send XML Request string using POST

[Matt (archive)]

The JSP page needs to send XML request string to another JSP page when the user clicks submit button, I wonder how to get started because when user click submit button, it will send the form to page2.jsp.

<form action="page2.jsp" method="POST">
Name: <input type="text" name="fname">
//etc.. controls
<input type="submit">
</form>

 

[Martin Honnen]

The JSP page needs to send XML request string to another JSP page when the user clicks submit button, I wonder how to get started because when user click submit button, it will send the form to page2.jsp.

<form action="page2.jsp" method="POST">
Name: <input type="text" name="fname">
//etc.. controls
<input type="submit">
</form>

I am not sure what the problem is, in page2.jsp you want to build an XML request string and post it to another page?

If you expect the browser to build an XML request then you would neeed XForms not HTML forms.

 

[GIMME]

You can create XML (a JDOM Element) right from the request object ...



<%!

public Element Create( HttpServletRequest request )
{
Element command = new Element("xml_data");
Enumeration enum = request.getParameterNames;
while ( enum.hasMoreElements ) {
String sKey = (String) enum.nextElement;
String temp = (String) request.getParameterValues(sKey); int iLen = temp.length; for ( int j=0 ; j < iLen ; j++ ){ String sVal = temp[j] ; String sName = sKey; command.addContent(new Element(sName).addContent(sVal)); } } return command; } %>