I have a URL say abc.com/somecontroller?someparam=1 which renders a form. Form on submit sends the form params to /ajaxAction
Is there a way I could get this abc.com/somecontroller?someparam=1 (i.e. the form URL?)
I am more interested in getting the someparam value from the URL of the form.
PS: the above URL abc.com/somecontroller?someparam=1 is dynamically generated, so I can not access it otherwise.
And request.forwardURI will give me /ajaxAction (i.e. the URL of the action in form and not the url of the form itself).
EDIT:
I have no control over form as it is also dynamic and user has hundreds of templates to select from. Each template has different no. of fields.
So if I would prefer some other way to get the URL.
Why don't you use javascript in form and add to ajax request array with GET params? (or with the url of the action which generated form)
You can get them from original request f.e. by this script.
While rendering the GSP of your form, you can do like this:
myaction.gsp
<html>
<body>
<!-- Your content -->
<script>
var paramsString = '${params.collect { k, v-> "$k=$v" }.join("&") }';
</script>
</body>
</html>
So, when you GSP is rendered, the script tag will have something like this (for a URL abc.com/somecontroller?someparam=1&foo=2:
var paramsString = 'someparam=1&foo=2';
Now, in your AJAX code, you can pass that string as the query arguments:
$.ajax({
url: '/ajaxAction?' + paramsString
/* rest of the AJAX code */
});
Now, in your ajax controller action, you can simply do the params.someparam.
EDIT
Well, I just realized that you don't have to any GSP stuff I mentioned above. Simply do the AJAX call like this:
$.ajax({
url: '/ajaxAction' + location.search
/* rest of the AJAX code */
});
The location.search will give you the direct string: ?someparam=1&foo=2
I ended up using flash to store the someparam
In my controller which is being used to render the form at abc.com/somecontroller?someparam=1 I use flash as this:
flash.put("someparam", params.someparam)
This worked as a quick workaround to the issue. I feel this would work well in situations where I have no control over the gsp.
If anyone finds any issue, please comment otherwise I will mark this as the answer.
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I need to call small part of JSP page(like only div load) when a method is invoked? I know we can load whole JSP page from Servlet. Is this possible or any other solution for this?
know we can load whole JSP page from Servlet. Is this possible
Yes it is possible, you forward your request to jsp from servlet and it will render that jsp, here is an exact same example
1) Set some session or request variable equal to some value, say boolean myVar = true.
2) Redirect from your jsp page from your servlet.
3) In the jsp page, check for particular condition for the variable myVar. If condition is fulfilled, using scriptlets or JSTL display only the relevant part of you jsp.
You can use AJAX(Asynchronous Javascript and XML) for this purpose
For example, Suggestions, that appear without any refresh for auto-complete in google search, are using Ajax. JSP code will contain the Ajax code and will send the information to the servlet in form of XmlHttpRequest object and then takes the response from servlet as xmlhttp.responseText. The result can be written at JSP page by using DOM.
To initiate this process, you need to use the onkeyup in input tag like this:
<input type="text" onkeyup="methodName(this.value)"
Learn more about Ajax
To use AJAX with Java, try this
Ajax for Java Web Applications
$('#myDiv').load('serverPage.jsp #server_div_id');
OR
$.ajax({
url: 'serverPage.jsp',
success: function(data) {
data=$(data).find('div#id');
$('#mydiv').html(data);
}
});
I am a building project in which I am using java-beans,jsp and servlets. I need to send the response to the client on the same page from where request was made with a slightly modified html. But when I(server) sent the request to the jsp page, the controls in the form are getting reset to their original value. But I don't want to override the user's input after the request was made. One way to achieve this is to take value of the property for each control in the form when request is made and then set them again while responding. Actually there are a large number of controls in my form, taking values of each doesn't seem efficient.
So is there some other way to keep the form in the jsp file unchanged while responding to the client.
you can use ajax for what you are asking, or you have to save the data on form submit, in session or some place and set them back again while responding. Apart from that I think there is no other way you can retain form data even after page reload.
