Retrieve multiple values using ajax

[galdunne]

Hi,

Im new to ajax and im using prototype for a project i am working on. I am hoping to call a servlet written in java which holds a hashtable to strings. When i click on a link it opens up a tab - i want to auto insert the valuse held in the hastable into 7 textboxes. Is there a way to do this? I cannot figure out!!!!

Here is the javascript function i have comp up with so far!

 function showConfiguration(){
          alert('configuring the server!!');
 
          new Ajax.Request('servlet/Properties', 
                {                 
                    method:'POST',
                    onSuccess: function(){
                    Hashtable<String,String> properties = Properties.getProperties();
                document.getElementById("host").value = "test";
                    document.getElementById("channel").value = "test";
                    document.getElementById("queue").value = "test";
                   document.getElementById("port").value = "test";
                   document.getElementById("managerName").value = "test";
                   document.getElementById("username").value = "test";
                   document.getElementById("password").value = "test";
                     },
                     onFailure: function(){ 
alert('Failure');
                    }    
            });
            }
 

The "test" text above should hold the values pulled back from the servlet.

I would really appreciate any help anyone could give me

Thanks

[acoder]

Return the values in a format that can be used in JavaScript, e.g. XML, JSON, HTML or even text separated by a delimiter, e.g. "|". Then parse that with JavaScript.