Get Query String Values in JSP-Servlet


On the Eclipse, create a Maven project

Click Next button to select Workspace Location for project

Click Next button to select Archetype for project

Click Next button and enter Project Information:

  • Group Id: LearnJSPServletWithRealApps
  • Artifact Id: LearnJSPServletWithRealApps
  • Package: com.demo

Click Finish button to finish create Maven project




<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
	<groupId>LearnJSPServletWithRealApps</groupId>
	<artifactId>LearnJSPServletWithRealApps</artifactId>
	<packaging>war</packaging>
	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
	<name>Learn JSP-Servlet with Real Apps</name>
	<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
	<dependencies>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>junit</groupId>
			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
			<version>3.8.1</version>
			<scope>test</scope>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>javax.servlet.jsp.jstl</groupId>
			<artifactId>javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api</artifactId>
			<version>1.2.1</version>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>taglibs</groupId>
			<artifactId>standard</artifactId>
			<version>1.1.2</version>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
			<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
			<version>3.1.0</version>
			<scope>provided</scope>
		</dependency>
	</dependencies>
	<build>
		<finalName>LearnJSPServletWithRealApps</finalName>
	</build>
</project>
<!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>
 	<welcome-file-list>
 		<welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
 	</welcome-file-list>
</web-app>

Create new JSP file named index.jsp in src\main\webapp folder.

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
	pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1" isELIgnored="false"%>
<html>
<head>
<title>Demo Page</title>
</head>
<body>

	<h3>Query String</h3>
	<a href="${pageContext.request.contextPath }/demo?action=demo1&id=123">Single Parameter</a> |
	<a href="${pageContext.request.contextPath }/demo?action=demo2&id=123&username=acc1">Multiple Parameters</a> |
	<a href="${pageContext.request.contextPath }/demo?action=demo3&id=123&username=acc1">Get All Multiple Parameters</a>

</body>
</html>




Create new package named com.demo.servlets. In this package, create new Servlet named DemoServlet as below:

package com.demo.servlets;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Enumeration;

import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.annotation.WebServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

@WebServlet("/demo")
public class DemoServlet extends HttpServlet {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	public DemoServlet() {
		super();
	}

	protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
			throws ServletException, IOException {
		String action = request.getParameter("action");
		if (action.equalsIgnoreCase("demo1")) {
			doGet_Demo1(request, response);
		} else if (action.equalsIgnoreCase("demo2")) {
			doGet_Demo2(request, response);
		} else if (action.equalsIgnoreCase("demo3")) {
			doGet_Demo3(request, response);
		}
	}

	protected void doGet_Demo1(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
			throws ServletException, IOException {
		int id = Integer.parseInt(request.getParameter("id"));
		request.setAttribute("id", id);
		request.getRequestDispatcher("demo/result1.jsp").forward(request, response);
	}

	protected void doGet_Demo2(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
			throws ServletException, IOException {
		int id = Integer.parseInt(request.getParameter("id"));
		String username = request.getParameter("username");
		request.setAttribute("id", id);
		request.setAttribute("username", username);
		request.getRequestDispatcher("demo/result2.jsp").forward(request, response);
	}

	protected void doGet_Demo3(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
			throws ServletException, IOException {
		Enumeration<String> parameterNames = request.getParameterNames();
		while (parameterNames.hasMoreElements()) {
			String paramName = parameterNames.nextElement();
			request.setAttribute(paramName, request.getParameter(paramName));
		}
		request.getRequestDispatcher("demo/result3.jsp").forward(request, response);
	}

	protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
			throws ServletException, IOException {
	}

}

Create new folder named demo in src\main\webapp folder. In this folder, create new JSP files as below:

In src\main\webapp\demo folder, create new JSP file named result1.jsp as below:

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
	pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1" isELIgnored="false"%>

<h3>Single Parameter</h3>
Id: ${id }

In src\main\webapp\demo folder, create new JSP file named result2.jsp as below:

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
	pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1" isELIgnored="false"%>

<h3>Multiple Parameters</h3>
Id: ${id }
<br>
Username: ${username }

In src\main\webapp\demo folder, create new JSP file named result3.jsp as below:

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
	pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1" isELIgnored="false"%>

<h3>Get All Multiple Parameters</h3>
Action: ${action }
<br>
Id: ${id }
<br>
Username: ${username }




Select project, right click and select Run As/Run on Server menu

Access DemoServlet with following urls as below:

  • http://localhost:8081/LearnJSPServletWithRealApps
  • http://localhost:8081/LearnJSPServletWithRealApps/demo

Output

Click Single Parameter link:

Output

Click Multiple Parameters link:

Output

Click Get All Multiple Parameters link:

Output