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SECTION 1 ADVANCED INTERNET

TECHNOLOGIES LAB
Structure
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7

Introduction
Objectives
Tomcat Installations and Setting
Running JSP Programs
Running Servlet Programs
XML Programming
List of Lab Assignments
Further Readings

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1.0 INTRODUCTION
In this section of lab course, you will have hands on experience of Advanced Internet
Technologies, which includes programming practices in Java Servlet and Java Server
Pages (JSP), web page security, and XML. This section is based on course MCS051:
Advanced Internet Technologies. A list of programming exercises (Lab Assignments)
is given at the end of this section. You will have to write programs to solve these
exercises and execute it during lab sessions.
Java Servlet technology and Java Server Pages (JSP) are server-side technologies.
They are now becoming the standard way to develop commercial web applications.
Java Technologies basic feature Servlet JSP bring the Write Once, Run Anywhere
paradigm to web applications. If, you apply effectively best practices, servlets and JSP
to help separate presentation from content, this will help in the understanding
applications and reduces complexity.
Before you begin programming/attempt programming, it is essential to learn how
container/web servers are to be installed to handle Servlet/JSP applications. In this
section, first you will learn about Jakarta Tomcat installation, then, about the
execution of Servlet and JSP programs.
The objective of XML design is to describe data and at the same time to focus on what
data is. You may not realise, but all that the XML does to create structures, store and
to send information. Now, it has started becoming evident that XML will be as
important to the future of Web Applications as HTML has been to the foundation of
Web Development. In this section, you will learn to create and view XML documents.

1.1 OBJECTIVES
After completing this lab section, you should be able to:

Install Jakarta Tomcat;

Set CLASSPATH;
Change Server Port;
Develop and deploy Servlet programs;
Develop and deploy JSP programs;
Write secure Servlets, and
Create XML documents.
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1.2 TOMCAT INSTALLATIONS AND SETTING

Tomcat is the servlet container that is used in official Reference Implementation for
Java Servlet and Java Server Pages Technologies. The Java Servlet and Java Server
Pages specifications are developed by Sun under the Java Community Process.
There are some other web servers/ servlet container, Jetty is one of them. It is a 100%
Java HTTP Server and Servlet Container. This means that you do not need to
configure and run a separate web server (like, Apache which you will also learn about
in this unit) in order to use java, servlets and JSPs to generate dynamic content. The
Jetty web server can be used for static and dynamic content. As a pure Java
component, Jetty can be included in your application for demonstration, and
deployment. You can learn more about Jetty at:
1. http://www.java-source.net/open-source/web-servers
2. http://www.roseindia.net/opensource/webserversinjava.php
Downloading and Installing Tomcat:
We will use Jakarta Tomcat for our servlet and JSP programming. Now, let us see,
how tomcat is to be installed on your machine.
Do the following:
1) Go to http://tomcat.apache.org/download-55.cgi as shown in Figure 1 and
download the zip file for the current release of Tomcat (Jakarta Tomcat 5.5)

Figure 1: Tomcat homepage

2) Save the zip file(s) on your desktop and unzip it.

3) You would need to specify the directory (e.g., C:\Tomcat5.5) so that
C:\Tomcat5.5\apache-tomcat-5.5.15 becomes a common resultant installation
directory for you.

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Set the JAVA_HOME Variable

Now, you will have to set JAVA_HOME environment variable to inform Tomcat
where Java is located. If, you do not set this variable properly then, Tomcat will not
compile JSP pages. This variable should list the base JDK installation directory, not
the bin subdirectory. For example, on Windows, if you installed the JDK in
C:\JEE\jdk you might put the following line in your setting of JAVA_HOME.
set JAVA_HOME= C:\JEE\jdk
If you are working on n Windows XP, you could also go to the Start menu> select
Control Panel>choose System, click on the Advanced tab, press the Environment
Variables button at the bottom, and enter the JAVA_HOME variable and value
directly as shown in Figure 2. Similarly, for other OS environments setting can be
done.

