That's quite possible, and extremely common. The server-side (Stripes) code
really doesn't need to know that it's responding to an AJAX request; it just
forwards to the JSP as usual. The client-side code just does exactly what
you describe with the new content.
Using a client-side framework (Dojo, Prototype, jQuery, whatever) makes this
considerably easier.
On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 12:12 PM, derrickaw <a...@derrickwilliams.com> wrote:
>
>
> I hope I'm not asking a dumb question or one that's been answered a hundred
> times, I probably don't know the right search terms, but if anyone has any
> pointers to answer my question it is gratefully accepted! I've been happily
> using Stripes for the past few months, but I'm not sure if this is strictly
> a Stripes question.
>
> I am wondering if it's possible to render a JSP from within Javascript,
> such
> as sending a request to the server and getting the rendered HTML stream
> back, which I can dynamically display.
>
> Here's how my current web page is set up:
>
> <div id="customer"><jsp:include page="/customer_info.jsp" /></div>
> <div id="specs"><jsp:include page="/widget_specifications.jsp" /></div>
> <div id="disclaim" ><jsp:include page="/boring_legal_disclaimer.jsp"
> /></div>
> <div id="order"><jsp:include page="/complicated_order_form.jsp" /></div>
>
>
> Changing one of these JSP files sometimes makes it necessary to change the
> information on another JSP. I am doing an Ajax submit of the Stripes form,
> which updates the database with no problem. However, the user display isn't
> up to date.
>
> I could do this easily with a servlet, getting all the HTML myself, but
> bleh, all the JSPs are already written and they all work great. The JSPs
> are
> fairly complex so it's not really feasible to write some Javascript to do
> the updates without pretty much duplicating the entire JSP code in
> Javascript.
>
> So can I do this:
>
> 1) User updates their personal information in "customer_info.jsp", database
> updates (this step works A+)
> 2) Ajax Call: request "complicated_order_form.jsp" rendered into HTML, with
> new db values
> 3) Dynamically put the received HTML into the innerHTML() of the "order"
> div
>
> Again, apologies if this has been answered a million times, I tried to do
> my
> homework, honest! On the other hand, if what I'm trying to do with the JSPs
> is simply impossible, what other strategies might be better?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Derrick
>
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