Check if parameter exists in servlet
request

In this example we will see how to check is parameter
exists in servlet request. In this example given below we have used method
getParamaterNames() of the ServletRequest interface to find all the
parameters name in the clients request.
getParametersNames() : This
method returns an Enumeration of String objects . We
can use two methods to get object names from this Enumeration.
hasMoreElements()
tests if this enumeration contains more elements.
nextElement()
returns the next element of enumeration.
We have used a jsp page that is used to send a request
to a servlet that execute the request and tests that request having parameters
or not. Before run this code create a new directory named "user" in
the tomcat-6.0.16/webapps and paste WEB-INF directory in same directory.
show_data.jsp
<%@page language="java" session="true" contentType="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" %>
<form name="frm" method="get" action="../user/GetParameter">
<b><font color="blue">You can select parametrs here to send request to servlet.
</font></b>
<table>
<tr><td>Parameter1</td><td><input type="checkbox" name="Parameter1" value="1">
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Parameter2</td><td><input type="checkbox" name="Parameter2" value="2">
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Parameter3</td><td><input type="checkbox" name="Parameter3" value="3">
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Parameter4</td><td><input type="checkbox" name="Parameter4" value="4">
</td></tr>
<tr><td></td>
<td><input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"/></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
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Save this code as a .jsp file named "show_data.jsp"
in the directory Tomcat-6.0.16/webapps/user/ and you can run this jsp page with
following url in address bar of the browser "http://localhost:8080/user/show_data.jsp"
GetParameter.java
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
public class GetParameter extends HttpServlet {
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response)
throws IOException, ServletException{
response.setContentType("text/html");
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
Enumeration parameter = request.getParameterNames();
int count = 0;
// check that parameter is exist or not
while(parameter.hasMoreElements()){
parameter.nextElement();
count++;
}
if(count==1){
out.println("<font color=\"red\" size=\"+1\">
No parameter in servlet request.<font><br>");
}
else {
out.println("<b><font color='blue'>You have send "+ (count-1) +
" parameters in servlet are.</font></b>");
}
}
}
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Compile this java code and save .class file in
directory C:\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\user\WEB-INF\classes.
web.xml
<servlet>
<servlet-name>GetParameter</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>GetParameter</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>GetParameter</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/GetParameter</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
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This is web .xml file use to map servlet. When run jsp
page in the browser.....

User select checkboxes to select parameters send to
servlet as a request ....

After select text boxes when click on submit
button.....

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