Figure 2: Setting JAVA_HOME

Change the Port to 80

You will have to change the port to 80 for Tomcat to run on the default HTTP port
(80) instead of the port of 8080.I assume that you have no other server already
running on port 80. It will be convenient to configure it, and making this change will
let you use URLs of the form http://localhost/urex instead of
http://localhost:8080/urex.On Unix/Linux you need admin privileges to make this
change. If, you are using IIS, it will automatically start on port 80. If, you want to use
port 80 for Tomcat, you may need to disable IIS.
To change the port, go to C:\Tomcat5.5\apache-tomcat-5.5.15\conf\server.xml and
change the port attribute of the Connector element from 8080 to 80, as shown in
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Figure 3: Modifying Server.xml

Verify Server Start

Now, your server is ready for service. Before trying your own servlets or JSP
programs you should check that the server is installed and configured properly. Two
batch files startup.bat and shutdoun.bat are given in C:\Tomcat5.5\apache-tomcat5.5.15\bin. It is better to have shortcut of files startup.bat and shutdoun.bat files on
your desktop.

Figure 4: Startup.bat and Shutdoun.bat Files on a Folder on Desktop

Now, start your server by double-clicking on shortcut to startup. You will find
window shown in Figure 5.

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Figure 5: Running Tomcat

Now, your server is started. The next step is to, enter the URL http://localhost/ in your
browser and see whether you reach/are able to access the Tomcat welcome page or
not. Welcome page is shown in Figure 6.

Figure 6: Default Tomcat Homepage

If, you get an error message saying that the page could not be displayed or that the
server could not be found then, there is some problem in your installation and setting.
If this does not work, there are a couple of things to check:

Go through the error messages; it should help you find out the problem (e.g.,
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Check whether the server appears to be running but you cannot access the home
page? There is a chance that your browser is using a proxy and you have not set
it to bypass proxies for local addresses. If this is the case then:

In Internet Explorer, go to Tools>>Internet Options>>Connections>> LAN Settings.

Here, if the Use a proxy server checkbox is selected, make sure the Bypass proxy
server for local addresses box is also selected, as shown in Figure 7.

Figure 7: Setting to Bypass Proxy Server for Local Addresses

To halt the server, double click shortcut of shutdown.bat :

Figure 8: Shutdown Tomcat

Turn on Servlet Reloading

To run your servlet you have to put its class file in to WEB-INF/classes and use the
URL http://localhost/servlet/ServletName or http://localhost/webAppName/servlet/
ServletName) Here in http://localhost/webAppName/servlet/ServletName, webAppName is the name of your subdirectory in WEB-INF/classes directory. If, the class
files of your servlet programs get modified it will be seen by Tomcat. You have to set
it by doing the following:
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Figure 9: Modifying Context.xml

Tomcat check the modification dates of the class files of requested servlets, and reload
ones that have changed since they were loaded into the server's memory. If you dont
turn reloadable on for your development server, you have to restart the server every
time you recompile a servlet, which is already loaded into the server's memory.
Enabling the Invoker Servlet
As a beginner, you need to run your initial servlet programs without making any
change in your Web application's deployment descriptor file (in WEB-INF/web.xml
file). For this, you will have to get invoker servlet enabled. After this, you just drop
your servlet into
WEB-INF/classes and use the URL http://host/servlet/ServletName (or
http://host/webAppName /servlet/ServletName) once you start using your own Web
applications.
You have to, uncomment the following servlet and servlet-mapping elements in
install_dir/conf/web.xml as shown in Figure 10 and Figure 11, for enabling the
invoker servlet.Remember this is not Apache Tomcat-specific web.xml file which
goes in the WEB-INF directory of each Web application.
1.
<servlet>
<servlet-name>invoker</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>
org.apache.catalina.servlets.InvokerServlet
</servlet-class>
...
</servlet>

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Figure 10: Modifying Web.xml for Enabling the Invoker Servlet

2.
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>invoker</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/servlet/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

