hidden fields
与url rewriting相似,适用于被保存的信息不需要在太多的page中使用，且被保存的信息不敏感的情况。
通过在form的hidden fields保存信息来存储状态。
/*
* Not thread-safe. For illustration purpose only
*/
@WebServlet(name = "CustomerServlet", urlPatterns = {
"/customer", "/editCustomer", "/updateCustomer"})
public class CustomerServlet extends HttpServlet {
private static final long serialVersionUID = -20L;
private List<Customer> customers = new ArrayList<Customer>();
@Override
public void init() throws ServletException {
Customer customer1 = new Customer();
customer1.setId(1);
customer1.setName("Donald D.");
customer1.setCity("Miami");
customers.add(customer1);
Customer customer2 = new Customer();
customer2.setId(2);
customer2.setName("Mickey M.");
customer2.setCity("Orlando");
customers.add(customer2);
}
private void sendCustomerList(HttpServletResponse response)
throws IOException {
response.setContentType("text/html");
PrintWriter writer = response.getWriter();
writer.println("<!DOCTYPE html>"
+ "<html><head><title>Customers</title></head>"
+ "<body><h2>Customers </h2>");
writer.println("<ul>");
for (Customer customer : customers) {
writer.println("<li>" + customer.getName()
+ "(" + customer.getCity() + ") ("
+ "<a href='editCustomer?id=" + customer.getId()
+ "'>edit</a>)");
}
writer.println("</ul>");
writer.println("</body></html>");
}
private Customer getCustomer(int customerId) {
for (Customer customer : customers) {
if (customer.getId() == customerId) {
return customer;
}
}
return null;
}
private void sendEditCustomerForm(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
response.setContentType("text/html");
PrintWriter writer = response.getWriter();
int customerId = 0;
try {
customerId =
Integer.parseInt(request.getParameter("id"));
} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
}
Customer customer = getCustomer(customerId);
if (customer != null) {
writer.println("<!DOCTYPE html><html><head>"
+ "<title>Edit Customer</title></head>"
+ "<body><h2>Edit Customer</h2>"
+ "<form method='post' "
+ "action='updateCustomer'>");
writer.println("<input type='hidden' name='id' value='"
+ customerId + "'/>");
writer.println("<table>");
writer.println("<tr><td>Name:</td><td>"
+ "<input name='name' value='" +
customer.getName().replaceAll("'", "'")
+ "'/></td></tr>");
writer.println("<tr><td>City:</td><td>"
+ "<input name='city' value='" +
customer.getCity().replaceAll("'", "'")
+ "'/></td></tr>");
writer.println("<tr>"
+ "<td colspan='2' style='text-align:right'>"
+ "<input type='submit' value='Update'/></td>"
+ "</tr>");
writer.println("<tr><td colspan='2'>"
+ "<a href='customer'>Customer List</a>"
+ "</td></tr>");
writer.println("</table>");
writer.println("</form></body>");
} else {
writer.println("No customer found");
}
}
@Override
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
String uri = request.getRequestURI();
if (uri.endsWith("/customer")) {
sendCustomerList(response);
} else if (uri.endsWith("/editCustomer")) {
sendEditCustomerForm(request, response);
}
}
@Override
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
// update customer
int customerId = 0;
try {
customerId =
Integer.parseInt(request.getParameter("id"));
} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
}
Customer customer = getCustomer(customerId);
if (customer != null) {
customer.setName(request.getParameter("name"));
customer.setCity(request.getParameter("city"));
}
sendCustomerList(response);
}
}
public class Customer {
private int id;
private String name;
private String city;
public int getId() {
return id;
}
public void setId(int id) {
this.id = id;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public String getCity() {
return city;
}
public void setCity(String city) {
this.city = city;
}
}