Yeah a jsp.

I did look into writing this in jsp as, like you said, its the same more or less.
As im pulling alot of information from database tables, I thought that a servlet would be better for me because im using the "rs.next()" method alot.

Another question whilst its on the brain. I have a Java Application aside from the Web App.
How can I call the App from a button or other method within the Web App

Thanks for clearing that up for me.
Kurt

Thanks for clearing that up for me.

Remember, just one person's opinion...your mileage may vary.

I thought that a servlet would be better for me because im using the "rs.next()" method alot

To account for changes as well as code reuse in client, server, and database you may consider doing this server side, in essence following an MVC type of architecture. If you have business logic client side, making changes and re-using logic down the line become more and more difficult as the application grows and the logic get more ingrained in the client (placing logic server side decouples these so changes and code reuse are much easier)

Another question whilst its on the brain. I have a Java Application aside from the Web App.
How can I call the App from a button or other method within the Web App

If I understand the question correctly, this is where having logic on the server that I mentioned above helps because it can be re-used by one or more clients.

I did have this in mind to start with but not sure how to go about this.

Having a html template which is the view, The controller would be the Servlet and the model is the database.
Am i correct on that?

starting with a login page which querys a database and checks if the username and password are corrent(not secure i know but i need this system up and running soon so i can sort that out later)
once the servlet has checked the login this redirects to a servlet created form which is populated
from the databse.

how do i create a html template in which the form can be populated from the servlet.

Am I on the same track. If not, do you know of any web site i can read up on about going about this?

thanks again
Kurt