HttpServletResponse in a div of a webpage

xinariscy · #1 October 3rd, 2008, 02:56 PM

Hello everyone!
I have a webpage with a form with two text boxes and the action of the form
it's a servlet. I know how to get the HttpServletResponse response from a servlet like this:

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PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();

                try 

                {            

                    out.println("<html>");

                    out.println("<head>");

                    ...

                    out.println("</head>");

                    out.println("<body>");

                    ...

                    out.println("</body>");

                    out.println("</html>"); 

                }

My question is if I want this take the results not in a web page but in the current one i have the form, let's say in a <div id="here"></div>, how can i do that? I am looking for this for 4 hours and more and can't find anything..
I tried the XMLHttpRequest but in the open("GET",url,true), it needs a url (the servlet) but I want to use the form post way i write above.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!

pronerd · #2 October 3rd, 2008, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xinariscy

I want this take the results not in a web page but in the current one i have the form, let's say in a <div id="here"></div>, how can i do that?

Can you re-word your question? I have no idea what is being asked. Information from DIV tags can not be passed back to the server in an HTTPRequest. On information if forms can be.

xinariscy · #3 October 3rd, 2008, 11:59 PM

pronerd thanks a lot for the reply! You are right about my question.

I don't want to print "<html>" and "<head>" and the others.. because that will lead to create a new webpage as the response, right?
I just want to print for example a table "<table>" ..... "</table" into a certain <div> section in my webpage. (The same webpage that I use to request the servlet). I hope you understand what I mean..

Thanks again!

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