Figure 11: Uncommenting Servlet-mapping in Web.xml file

Set CLASSPATH
Servlets and JSP are not part of the Java 2 platform, standard edition that is why the
compiler (i.e., javac) you use for development does not know about Servlet and JSP,
and you will have to identify the servlet classes to the compiler. So, you have to set
your CLASSPATH properly, and attempt to compile servlets, tag libraries, Web app
listeners, or other classes that use the servlet and JSP, otherwise, APIs will fail with
error messages saying unknown classes. You need to include both files in your
CLASSPATH for standard Tomcat Server:

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C:\Tomcat5.5\apache-tomcat-5.5.15\common\lib\servlet-api.jar, and
C:\Tomcat5.5\apache-tomcat-5.5.15\common\lib\jsp-api.jar

If, you have created your own development directory then you also need to put that
directory in the CLASSPATH. It will be good (learning purpose), for you to write
simple package less servlets. After you gain enough experience you have to use
packages for your applications development.

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Now, you are at the stage where you can test your own html, servlet, and jsp programs
in Tomcat Server. But, before you test your own programs, I will suggest the
execution of some examples of Servlet and JSP page given by Tomcat.

Figure 12: Link to Servlet and JSP Example on Tomcat Default Page

Now you can try Some Simple HTML and JSP Page
First, verify that the server is running. If, the server is running, you have to make sure
that you can install and access simple HTML and JSP:

If, you can access an HTML page successfully, it will help you ensure that
HTML and JSP files are loaded in the right/correct directories, and the URLs
correspond make sure for you that in which directories,

If, you are able to successfully access a new JSP page then, it shows that you
have configured the Java compiler properly.

To run in Tomcat, HTML and JSP pages need to be put in install_dir/webapps/ROOT

or install_dir/webapps/ROOT/somePath and need to be accessed with
http://localhost/filename or http://localhost/somePath/filename. In our case we have to
put HTML and JSP files in C:\Tomcat5.5\apache-tomcat-5.5.15\webapps\ROOT
directory or a subdirectory in this directory, created by you.
For example TestHTML.html file is saved in C:\Tomcat5.5\apache-tomcat5.5.15\webapps\ROOT directory and when you access it with URL
http://localhost/TestHTML.html you will find the page given in Figure 14.

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Figure 13: A simple HTML file

Figure 14: Viewing TestHTML.html from a Local Host

1.3 RUNNING JSP PROGRAMS

Now, let us take a simple JSP program saved in file Test.jsp which contains the
following code to show current date and time:
JSP File Test.jsp
<html>
<head>
<title>My first JSP page
</title>
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<body>
<%

// This scriptlet declares and initialises date

java.util.Date date = new java.util.Date();

%>
<% out.println(Welcome to first JSP page); %>
<BR>
<%
out.println(Currently the day,date,and time is);
out.println( date );
%>
</body>
</html>
Save this Test.jsp file in C:\Tomcat5.5\apache-tomcat-5.5.15\webapps\ROOT
directory and access it with URL http://localhost/Test.jsp, you will get Web Page
shown in Figure 15a.

Figure 15 a: Output of Test.jsp

Now, let us see an example in which a java class is used for counting the number of
times this JSP is accessed.
Java Class File - Counter.java
public class Counter
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{
private static int counter;
public static int getCounter()
{
counter++;
return counter;
}
}
JSP File Cont.jsp
<html>
<body>
The page is:
<% out.println(Counter.getCounter());
%>
</body>
</html>
You have to compile Counter.java file and save Counter.class file in
C:\Tomcat5.5\apache-tomcat-5.5.15\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\classes directory.
Save Count.jsp in C:\Tomcat5.5\apache-tomcat-5.5.15\webapps\ROOT directory.Start
server and access URL : http://localhost/Count.jsp trough Internet Explorer , you
will get following screen :

Figure 15 b: Output of Count.jsp

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The number of times you will access through URL : : http://localhost/Count.jsp will
increase by one The page is: 1, The page is: 2 etc.

