Contents


About This Book

iPlanet Web Server, FastTrack Edition Overview
Book Summary

Chapter 1 Using Servlets and JavaServer Pages

Servlets
JavaServer Pages
What Does the Server Need to Run Servlets and JSP?
Serving Servlets and JSP
Using the Server Manager Interface
Activating Servlets and JSP
Configuring Global Servlet Attributes
Registering Servlet Directories
Registering Individual Servlets
Specifying Servlet Virtual Paths
Specifying Servlet Contexts
Servlet Output
Configuring JRE/JDK Paths
Deleting Version Files
Configuring JVM
Running 0.92 JSP
Maximizing Servlet Performance

Chapter 2 Servlet and JSP Examples

Examples Shipped with iPlanet Web Server 4.1
Servlet Examples

A Simple Servlet Example
Example of a Servlet that Counts Visits

JSP Examples

JSP that Accesses the Request Object
JSP that Responds to a Form and Uses Java Beans
Creating a JSP Custom Tag Library

Appendix A Session Managers

Session Overview
Specifying a Session Manager
SimpleSessionManager

Parameters
Enabling SimpleSessionManager
Source Code for SimpleSessionManager

JdbcSessionManager

Parameters
Enabling JdbcSessionManager
Source Code for JDBCSessionManager

How Do Servlets Access Session Data?

Appendix B Servlet Settings in obj.conf

Directives for Enabling Servlets
Directives for Registered Servlet Directories
JSP

Appendix C Properties Files

servlets.properties
rules.properties

Using Regular Expressions in rules.properties

contexts.properties

isModifiedCheckAggressive
parameterEncoding
sessionExpireOnClose
singleClassLoader

Appendix D JVM Configuration

Appendix E Debugging Servlets and JSPs

Servlet Debugging
JSP Debugging

Appendix F Remote Servlet Profiling

Appendix G API Clarifications

Clarifications for Using Methods

HttpUtils.getRequestURL
HttpServletRequest.getContextPath
HttpServletRequest.getUserPrincipal
HttpServletRequest.isUserInRole
HttpSession.setMaxInactiveInterval
GenericServlet.getInitParameter and getInitParameterNames
ServletContext.getAttributeNames
ServletContext.getContext
ServletContext.getRealPath
ServletContext.getResourceAsStream
ServletRequest.getAttribute
ServletRequest.getParameter
RequestDispatcher.forward and include
Request.getInputStream and getReader

Other Useful Information

Database Connection Pooling
Fetching the Client Certificate

Index