Java Servlet Programming

This new edition of this book has been updated to add the new features of the Java Servlet API Version 2.2, and new chapters on servlet security and advanced communication. It also introduces several popular tools including JavaServer Pages (JSP), Tea, XMLC, and the Element Construction Set.

Preface;
Servlet API 2. 2;
Readers of the First Edition;
Audience;
About the Examples;
Organization;
Conventions Used in This Book;
Request for Comments;
Acknowledgments;
Acknowledgments from the First Edition;
Chapter 1: Introduction;
1. 1 History of Web Applications;
1. 2 Support for Servlets;
1. 3 The Power of Servlets;
Chapter 2: HTTP Servlet Basics;
2. 1 HTTP Basics;
2. 2 The Servlet API;
2. 3 Page Generation;
2. 4 Web Applications;
2. 5 Moving On;
Chapter 3: The Servlet Lifecycle;
3. 1 The Servlet Alternative;
3. 2 Servlet Reloading;
3. 3 Init and Destroy;
3. 4 Single-Thread Model;
3. 5 Background Processing;
3. 6 Load on Startup;
3. 7 Client-Side Caching;
3. 8 Server-Side Caching;
Chapter 4: Retrieving Information;
4. 1 The Servlet;
4. 2 The Server;
4. 3 The Client;
Chapter 5: Sending HTML Information;
5. 1 The Structure of a Response;
5. 2 Sending a Normal Response;
5. 3 Using Persistent Connections;
5. 4 Response Buffering;
5. 5 Status Codes;
5. 6 HTTP Headers;
5. 7 When Things Go Wrong;
5. 8 Six Ways to Skin a Servlet Cat;
Chapter 6: Sending Multimedia Content;
6. 1 WAP and WML;
6. 2 Images;
6. 3 Compressed Content;
6. 4 Server Push;
Chapter 7: Session Tracking;
7. 1 User Authentication;
7. 2 Hidden Form Fields;
7. 3 URL Rewriting;
7. 4 Persistent Cookies;
7. 5 The Session Tracking API;
Chapter 8: Security;
8. 1 HTTP Authentication;
8. 2 Form-Based Authentication;
8. 3 Custom Authentication;
8. 4 Digital Certificates;
8. 5 Secure Sockets Layer (SSL);
Chapter 9: Database Connectivity;
9. 1 Relational Databases;
9. 2 The JDBC API;
9. 3 Reusing Database Objects;
9. 4 Transactions;
9. 5 A Guestbook Servlet;
9. 6 Advanced JDBC Techniques;
9. 7 Beyond the Core;
Chapter 10: Applet-Servlet Communication;
10. 1 Communication Options;
10. 2 Daytime Server;
10. 3 Chat Server;
Chapter 11: Servlet Collaboration;
11. 1 Sharing Information;
11. 2 Sharing Control;
Chapter 12: Enterprise Servletsand J2EE;
12. 1 Distributing Load;
12. 2 Integrating with J2EE;
Chapter 13: Internationalization;
13. 1 Western European Languages;
13. 2 Conforming to Local Customs;
13. 3 Non-Western European Languages;
13. 4 Multiple Languages;
13. 5 Dynamic Language Negotiation;
13. 6 HTML Forms;
Chapter 14: The Tea Framework;
14. 1 The Tea Language;
14. 2 Getting Started;
14. 3 Request Information;
14. 4 Tea Administration;
14. 5 Tea Applications;
14. 6 A Tool Application;
14. 7 Final Words;
Chapter 15: WebMacro;
15. 1 The WebMacro Framework;
15. 2 Installing WebMacro;
15. 3 WebMacro Directives;
15. 4 WebMacro Templates;
15. 5 A Tool Application;
15. 6 Filters;
Chapter 16: Element Construction Set;
16. 1 Page Components as Objects;
16. 2 Displaying a Result Set;
Chapter 17: XMLC;
17. 1 A Simple XML Compile;
17. 2 The Manipulation Class;
17. 3 A Tool Application;
Chapter 18: JavaServer Pages;
18. 1 Using JavaServer Pages;
18. 2 Behind the Scenes;
18. 3 Expressions and Declarations;
18. 4 Directives;
18. 5 JSP and JavaBeans;
18. 6 Includes and Forwards;
18. 7 A Tool Application;
18. 8 Custom Tag Libraries;
Chapter 19: Odds and Ends;
19. 1 Parsing Parameters;
19. 2 Sending Email;
19. 3 Using Regular Expressions;
19. 4 Executing Programs;
19. 5 Using Native Methods;
19. 6 Acting as an RMI Client;
19. 7 Debugging;
19. 8 Performance Tuning;
Chapter 20: What's New in the Servlet 2. 3 API;
20. 1 Changes in the Servlet API 2. 3;
20. 2 Conclusion;
Servlet API Quick Reference;
HTTP Servlet API Quick Reference;
Deployment Descriptor DTD Reference;
HTTP Status Codes;
Character Entities;
Charsets;
Colophon;