Yes guys,
I ran the servlet on one machine, and accessit from another machine.
The server popped up a JOptionPane asking me for the name, and then rendered
this to the browser.
I now feel rather silly at the way we all jumped up at first.
The JoptionPane does it's job on the server just like any other component.
For e.g. if I were to use a Socket object in the servlet, it would do its job
just as it's supposed to. So why not a JOptionPane ? Only, in light of some
posts regarding the JOptionPane not popping up on Tomcat etc,there might be
issues such as the UI facility not available etc.
I think, my first response to Simon may now seem applicable.
Namely, ask an Applet (width->0 and height->0) to display full and proper
JFrame based Swing UIs on the browser side, and ask this Swing UI to
communicate with the servlet via Sockets or URL connections.
I have a question here. In such a situation of communicating between the applet
and the server, which is better -> sockets or URLConnections ?
Anyway, the whole exercise was very interesting.
Regards,
Sriram
--- Wai Mun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> whoa, this is getting interesting!!!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sriram Narayanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 12:51
> Subject: Re: Servlet with Swing
>
>
> > Hey all,
> >
> > We seem to be missing the point here !!! Aaaargh !
> >
> > The way I look at it is,
> >
> > The servlet is a Java Application, with full access to the JVM (well at
> least on most servlet containers perhaps, I use Visual Age's Websphere Test
> Environment).
> > So then the servlet execution reaches this point, it pops up a
> JOptionPane, on the server, and if someone is seated there, he /she enters
> some input.
> > The servlet then takes this return value, and send it to the browser.
> >
> > I'm just about to try this, and will post back soon.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Sriram
> >
> > 5/19/01 11:15:39 PM, Michael Weller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >With which webserver did you try it? I tried with JRun & Tomcat & jo
> > >(tagtraum.com) and all requests timed out. I have the JavaPlugIn and
> Sun's
> > >latest JVM running on Win 2000. What might be the problem?
> > >
> > >Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > >-mw
> > >
> > >At 22:19 19.05.2001 +0200, you wrote:
> > >>Surprising ! It works (well, after fixing a small error in the fourth
> > >>line;-)
> > >>Can you tell us where you found information about this ?
> > >>
> > >>Pierre-Yves
> > >>
> > >>-----Message d'origine-----
> > >>De : A mailing list for discussion about Sun Microsystem's Java Servlet
> > >>API Technology. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]De la part de
> > >>Simon Chia
> > >>Envoy� : vendredi 18 mai 2001 14:29
> > >>� : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >>Objet : Re: Servlet with Swing
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>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.
> > >> > >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
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