That would be a pretty cool trick. :-) Unfortunately, the servlet must
be running on the same computer as the browser or sneaking through X11.
This is definitely not Servlet<->HTTP<->Browser communication.
-James
On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 04:07:39PM +0530, Chalapathi Rao A L wrote:
> Hello Sriram and Simon,
> I have ignored the discussion on servlets + swing during the last few
> days as i never thought they would fit into some thing so amazing like
> this. Does it mean servlets can talk to some exciting GUI on the client
> Side?? Tell us more on this !! What are the potential application
> areas??
>
> thanks
> -Rao
>
> > ----------
> > From: Sriram Narayanan[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 3:02 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: I'm amazed myself ! -> Re: Servlet with Swing
> >
> > Hello Simon,
> >
> > I did try out the code sample with lots (an I mean lots..) of
> > skepticism, bu was shocked when I was a JOptionPane popup asking me
> > for input !
> >
> > My assumption was that the string representation of the JOptionPane
> > would be displayed
> > e.g. bla bla bla
> > javax.swing.JOptionPane[,0,0,0x0,invalid,layout=javax.swing.BoxLayout,
> > alignmentX=null,alignmentY=null,border=javax.swing.plaf.BorderUIResour
> > ce$EmptyBord
> > erUIResource@19d1,flags=32,maximumSize=,minimumSize=,preferredSize=,ic
> > on=,initialValue=,message=JOptionPane
> > message,messageType=PLAIN_MESSAGE,optionType=DEFAULT_OPTION,wantsInput
> > =false]
> >
> > But what happened instead was a JOptionPane popped up, asking me for
> > my name, and when I did enter it, the page was rendered with the
> > string
> > bla bla bla Sriram
> >
> > How does this happen ?
> >
> > Of course, I did have the Java 1.3 Plugin installed, but how can s
> >
> >
> > Sriram
> > 5/18/01 8:29:00 PM, Simon Chia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >i'm not saying that we need cool UI, i'm just supprize that servlet a
> > server
> > >side programming can do such thing. without the help of applets
> > >here the code
> > >
> > >import java.io.*;
> > >import javax.servlet.*;
> > >import javax.servlet.http.*;
> > >import javax.swing.JOptionPane.*;
> > >
> > >public class SomeServlet extends HttpServlet {
> > > public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
> > > HttpServletResponse response)
> > > throws ServletException, IOException {
> > > PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
> > >
> > > String display;
> > >
> > > display = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("enter name");
> > > out.println("bla bla bla " +display );
> > >
> > > }
> > >}
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Sriram Narayanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 4:30 PM
> > >Subject: Re: Servlet with Swing
> > >
> > >
> > >> If you want to display "cool"User interfaces on the browser side,
> > then use
> > >Swing in applets. And since you insist on communicating with a
> > servlet,
> > >communicate
> > >> using URLConnection.
> > >>
> > >> Really, servlets are intended for server side work, and can be used
> > as
> > >such only, and not for cool UI's like you have been saying for the
> > past few
> > >days.
> > >>
> > >> Sriram
> > >>
> > >> >Simon Chia wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >> no no ... u can give it a try ur self.. i'm talking about
> > servlets..
> > >not
> > >> >> applets, u can give it a try...
> > >> >> once the page loads, it loads the swing files also. u can use
> > swing to
> > >get
> > >> >> user input and display it out on the screen.. u can even use to
> > verify
> > >> >> username and password(something which i havent try).. its a
> > world of
> > >wonder
> > >> >> u can try with swing and servlets.
> > >> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _________________________________________________________
> > Do You Yahoo!?
> > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
> >
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> > _____
> > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the
> > body
> > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST".
> >
> > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html
> > Resources:
> > http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html
> > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
> >
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body
> of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST".
>
> Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html
> Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html
> LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
___________________________________________________________________________
To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body
of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST".
Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html
Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html
LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