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1.4 RUNNING SERVLET PROGRAMS

Now, let us test the execution of a servlet program. As you know, the servlet generates
an HTML page and for its development two things are neededservlet API class files
which are used for servlet compilation and web server for deployment of servlet. In
addition to J2SE you would also need to download and install Tomcat, which has the
servlet API (which is in servlet-api.jar file) the compiler is searching for. As you
know, your servlet classes import the javax.servlet and javax.servlet.http package.
You have to make sure that those packages are accessible by your compiler, those,
which, you have already added in your CLASSPATH as the servlet-api.jar file.
Now, you can compile your servlet program with the javac compiler that comes with
the JSDK.You have to store.class file in the deployment directory manually or you
have to use appropriate compilation option d<directory>.
In Tomcat, the location for servlets in the default Web application is
install_dir/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/classes. In our case of installation, it will be,
C:\Tomcat5.5\apache-tomcat-5.5.15\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\classes directory, you
have to create WEB-INF and classes directory yourself (Remember that text case
matters in the name of these directories.).
Now, you are ready to write servlet programs as you have written Java programs in
course MCSL025.Compile it and copy .class file in C:\Tomcat5.5\apache-tomcat5.5.15\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\classes directory, as shown in Figure 17.
Now, compile TestServlet.java servlet program given below:
import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
public class TestServlet extends HttpServlet
{
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res)
throws ServletException, IOException
{
// Seting Content-Type header
res.setContentType(text/html);
PrintWriter out = res.getWriter();
String Your_name = req.getParameter(name);
out.println(<HTML>);
out.println(<HEAD><TITLE>Hello, + Your_name + </TITLE></HEAD>);
out.println(<BODY>);
out.println(Hello Mr./Mis. + Your_name);
out.println(</BODY></HTML>);
}
}

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Figure 16: TestServlet .java in EditPlus

Copy TestServlet.class file in C:\Tomcat5.5\apache-tomcat5.5.15\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\classes directory.

Figure 17: Copying TestServlet.class file in C directory

Write following HTML code:

<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>My First Servlet</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>
<FORM METHOD = GET ACTION= "http://localhost/servlet/TestServlet">
Please Enter Your Name:
<INPUT TYPE = TEXT NAME = "name"><p>
<INPUT TYPE = SUBMIT>
</FORM>
</BODY></HTML>

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Save this HTML code in FirstServlet.html file. Now, you have an HTML code for
invoking TesrServlet program. Start your Tomcat and invoke the URL
C:\MyJava\FirstServlet.html. You will find following the form as the output asking
for your name. Enter a name into textfield and press Submit Query button, you will go
to URL http://localhost/servlet/TestServlet and you will find web page shown in
Figure 19a.

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Figure 18: FirstServlet.html page

This is the URL for your servlet program TestServlet.

Figure 19a: Output of TestServlet Program

If, you are developing servlet applications which uses Packages and Utilities then, you
have to be more careful in terms of putting class files in appropriate directories both
during development and when deployed to the server. For example, if, you have a
package named myServlet then, compiling your application.java, put application.class
in install_dir/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/classes/myServlet. Once you have placed the
.class file of servlet in the proper directory, access it with the URL
http://localhost/servlet/myServlet.application.
Now, let us see one more servlet program. This program is for counting the number of
times this application is accessed. Here, we will use session tracing for this counting.
Servlet File AccessCount.java
import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
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import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
/** An example of session tracking. */
public class AccessCount extends HttpServlet {
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException
{
response.setContentType(text/html);
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
String title = Access Count Example By Session Tracking ;
String heading ;
//Creating HTTP Session
HttpSession session = request.getSession(true);
Integer Count = (Integer)session.getAttribute(Count);
if (Count == null) {
Count = new Integer(0);
heading = Welcome,for Fist time visit ;
}
else {
heading = Welcome Again;
Count = new Integer(Count.intValue() + 1);
}
session.setAttribute("Count", Count);
out.println(<HTML><HEAD><TITLE> Counting by Session
Tracing</TITLE></HEAD>");
out.println(<BODY BGCOLOR=GREEN>\n +
<H1 ALIGN=\"CENTER\>" + heading + </H1>\n +
<H2>Information on Your Session:</H2>\n +
<TABLE BORDER=1 ALIGN=\CENTER\>\n +
<TR BGCOLOR=RED>\n +
<TH>Information Type<TH>Value\n +
<TR>\n +
<TD>ID\n +
<TD> + session.getId() + \n +
<TR>\n +
<TD>Session Created at:\n +
<TD> +
new Date(session.getCreationTime()) + \n +
<TR>\n +
<TD>Last Time of Access at: \n +
<TD> +
new Date(session.getLastAccessedTime()) + \n +
<TR>\n +
<TD>Number of Previous Accesses:\n +
<TD> + Count + \n +
</TABLE>\n +
</BODY></HTML>);
}
} Compile AccessCount.java file and save AccessCoun.class file in
C:\Tomcat5.5\apache-tomcat-5.5.15\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\classes directory.
Now aaccess URL http://localhost/servlet/AccessCount. For the first access of
AccessCount page you will get the screen given in Figure 19b.

