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Unable to display arrays in JSP

 
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Hi Guys!
I am Starting to play with scriptless JSP from Head First book. Below is my code:
In the servlet:

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and... ???
 
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Guessing what you are asking about, is the following line correct?



Is musicList a URL mapping in your web.xml?
 
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Dear Bibeault,
I named my JSP file as : MusicDisplay.jsp and my servlet as : MusicList.java.
Here's the url mapping in my servlet.Should it be:

so that it will take me to the JSP page to display the view??

It is so warm feeling to get the answer that quick. Thanks Mr. Bibeault!
 
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Here's the remaining part, the JSP file:

Problems:
1)The only thing it is displaying is Music is :;instead of Music is :zero1;. However, the code compiles fine!
FYI: I am using JBuilder 2005.
It would be a great if you could advise me some necessary/additional steps that I have to take to display it correctly so that I can go onto other examples in the book.
 
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It's usually not a good idea to use relative references. If the JSP is in the root of your web app use:



It may be that the array is not making its way to the JSP. That's the first thing to check which you can do very simply with:


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No luck!
It says there's no presence of the array. Is it true that I need to initialize my JSP file in the web.xml? I don't see any tags like <jsp-file> </jsp-file>. I need your help to get through this page sir!
 
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What are you typing for a URL in the browser's address window?
 
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No, you do not need to declare your JSPs.

Are you sure that you are addressing and invoking your servlet? -- which is what I am sure Ben is asking about.
 
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http://localhost:8083/WebModule2/MusicDisplay.jsp
 
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You're bypassing your servlet.

Map your servlet in web.xml and use that mapping to invoke it.

You should never have to hit a JSP directly from a browser when doing MVC.
 
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Yes that might be the case since JSP is not taking itself to the servlet to get the string of musics. But is it the right way to invoke a servlet from the JSP page?

MusicList is the name of the servlet file. I tried with MusicList.java too!
 
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Yes that might be the case since JSP is not taking itself to the servlet to get the string of musics. But is it the right way to invoke a servlet from the JSP page?



No. It's the other way around. The servlet invokes the JSP. That's why the call to the request dispatcher is in the servlet. You should never invoke the JSP directly when using a servlet controller.

The purpose of a form in a JSP has nothing to do with the current request but only creates a form that can submit a new request.

To invoke your servlet, you would use the mapping that you set up in the web.xml:

http://localhost:8083/WebModule2/musiclist
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Hurrah! Mr. Bibeault and Mr. Souther, Finally, it worked!! Basically, we just create a JSP page for view, and servlet will do everything, isn't it? I thought JSP page has to call the servlet to display the contents.
One question is still in my mind that how can the JSP show the strings contained in the servlet with only this expression:
since there is nothing like "musicList" defined in the web.xml. Is it because request dispatcher makes a relationship between the servlet and the jsp with the jspfile we mentioned in :

And one more question is :
The only file I run is the Servlet file in the MVC architecture right??
Thanks for taking out the thorn....Yokatta!!(very good in japanese)!!! Now I can move on..
 
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we just create a JSP page for view, and servlet will do everything, isn't it?



Correct. In the pattern that you are following (and a good pattern it is), the servlet gets invoked first and does (or delegates) all the "real work". Then it creates scoped variables with the results, and forwards to a JSP to render the results.

One question is still in my mind that how can the JSP show the strings contained in the servlet



In your servlet, the code:



creates a scoped variable on the request named musciList which references the favoriteMusic array. This scoped variable is what is referenced by the EL expression on the JSP page.

Is it because request dispatcher makes a relationship between the servlet and the jsp



Yes. The servlet forwards the request (which now contains the musicList scoped variable) to the JSP page.

The only file I run is the Servlet file in the MVC architecture right?



Sort of. The servlet should be the only file you directly invoke. The JSP will get executed, but only as the result of being forwarded to by the servlet.
 
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Thank you so much Sir. Today was a big day for me. I'm outta my lab now. Bye
 
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