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The Java EE 5 Tutorial

Creating the converter Web Client

The web client is contained in the JSP page tut-install/javaeetutorial5/examples/ejb/converter/converter-war/web/index.jsp. A JSP page is a text-based document that contains JSP elements, which construct dynamic content, and static template data, which can be expressed in any text-based format such as HTML, WML, and XML.

Coding the converter Web Client

The statements (in bold in the following code) for locating the business interface, creating an enterprise bean instance, and invoking a business method are nearly identical to those of the application client. The parameter of the lookup method is the only difference.

The classes needed by the client are declared using a JSP page directive (enclosed within the <%@ %> characters). Because locating the business interface and creating the enterprise bean are performed only once, this code appears in a JSP declaration (enclosed within the <%! %> characters) that contains the initialization method, jspInit, of the JSP page. The declaration is followed by standard HTML markup for creating a form that contains an input field. A scriptlet (enclosed within the <% %> characters) retrieves a parameter from the request and converts it to a BigDecimal object. Finally, a JSP scriptlet invokes the enterprise bean’s business methods, and JSP expressions (enclosed within the <%= %> characters) insert the results into the stream of data returned to the client.

<%@ page import="converter.ejb.Converter,
            java.math.*, javax.naming.*"%>

 <%!
    private Converter converter = null;
    public void jspInit() {
        try {
            InitialContext ic = new InitialContext();
            converter = (Converter)
                    ic.lookup(Converter.class.getName());
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            System.out.println("Couldn’t create converter bean."+
                    ex.getMessage());
        }
    }

    public void jspDestroy() {
        converter = null;
    }
%>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Converter</title>
    </head>

    <body bgcolor="white">
        <h1>Converter</h1>
        <hr>
        <p>Enter an amount to convert:</p>
        <form method="get">
            <input type="text" name="amount" size="25">
            <br>
            <p>
            <input type="submit" value="Submit">
            <input type="reset" value="Reset">
        </form>

        <%
            String amount = request.getParameter("amount");
            if ( amount != null && amount.length() > 0 ) {
                BigDecimal d = new BigDecimal(amount);

                BigDecimal yenAmount = converter.dollarToYen(d);
        %>
        <p>
        <%= amount %> dollars are  <%= yenAmount %>  Yen.
        <p>
        <%
                BigDecimal euroAmount =
                        converter.yenToEuro(yenAmount);
        %>
        <%= amount %> Yen are <%= euroAmount %>  Euro.
        <%
            }
        %>
    </body>
</html>

Compiling the converter Web Client

The Application Server automatically compiles web clients that are JSP pages. If the web client were a servlet, you would have to compile it.