invoking java scriptlet in JSP using HTML

Question

I am trying to find a way to invoke a piece of java code within the JSP using HTML form

  <form method="get" action="invokeMe()">

       <input type="submit" value="click to submit" />

  </form>


  <%
     private void invokeMe(){
       out.println("He invoked me. I am happy!");   
     }
  %>

the above code is within the JSP. I want this run the scriptlet upon submit

I know the code looks very bad, but I just want to grasp the concept... and how to go about it.

thanks

Answer 1

You can't do this since JSP rendering happens on server-side and client would never receive the Java code (ie. the invokeMe() function) in the returned HTML. It wouldn't know what to do with Java code at runtime, anyway!

What's more, <form> tag doesn't invoke functions, it sends an HTTP form to the URL specified in action attribute.

Answer 2

You can use Ajax to submit form to servlet and evaluate java code, but stay on the same window.

JSP page:

<form method="get" action="invokeMe()" id="submit">

       <input type="submit" value="click to submit" />

</form>

<script>
    $(document).ready(function() {
        $("#submit").submit(function(event) {
            $.ajax({
                type : "POST",
                url : "your servlet here(for example: DeleteUser)",
                data : "id=" + id,
                success : function() {
                    alert("message");
                }
            });
            $('#submit').submit(); // if you want to submit form
        });
    });
</script>

Answer 3

Not possible. When the form is submitted, it sends a request to the server. You have 2 options:

Have the server perform the desired action when the it receives the request sent by the form

or

Use Javascript to perform the desired action on the client:

 <form name="frm1" action="submit" onsubmit="invokeMe()"
 ...
 </form>

 <script>
 function invokeMe()
 {
 alert("He invoked me. I am happy!")
 }
 </script>

Answer 4

Sorry,not possible.

Jsp lies on server side and html plays on client side unless without making a request you cannot do this :)

Answer 5

you cannot write a java method in scriptlet. Because at compilation time code in scriptlet becomes part of service method. Hence method within a method is wrong.

How ever you can write java methods within init tag and can call from scriptlet like below code.

<form method="get" action="">

       <input type="submit" value="click to submit" />

  </form>

    <%
        invokeMe();

     %>

  <%!
       private void invokeMe(){
       out.println("He invoked me. I am happy!");   
     }
   %>