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Figure 19b: Output of AccessCount Program

1.5 XML PROGRAMMING

For writing XML document you can use any text editor. XML files are saved with
extension .xml.
As you know XML is a very intuitive general specification for how to declare
something to make it hierarchical data, or markup language. XML is a universal
standard specified by the W3C. In XML, within its specification, you can specify your
own set of rules for naming XML elements, and other elements.
A major advantage of XML is that it can represent anything the human mind can
imagine, that to, in the form of which can be easily read /understood by both a human
being and a computer (machine).
XML Editors
To create XML documents, you will need a text editor of some kind, such as vi,
Macintoshs BBEdit, SimpleText,Windows Notepad,Windows WordPad or any other
text editor. XML documents are supposed to be written in Unicode, but in practice,
you can write them in ASCII also. While writing XML document just make sure that
it is being saved in your editor's plain text format.
However, it can be a lot easier to use an actual XML editor, which is designed
specially for the job of handling XML. Some of the XML editors you will find at the
following URLs:
Here's a list of some programs that let you edit your XML:
Adobe FrameMaker, http://www.adobe.com
XML Pro, http://www.vervet.com
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XML Notepad, http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/notepad/intro.asp

XML Spy, http://www.xmlspy.com
You have used EditPlus for Java programming; it can also be used for developing
XML Documents. Now, let us see one example of an XML document. To develop this
document EditPlus is used.
Here, we are taking the example of a document, which presents personal information
of BCA students. This document is saved in Test.xml file. You have to keep in mind
that neither Student, BCA_Student, Mobile, Homephone, Semester, Address, info nor
name are keywords:

Figure 20: An XML Document in EditPlus

Some Concepts
While writing XML documents take care of the following. Though it is discussed in
the course MCS-051, it will be very useful while writing XML documents:
i)

Similar to HTML, start tags are angle bracket enclosed, and end tags are angle
bracket enclosed with a prepended forward slash.

ii) An entity started by a start tag and ended by an end tag is called an element.
iii) Elements can contain other elements. In our example, the Student element
contains two BCA_Student elements.
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As you know XML, allows the programmer/author to define their own tags and own
document structure.
While defining your own tag you should take care of that:

XML Tags are Case Sensitive:

For example With XML, the tag <myLetter> is different from the tag
<myletter>.

Opening and closing tags must therefore, be written with the same case:
For example, i is incorrect and ii is correct.

