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1JSPAPPLICATIONFRAMEWORKS1.1WHATAREAPPLICATIONFRAMEWORKS:Aframeworkisareusable,semi-completeapplicationthatcanbespecializedtoproducecustomapplicationsJohnson.Likepeople,softwareapplicationsaremorealikethantheyaredifferent.Theyrunonthesamecomputers,expectinputfromthesamedevices,outputtothesamedisplays,andsavedatatothesameharddisks.Developersworkingonconventionaldesktopapplicationsareaccustomedtotoolkitsanddevelopmentenvironmentsthatleveragethesamenessbetweenapplications.Applicationframeworksbuildonthiscommongroundtoprovidedeveloperswithareusablestructurethatcanserveasthefoundationfortheirownproducts.Aframeworkprovidesdeveloperswithasetofbackbonecomponentsthathavethefollowingcharacteristics:Frameworksaretheclassicbuild-versus-buyproposition.Ifyoubuildit,youwillunderstanditwhenyouaredonebuthowlongwillitbebeforeyoucanrollyourown?Ifyoubuyit,youwillhavetoclimbthelearningcurveandhowlongisthatgoingtotake?Thereisnorightanswerhere,butmostobserverswouldagreethatframeworkssuchasStrutsprovideasignificantreturnoninvestmentcomparedtostartingfromscratch,especiallyforlargerprojects.1.2OTHERTYPESOFFRAMEWORKS:Theideaofaframeworkappliesnotonlytoapplicationsbuttoapplicationcomponentsaswell.Throughoutthisarticle,weintroduceothertypesofframeworksthatyoucanusewithStruts.TheseincludetheLucenesearchengine,theScaffoldtoolkit,theStrutsvalidator,andtheTilestaglibrary.Likeapplicationframeworks,thesetoolsprovidesemi-completeversionsofasubsystemthatcanbespecializedtoprovideacustomcomponent.Someframeworkshavebeenlinkedtoaproprietarydevelopmentenvironment.ThisisnotthecasewithStrutsoranyoftheotherframeworksshowninthisbook.YoucanuseanydevelopmentenvironmentwithStruts:VisualAgeforJava,JBuilder,Eclipse,Emacs,andTextpadareallpopularchoicesamongStrutsdevelopers.IfyoucanuseitwithJava,youcanuseitwithStruts.1.3ENABLINGTECHNOLPGIES:ApplicationsdevelopedwithStrutsarebasedonanumberofenablingtechnologies.ThesecomponentsarenotspecifictoStrutsandunderlieeveryJavawebapplication.Areason2thatdevelopersuseframeworkslikeStrutsistohidethenastydetailsbehindacronymslikeHTTP,CGI,andJSP.AsaStrutsdeveloper,youdontneedtobeanalphabetsoupguru,butaworkingknowledgeofthesebasetechnologiescanhelpyoudevisecreativesolutionstotrickyproblems.1.4HYPERTEXTTRANSFERPROTOCOL(HTTP):Whenmediatingtalksbetweennations,diplomatsoftenfollowaformalprotocol.Diplomaticprotocolsaredesignedtoavoidmisunderstandingsandtokeepnegotiationsfrombreakingdown.Inasimilarvein,whencomputersneedtotalk,theyalsofollowaformalprotocol.Theprotocoldefineshowdataistransmittedandhowtodecodeitonceitarrives.WebapplicationsusetheHypertextTransferProtocol(HTTP)tomovedatabetweenthebrowserrunningonyourcomputerandtheapplicationrunningontheserver.ManyserverapplicationscommunicateusingprotocolsotherthanHTTP.Someofthesemaintainanongoingconnectionbetweenthecomputers.Theapplicationserverknowsexactlywhoisconnectedatalltimesandcantellwhenaconnectionisdropped.Becausetheyknowthestateofeachconnectionandtheidentityofeachpersonusingit,theseareknownasstatefulprotocols.Bycontrast,HTTPisknownasastatelessprotocol.AnHTTPserverwillacceptanyrequestfromanyclientandwillalwaysprovidesometypeofresponse,eveniftheresponseisjusttosayno.Withouttheoverheadofnegotiatingandretainingaconnection,statelessprotocolscanhandlealargevolumeofrequests.ThisisonereasonwhytheInternethasbeenabletoscaletomillionsofcomputers.AnotherreasonHTTPhasbecometheuniversalstandardisitssimplicity.AnHTTPrequestlookslikeanordinarytextdocument.ThishasmadeiteasyforapplicationstomakeHTTPrequests.YoucanevensendanHTTPrequestbyhandusingastandardutilitysuchasTelnet.WhentheHTTPresponsecomesback,itisalsoinplaintextthatdeveloperscanread.ThefirstlineintheHTTPrequestcontainsthemethod,followedbythelocationoftherequestedresourceandtheversionofHTTP.ZeroormoreHTTPrequestheadersfollowtheinitialline.TheHTTPheadersprovideadditionalinformationtotheserver.Thiscanincludethebrowsertypeandversion,acceptabledocumenttypes,andthebrowserscookies,justtonameafew.Ofthesevenrequestmethods,GETandPOSTarebyfarthemostpopular.Oncetheserverhasreceivedandservicedtherequest,itwillissueanHTTPresponse.ThefirstlineintheresponseiscalledthestatuslineandcarriestheHTTPprotocolversion,anumericstatus,andabriefdescriptionofthestatus.Followingthestatusline,theserverwillreturnasetofHTTPresponseheadersthatworkinawaysimilartotherequestheaders.Aswementioned,HTTPdoesnotpreservestateinformationbetweenrequests.The3serverlogstherequest,sendstheresponse,andgoesblissfullyontothenextrequest.Whilesimpleandefficient,astatelessprotocolisproblematicfordynamicapplicationsthatneedtokeeptrackoftheirusers.CookiesandURLrewritingaretwocommonwaystokeeptrackofusersbetweenrequests.Acookieisaspecialpacketofinformationontheuserscomputer.URLrewritingstoresaspecialreferenceinthepageaddressthataJavaservercanusetotrackusers.Bothapproachesareseamless,andusingeithermeansextraworkwhendevelopingawebapplication.Onitsown,astandardHTTPwebserverdoesnottrafficindynamiccontent.Itmainlyusestherequesttolocateafileandthenreturnsthatfileintheresponse.ThefileistypicallyformattedusingHypertextMarkupLanguage(HTML)W3C,HTMLthatthewebbrowsercanformatanddisplay.TheHTMLpageoftenincludeshypertextlinkstootherwebpagesandmaydisplayanynumberofothergoodies,suchasimagesandvideos.Theuserclicksalinktomakeanotherrequest,andtheprocessbeginsanew.Standardwebservershandlestaticcontentandimagesquitewellbutneedahelpinghandtoprovideuserswithacustomized,dynamicresponse.DEFINITION:StaticcontentontheWebcomesdirectlyfromtextordatafiles,likeHTMLorJPEGfiles.Thesefilesmightbechangedfromtimetotime,buttheyarenotalteredautomaticallywhenrequestedbyawebbrowser.Dynamiccontent,ontheotherhand,isgeneratedonthefly,typicallyinresponsetoanindividualizedrequestfromabrowser.1.5COMMONGATEWAYINTERFACE(CGI):ThefirstwidelyusedstandardforproducingdynamiccontentwastheCommonGatewayInterface(CGI).CGIusesstandardoperatingsystemfeatures,suchasenvironmentvariablesandstandardinputandoutput,tocreateabridge,orgateway,betweenthewebserverandotherapplicationsonthehostmachine.Theotherapplicationscanlookattherequestsenttothembythewebserverandcreateacustomizedresponse.WhenawebserverreceivesarequestthatsintendedforaCGIprogram,itrunsthatprogramandprovidestheprogramwithinformationfromtheincomingrequest.TheCGIprogramrunsandsendsitsoutputbacktotheserver.Thewebserverthenrelaystheresponsetothebrowser.CGIdefinesasetofconventionsregardingwhatinformationitwillpassasenvironmentvariablesandhowitexpectsstandardinputandoutputtobeused.LikeHTTP,CGIisflexibleandeasytoimplement,andagreatnumberofCGI-awareprogramshavebeenwritten.ThemaindrawbacktoCGIisthatitmustrunanewcopyoftheCGI-awareprogramforeachrequest.Thisisarelativelyexpensiveprocessthatcanbogdownhigh-volumesiteswherethousandsofrequestsareservicedperminute.AnotherdrawbackisthatCGIprograms4tendtobeplatformdependent.ACGIprogramwrittenforoneoperatingsystemmaynotrunonanother.1.6JAVASERVLETS:SunsJavaServletplatformdirectlyaddressesthetwomaindrawbacksofCGIprograms.First,servletsofferbetterperformanceandutilizationofresourcesthanconventionalCGIprograms.Second,thewrite-once,run-anywherenatureofJavameansthatservletsareportablebetweenoperatingsystemsthathaveaJavaVirtualMachine(JVM).AServletlooksandfeelslikeaminiaturewebserver.Itreceivesarequestandrendersaresponse.But,unlikeconventionalwebservers,theServletapplicationprogramminginterface(API)isspecificallydesignedtohelpJavadeveloperscreatedynamicapplications.TheServletitselfissimplyaJavaclassthathasbeencompiledintobytecode,likeanyotherJavaobject.TheServlethasaccesstoarichAPIofHTTP-specificservices,butitisstilljustanotherJavaobjectrunninginanapplicationandcanleverageallyourotherJavaassets.Togiveconventionalwebserversaccesstoservlets,theservletsarepluggedintocontainers.TheServletcontainerisattachedtothewebserver.EachServletcandeclarewhatURLpatternsitwouldliketohandle.Whenarequestmatchingaregisteredpatternarrives,thewebserverpassestherequesttothecontainer,andthecontainerinvokestheServlet.ButunlikeCGIprograms,anewServletisnotcreatedforeachrequest.OncethecontainerinstantiatestheServlet,itwilljustcreateanewthreadforeachrequest.JavathreadsaremuchlessexpensivethantheserverprocessesusedbyCGIprograms.OncetheServlethasbeencreated,usingitforadditionalrequestsincursverylittleoverhead.Servletdeveloperscanusetheinit()methodtoholdreferencestoexpensiveresources,suchasdatabaseconnectionsorEJBHomeInterfaces,sothattheycanbesharedbetweenrequests.Acquiringresourceslikethesecantakeseveralsecondswhichislongerthanmanysurfersarewillingtowait.Theotheredgeoftheswordisthat,sinceservletsaremultithreaded,Servletdevelopersmusttakespecialcaretobesuretheirservletsarethread-safe.1.7JAVASERVERPAGES:WhileJavaservletsareabigstepupfromCGIprograms,theyarenotapanacea.Togeneratetheresponse,developersarestillstuckwithusingprintlnstatementstorendertheHTML.Codethatlookslike:out.println(OnelineofHTML.)；out.println(AnotherlineofHTML.)；ItisalltoocommoninservletsthatgeneratetheHTTPresponse.TherearelibrariesthatcanhelpyougenerateHTML,butasapplicationsgrowmorecomplex,Javadevelopersend5upbeingcastintotheroleofHTMLpagedesigners.Meanwhile,giventhechoice,mostprojectmanagersprefertodividedevelopmentteamsintospecializedgroups.TheylikeHTMLdesignerstobeworkingonthepresentationwhileJavaengineerssweatthebusinesslogic.Usingservletsaloneencouragesmixingmarkupwithbusinesslogic,makingitdifficultforteammemberstospecialize.Tosolvethisproblem,Sunturnedtotheideaofusingserverpagestocombinescriptingandtemplatingtechnologiesintoasinglecomponent.TobuildJavaServerPages,developersstartbycreatingHTMLpagesinthesameoldway,usingthesameoldHTMLsyntax.Tobringdynamiccontentintothepage,thedevelopercanalsoplaceJSPscriptingelementsonthepage.ScriptingelementsaretagsthatencapsulatelogicthatisrecognizedbytheJSP.YoucaneasilypickoutscriptingelementsonJSPpagesbylookingforcodethatbeginswith.TobeseenasaJSPpage,thefilejustneedstobesavedwithanextensionofjsp.WhenaclientrequeststheJSPpage,thecontainertranslatesthepageintoasourcecodefileforaJavaServletandcompilesthesourceintoaJavaclassfilejustasyouwoulddoifyouwerewritingaServletfromscratch.Atruntime,thecontainercanalsocheckthelastmodifieddateoftheJSPfileagainsttheclassfile.IftheJSPfilehaschangedsinceitwaslastcompiled,thecontainerwillretranslateandrebuildthepagealloveragain.ProjectmanagerscannowassignthepresentationlayertoHTMLdevelopers,whothenpassontheirworktoJavadeveloperstocompletethebusiness-logicportion.TheimportantthingtorememberisthataJSPpageisreallyjustaServlet.AnythingyoucandowithaServlet,youcandowithaJSP.1.8JAVABEANS:JavaBeansareJavaclasseswhichconformtoasetofdesignpatternsthatmakethemeasiertousewithdevelopmenttoolsandothercomponents.DEFINITION:AJavaBeanisareusablesoftwarecomponentwritteninJava.ToqualifyasaJavaBean,theclassmustbeconcreteandpublic,andhaveanon-argumentconstructor.JavaBeansexposeinternalfieldsaspropertiesbyprovidingpublicmethodsthatfollowaconsistentdesignpattern.Knowingthatthepropertynamesfollowthispattern,otherJavaclassesareabletouseintrospectiontodiscoverandmanipulateJavaBeanproperties.TheJavaBeandesignpatternsprovideaccesstothebeansinternalstatethroughtwoflavorsofmethods:accessorsareusedtoreadaJavaBeansstate；mutatorsareusedtochangeaJavaBeansstate.Mutatorsarealwaysprefixedwithlowercasetokensetfollowedbythepropertyname.Thefirstcharacterinthepropertynamemustbeuppercase.Thereturnvalueisalways6voidmutatorsonlychangepropertyvalues,theydonotretrievethem.Themutatorforasimplepropertytakesonlyoneparameterinitssignature,whichcanbeofanytype.Mutatorsareoftennicknamedsettersaftertheirprefix.ThemutatormethodsignatureforaweightpropertyofthetypeDoublewouldbe:publicvoidsetWeight(Doubleweight)；Asimilardesignpatternisusedtocreatetheaccessormethodsignature.Accessormethodsarealwaysprefixedwiththelowercasetokenget,followedbythepropertyname.Thefirstcharacterinthepropertynamemustbeuppercase.Thereturnvaluewillmatchthemethodparameterinthecorrespondingmutator.Accessorsforsimplepropertiescannotacceptparametersintheirmethodsignature.Notsurprisingly,accessorsareoftencalledgetters.Theaccessormethodsignatureforourweightpropertyis：publicDoublegetWeight()；Iftheaccessorreturnsalogicalvalue,thereisavariantpattern.Insteadofusingthelowercasetokenget,alogicalpropertycanusetheprefixis,followedbythepropertyname.Thefirstcharacterinthepropertynamemustbeuppercase.ThereturnvaluewillalwaysbealogicalvalueeitherbooleanorBoolean.Logicalaccessorscannotacceptparametersintheirmethodsignature.Thebooleanaccessormethodsignatureforanonpropertywouldbe:publicbooleanisOn()；ThecanonicalmethodsignaturesplayanimportantrolewhenworkingwithJava-Beans.OthercomponentsareabletousetheJavaReflectionAPItodiscoveraJavaBeanspropertiesbylookingformethodsprefixedbyset,is,orget.IfacomponentfindssuchasignatureonaJavaBean,itknowsthatthemethodcanbeusedtoaccessorcha