Thanks
Chakri
Why dont you use iframe ? so you dont have to refresh the whole page when the request is made to the same page.
Instead of making the action of the form to the same page, call a javascript function that set the parameters in the link and then
var f = document.getElementById('iframe');
f.src = 'newlink';
f.contentWindow.location.reload(true);
This populated the iframe with the latest content
function openOffenderInfo(i)
{
$.ajax({
url:'../loginServlet',
type: 'POST',
success: function(data)
{
alert("reset your div values in this block");
.... for example .....
documnet.getElementById('reloading Div').innerHTML=data;
},
error: function(data)
{
alert("error");
}
});
}
URL : c=name of the servlet you want to call
this servlet calculates the data and gives the new data you want to reset in your div
success : this is the function which will be executes if your ajax call is made successfully
so you can set the values of your reloading part inside this function
I hope this might serve you the purpose
In my JSP page I have DIV.
<div id="100">
ALI
</div>
When I click on this DIV...
$("#100").click(function(){
});
...I need to send the value of the id 100, to a servlet, so that the servlet makes some database java codes, and returns for example, either 1 or 0. How can I do that? and is this the proper way?
Using Ajax, you should call your server using a URL similar to this:
http://localhot:8080/youAppContext/yourServer?id=100
Then, in the servler side, you should retrieve the value that will be in the request with the name "id"
There are out there many tool as jQuery that can help you to do the Ajax petition.
Edited
Well, here you can find a very simple Ajax example using jQuery. In the example, instead call a file (test1.txt) you should invoke a URL (as I described above). Of course, you will need to write some JS code to build your URL (where id be a variable). Once task is done in servlet side, you can return whatever, for example: "done" and display or not this information the HTML as it is done in the example.
Take a look to this Web, there are many links that can help you.
get the value using
var value = $("#100").html();
and pass it to servlet using AJAX
I want to identify the login url for a particular website and autologin.
The view source shows the form tag as follows:
<form id="signIn" onsubmit="return false;" action="/f1/logon" method="post">
How do i identify the url and pass the requested paramters?
I tried the suggestions below but no help. More suggestions?
Install Fiddler and submit the form. It will tell you what URL was requested and what parameters were passed with it.
The form can be submitted from javascript code. Look for using signIn element, for example may be javascript,
var form = document.getElementById("signIn");
form.action = "<URL>";
form.submit();
The another method to get URL and parameters it is browser plugins, like HttpWatch (for IE) or HttpFox (for FireFox). They can monitor request and response.
I want to send a JSP page which consists of some divs and table as part of AJAX response from spring framework, is there any way to send JSP as a response of AJAX call
Sending JSP by AJAX makes no sense, it is basically the HTML generated by a JSP that is sent over to the browser through AJAX, as rightly pointed out by the lost.
You do not need any server-side coding for this. All you need is to write some JavaScript on client-side to receive your HTML asynchronously. For this, I would recommend using some JavaScript framework like jQuery, otherwise, it would make your life hell.
Assuming that the page you want to access by AJAX has the link http://domain:port/mypage.htm. First you need to include jQuery in your base JSP (JSP in which former page has to load by AJAX):
<script type="text/javascript" src="${pageContext.request.contextPath}/js/jquery.js"></script>
Then you need to call jQuery's AJAX function:
$(document).ready(function(){
$.ajax({
type:"GET",
url: "http://domain:port/mypage.htm",
success: function(data) {
// Now you have your HTML in "data", do whatever you want with it here in this function
alert(data);
}
});
});
Hope it helps!
Yes, there's no magic to this though. In your Java AJAX handler just return a forward or redirect to the JSP page you want. The response will then be available as the responseText in your AJAX callback.
You can use JSP to generate just the elements you need as a sort of incomplete HTML fragment then returns this from your server-side handler. Then in your JavaScript callback you can insert the fragment into your existing HTML like this
element.innerHTML = resp.responseText
//element is the parent you want to insert to
//resp is the parameter supplied to your callback