i. <Message>This is the incorrect version </message>

ii. <Message>This is the correct version </message>

XML Attribute Values Must be Quoted:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<note date=12/11/2006>
<to>Ravi</to>
<from>Raju</from>
</note>
is incorrect because the date value is not in double quote ( ), to
make it correct you have to write the following :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<note date="12/11/2006">
<to>Ravi</to>
<from>Raju</from>
</note>
XML Browsers
Any XML browser should support a style language such as CSS or XSL. It should
also support a scripting language such as JavaScript. Some browsers that support
XML are :
Internet Explorer 6
The Internet Explorer is currently one of the most powerful XML browsers available.
The Internet Explorer 6.0 can display XML documents directly. It can also handle
XML in scripting languages (JScript, Microsoft's version of JavaScript, and
Microsoft's VBScript are supported). The Internet Explorer 6.0 and Windows XP is
based on both the W3C XSLT 1.0 and the W3C XPath 1.0 Recommendations.
Netscape Navigator 6
Netscape Navigator 6 or later has some XML support. Netscape Navigator support for
stylesheets. Netscape Navigator 6 also supports the XML-based User Interface
Language (XUL), which lets you configure the browser.
Jumbo
Jumbo, is one of the famous XML browser. It is designed to work with XML and
other Chemical Markup Language (CML). You can find Jumbo for free at
http://www.xml-cml.org/. Internet Explorer 6
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Viewing XML Files In Internet Explorer:

You can open the XML file (typically by clicking on its link). The XML document
will be displayed with colour-coded root and child elements. A plus (+) or minus sign
() to the left of the elements can be clicked to expand or collapse the element
structure.
If you want to view the XML source (without the + and - signs), then go to select
View Page Source or View Source from the browser menu.
Note: If you try to open an erroneous XML file (XML file with some error), the
browser will report the error, similar to that shown in Figure 21.

Figure 21: Viewing XML Document with Internet Explorer Error

If you see Test.xml file using Internet Explorer you will find following screen:

Figure 22: Viewing XML Document in Internet Explorer

XML Parsers
You need parsers to break up your document into its component pieces and make
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Microsoft's XML Parser

Microsoft has an XML parser which is a COM component. This parser, comes with
Internet Explorer 5 and higher versions. Once you have installed the Internet Explorer,
the parser is available to scripts.This XML parser supports all the necessary functions
to traverse the node tree, access the nodes and their attribute values, insert and delete
nodes, and convert the node tree back to XML. MSXML Parser 2.5 is the XML parser
that come with Windows 2000 and IE 5.5 and MSXML Parser 3.0 is the XML parser
that is shipped with IE 6.0 and Windows XP.
Here is a list of some of the other XML parsers:
i)

SAX: The Simple API for XMLSAX is a well-known parser written by David
Megginson, et al. (http://www.megginson.com/SAX/index.html)

ii) expatThis is a famous XML parser written in the C programming language by

James Clark (http://www.jclark.com/ xml/expat.html).
iii) LT XMLThis is an XML developers toolkit developed by the Language
Technology Group at the University of Edinburgh
(http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/software/xml/).
iv) XML for Java (XML4J)From IBM AlphaWorks ), this is one of the very
widely used XML parser that adheres well to the W3C standards.
(http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/xml4j)
v) XPThis is a nonvalidating XML processor, written in Java by James Clark
(http://www.jclark.com/xml/xp/index.html).
vi) SXP Silfide XML Parser (SXP)This is an XML parser. Basically it is a
complete XML application programming interface (API) for Java
(http://www.loria.fr/projets/XSilfide/EN/sxp/).

1.6 LIST OF LAB ASSIGNMENTS

Session 1:
Exercise 1.

Verify installation and setting of Web container/Web Server/Tomcat and

prepare an installation report, which contains setting of class path,
server port, starting and shutting down of server etc.

Exercise 2.

Write a servlet program which overrides doPost( ) method and write

Welcome to Servlet Programming. Also create an HTML table with
five rows and two columns in this program.

Session 2:
Exercise 3.

Write a servlet program that takes your name and address from an
HTML Form and displays it.

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Exercise 4.

Write a servlet program that displays current date and time. Your servlet
should also indicate the number of times it has been assessed since it
has been loaded.

Exercise 5.

Write a program to show inter servlet communication between two

servlets.

Session 3:
Exercise 6.

Write a Servlet Program that displays server information (server

name, port etc.).

Exercise 7.

Write a program, using servlet and JDBC which takes students roll
number and provides student information, which includes the name of
the student, the address, email-id, program of study, and year of
admission. You have to use a database to store students information.

Exercise 8.

