You can find all this information on the companies' you mentioned websites.
Cheers!
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "sagar arora" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: Newbie Questions
> I am very new to Java server Side programming.I have seen the functionality
> of using Servlets on Win2000 platform using weblogic server. Can somebody
> tell me the steps to be followed & the merits of using Tomcat Server on
> Linux red hat platform. Also,, it would be nice if somebody can throw some
> light on Portlets also.
>
> thanks & Regards
>
> Sagar
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stanley Tan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 1:42 PM
> Subject: Re: Newbie Questions
>
>
> > Ok, it's working now. But I didn't use paramName on the last line of the
> > doGet method: request.getParameter("url"). I get a NullPointerException
> if
> > I do.
> >
> > I guess what I have to do is put a paramName value inside my Web server
> > configuration. Am I right? Wouldn't it be easier to simply take
> paramName
> > completely out of the servlet alltogether and just specify as I did below?
> > --> request.getParameter("url")
> >
> > Lastly, if the user selects "SELECT" from the drop-down menu (with the
> > value "#"), I get a ClassNotFoundException. All other options work. What
> > could be wrong?
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > Stanley Tan
> >
> > import java.io.*;
> > import javax.servlet.*;
> > import javax.servlet.http.*;
> >
> > public class RedirectServlet extends HttpServlet {
> > private String paramName;
> >
> > public void init(ServletConfig config) throws ServletException {
> > super.init(config);
> > paramName = config.getInitParameter("paramName");
> > }
> >
> > public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
> > HttpServletResponse response)
> > throws ServletException, IOException {
> > response.sendRedirect(request.getParameter("url"));
> > }
> >
> > public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,
> > HttpServletResponse response)
> > throws ServletException, IOException {
> > doGet(request, response);
> > }
> > }
> >
> > <FORM ACTION="/servlet/RedirectServlet" METHOD="GET">
> > <B>Redirect To:</B><BR>
> > <SELECT NAME="url">
> > <OPTION VALUE="#">SELECT</OPTION>
> > <option value="http://localhost:8080/">Resin Home</option>
> > <OPTION VALUE="/developer/products/j2me/">- Consumer &</OPTION>
> > <OPTION VALUE="/developer/products/j2me/"> Embedded</OPTION>
> > <OPTION VALUE="/developer/products/j2me/"> </OPTION>
> > <OPTION VALUE="/developer/products/j2ee/wireless.html">-
> > wireless</OPTION>
> > <OPTION VALUE="/developer/products/j2ee/wireless.html"> </OPTION>
> > <OPTION VALUE="/developer/products/">- more . . . </OPTION>
> > </SELECT>
> > <DIV ALIGN="left">
> > <INPUT TYPE="image" SRC="/images/go.gif" BORDER="0" ALT="Go">
> > </FORM>
> >
> >
> >
> > At 07:24 PM 3/25/01 -0800, you wrote:
> > >I briefly reviewed the information you have referenced and the author
> > >explains the init method - why and how often its called.
> > >
> > >Looking at the redirect Servlet do you have your web server configured
> > >correctly and the servlet placed in the correct location? What about
> > >the form code the author has listed? How are you calling this Servlet?
> > >
> > >Try re-reading the information - I don't see any reason why it wouldn't
> > >work.
> >
> > ---
> >
> >
> > >1. you call super.init so that the servlet can still execute the init
> method
> > >(whatever it does) that your servlet is extending (e.g.
> > >javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet).
> > >2. config.getInitParameter("paramName") gets the value of the
> parameter(key)
> > >called "paramName" from the config file. The config file may contain
> > >key-value pairs to initialize the servlet and is read once during loading
> of
> > >the servlet.
> > >:^)
> > >Ricky Y. Artigas
> > >Analyst/Programmer
> > >Information Technology Division
> > >Easycall Communications Phils., Inc.
> > >- Easycall Internet -
> > >418 Arayat St., Mandaluyong City 1550, Philippines
> > >Personal WAP Site: http://www.buzzed.co.uk/mobile/?rya
> > >Company Website: http://www.easycall.com.ph
> > >Tel.no: (+632) 5338001 ext.6574
> > >Mobile:(+63) 0917-8951783
> > >Pager: 141-002955
> > >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
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