Creating Web Services from J2EE Components, Page 2
Creating a Web Service from a Servlet
A servlet is a Java program that extends the functionality of a Web server, generating dynamic content and interacting with Web applications using a request-response paradigm. Creating a Web service from a servlet involves deploying the servlet in Weblogic. The example of a HelloWorld servlet is given below.
import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.*;
public class HelloWorldServlet extends HttpServlet
{
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
throws IOException, ServletException
{
response.setContentType("text/html");
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
out.println("HelloWorld");
out.close();
}
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
throws IOException, ServletException
{
doGet(request,response);
}
}
HelloWorldServlet.java
Copy the HelloWorldServlet.java into HelloWorldServlet directory. Compile the Java file into the HelloWorldServlet/Web-inf/classes directory. Make sure that Servlet.jar is there in the CLASSPATH before compiling. The deployment descriptor needed for Servlet deployment is web.xml. It is given below.
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<!DOCTYPE web-app
PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.
//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
"http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd">
<web-app>
<display-name>HelloWorldServlet</display-name>
<servlet>
<servlet-name> HelloWorldServlet </servlet-name>
<servlet-class> HelloWorldServlet </servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name> HelloWorldServlet </servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/ HelloWorldServlet /*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>
web.xml
In case of parameters, you can also set these tags in web.xml:
<init-param> <param-nam>name</param-name> <param-value>nandhu</param-value> </init-param>
The directory structure that is needed for deploying a servlet is as follows:
HelloWorldServlet
Web-Inf
Classes
HelloWorldServlet.class
Web.xml
In the Weblogic administration console, select Web Application Modules under Deployment and select Deploy a new Web Application Module. Select the directory HelloWorldServlet and click Target Module. Click Deploy. Wait for few seconds until the success message is displayed. Now the servlet is deployed. It can be tested with the following URL: http://hostname:port/HelloWorldServlet/HelloWorldServlet. "Hello world" will be displayed in the browser.
Creating a Web Service from JSP and HTML
JSP is an extensible Web technology that uses template data, custom elements, scripting languages, and server-side Java objects to return dynamic content to a client. Typically, the template data is HTML or XML elements. As HTML/JSP files are autodeployed in Weblogic, just copy the .html/.jsp file into a directory that is already deployed in Weblogic. Any directory can be deployed under the Web Application Module, provided it is of the following format. For example, see the above-mentioned HelloWorldServlet directory structure.
<Directory to be deployed>
WEB-INF
Classes
Web.xml
*.html
*.jsp
You can directly access the HTML file by using http://hostname:port/<DirectoryName>/filename.html. For example, http://localhost:7001/TestHtmls/HelloWorld.html.
<%@ page import="java.util.Date"%> <html> <body> The current time is <%= new Date().toString() %> </body> </html>
sample.jsp
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