Write program of Exercise 7 with login and password protection.

Display a message if login and password are not correctly given.

Session 4:
Exercise 9.

Write a program using servlet and JDBC for developing an online

application for the shopping of computer science books. (Hint: use
concept of session tracking) You have to create a database for book
title, author(s) of book, publisher, year of publication, price. Make
necessary assumptions for book shopping.

Exercise 10. Write a JSP program to output, "Welcome to JSP world. The time now
is: system current time. Use a scriptlet for the complete string, including
the HTML tags.
Exercise 11. write a JSP page that display a randomly generated number in first visit
to this page and repeat displaying this same number in subsequent
visits.
Session 5:
Exercise 12. Write a JSP page to output the values returned by System.getProperty for
various system properties such as java.version, java.home, os.name,
user.name, user.home, user.dir etc. Each property should be displayed
in a separate row.
Exercise 13. Write a JSP page to use either <jsp:include> or <jsp:forward> depending
upon the value of a Boolean variable.
Exercise 14. Write a JSP page using <jsp:forward> to go to a servlet program which
display your name, date of birth and address.
Session 6:
Exercise 15. Create an HTML form to take customer information (Name, Address,
Mobile No.). Write a JSP program to validate this information of
customers.
Exercise 16. Write a JSP program using <jsp:include> to include the program
written in Exercise 9.
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Exercise 17. Create a database of students who are in the 5 Semester of the MCA
program with you at your study center. Write a program using JSP and
JDBC to display the name and address of those students who are born
after 1985.

Advanced Internet
Technologies Lab

Session 7:
Exercise 18. Write a JSP program which display a web page containing your personal
information such as: Name, Date of Birth, Sex, Area of Interest,
Specialisation and a paragraph explaining what you want to be in the
next five years.
Exercise 19. Develop an application that collects/maintains the product information of
an electronics goods production company, in a database. Write a JSP
page to retrieve (to display) selective this information in database on
demand. Make necessary assumptions to develop this application.
Session 8:
Exercise 20.The following example is a note to Ramu from Deenu, stored in XML:
<note>
<to> Ramu </to>
<from>Deenu</from>
<heading>Festival Wishes</heading>
<body>May God give you all the happiness</body>
</note>
Extend this document by adding some more information in this document.
Exercise 21. Imagine that this is the description of a book:
My First Servlet
Introduction to Servlet

What is Servlet
What are the advantages of Servlet

Servlet Life Cycle

Servlet Initialisation
Servlet Realoading
Destroying a Servlet

Write an XML document that describes this book.

Exercise 22. Write an XML program to show that white space is preserved in XML.
Session 9:
Exercise 23. Imagine that, you are looking at an HTML document with the following
table for students and their subjects:

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Visual Basic
Programming

B.Tech

Mohan

Naveen

Java
Programming

M.Tech

Robert
John

Sudhansh

ASP
Programming

MSc

Neeta

Ravi

Write an XML document to represent this information.

Exercise 24.Use the plus sign and arrows to open and close the different elements of
the following XML files:
i) http://www.w3schools.com/xml/cd_catalog.xml
ii) http://www.w3schools.com/xml/plant_catalog.xml
Exercise 25. Make an HTML form that name of a table, number of rows and number
of columns in this table, using JSP page display the table of given specification.
Session 10:
Exercise 26. Using Servlet, JSP, JDBC, and XML, create a Web application for a
recruitment agency to providing assistance in searching the candidates
from its databases as per requirements of its various clients. Make
necessary assumptions while developing this application.

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FURTHER READINGS

1.

Head First Servlet and JSP By Bryan Basham, Kathy Sierra, and Bert Bates,
O. Reilly publication First Edition Eighth India Reprint- 2006.

2.

http://www.w3schools.com/xml/default.asp

3.

http://www.w3.org/XML/

4.

http://java.sun.com/j2ee/tutorial/1_3-fcs/doc/Servlets.html

5.

http://tomcat.apache.org/

6.

http://www.coreservlets.com/Apache-Tomcat-Tutorial/