The purpose of this manual is to demonstrate MVC. In that case, the first component that runs is the Controller, that is the servlet. If I display an html form that redirects to the jsp, it's the html form that has the control.
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 10:18 PM, JB MORLA <jbmo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here is the code I found in a manual written at the time of Tomcat 6: > > The code belongs to a servlet. There is no index.jsp file nor order.html > file. > > String message; > /* > * Initializing the message to display : If one of the mandatory > fields > * is not filled, then we display an error message > * else we display a success message > */ > if ( name.trim().isEmpty() || address.trim().isEmpty() || > telephone.trim().isEmpty() || amount == -1 ) { > message = "Error - You did not fill all the mandatory fields. > <br> <a href=\"createOrder.jsp\">Click here/a> to access the order form."; > } else { > message = "Order successfuly created !"; > } > > So when I run the project with Tomcat 7 as target, the url : > "createOrder.jsp" points to an empty form the first time. > But Tomcat 7 returns an error stating that it can't find the jsp. > If I comment out the if.. else test and add some pipes with afile.html and > index.jsp, the application works. > I don't know how to replace the test for Tomcat 7 > I'll try to give "name" a value like "ZZZZZ" and test it as you advise. > > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 9:32 PM, Leo Donahue <donahu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 1:10 PM, JB MORLA <jbmo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > If there is a field called "username", in a form with url >> "registration" , >> > how can I display the form the first time in Tomcat 7? (When the field >> is >> > empty) >> >> initialize the username property? >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org >> >> >