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Hi Andy,

Thank you for testing the app. I'm using Tomcat 4.1.24.

Did you try doing the following: after immediately logging out, hitting the
brower's back button and then hitting refresh. That should take you back to
the login screen, but then the app fails. It won't login or logout properly
again. It works great only the first time around.

I also noticed that the first time I logged out, the System.out.println's in
the logout section did what they were supposed to. But the second time I
tried logging out, they would no longer show up. I don't know what's going
on.

Emery.
/\^/\^/\
Sun Certified Java Programmer
www.websamba.com/javarobotics/
E-stronomy - Astronomical Resrouces
www.websamba.com/e-stronomy/


"Andy Flowers" <> wrote in message
news:16gUa.1771$...
> Runs perfect for me.
>
> What version of Tomcat are you using ? I have 4.0.3 running under JBuilder
> 7.
>
> "Talking with Tonz - Emery Z. Balint Jr."
> <java-nodashes-robotics@-yahoo.ca-> wrote in message
> newsyeUa.31419$ ...
> > Hello Folks,
> >
> > Argg. I am still not having any luck with this Web app. I've done stuff
> like
> > this in ASP easily. But somehow it just isn't working here. I've taken
the
> > advice of some helpful people but it hasn't worked. Something tells me
> that
> > this should be working, but yet isn't.
> >
> > 1. Login with a fake username (any username works at this point).
> > 2. You can switch between the whatever and user_mod JSP pages. Great.
> > 3. You can logout THE FIRST TIME.
> > 4. At this point you can hit the link to login again. Loggin in again
> works.
> > The back button/refresh can get goofy though.
> > 5. You can't logout anymore!! The logout page seems not to do anything
> > anymore! At least no output is show in the Tomcat console.
> > 6. Everything goes wrong again. Somehow the servlet isn't run again, or
> > appears that it's not running. Logging in no longer function properly.
> >
> > All the code is posted below. I would again appreciate some help, I
really
> > don't know why this is behaving the way it is. There are lots of
> > System.out.println's in the code so you can see the output in Tomcat.
> Many,
> > many thanks in advance for any help!
> >
> > Emery.
> > /\^/\^/\
> > Sun Certified Java Programmer
> > www.websamba.com/javarobotics/
> > E-stronomy - Astronomical Resrouces
> > www.websamba.com/e-stronomy/
> >
> > ===================================
> > Controller.java
> > (in the "src\com\nsae\testdb1\controller" folder)
> > ===================================
> > package com.nsae.testdb1.controller;
> >
> > import javax.servlet.*;
> > import javax.servlet.http.*;
> >
> > import java.io.*;
> >
> > import com.nsae.testdb1.*;
> >
> > public class Controller extends HttpServlet {
> >
> > protected static final String LOGIN_PAGE = "/login.html";
> > protected static final String MOD_USER_PAGE = "/mod_user.jsp";
> > protected static final String ADD_USER_PAGE = "/add_user.jsp";
> > protected static final String DEL_USER_PAGE = "/del_user.jsp";
> > protected static final String UPD_USER_PAGE = "/upd_user.jsp";
> > protected static final String WHATEVER_PAGE = "/whatever.jsp";
> > protected static final String LOGOUT_PAGE = "/logout.html";
> >
> > public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res)
throws
> > ServletException, IOException {
> > doPost(req, res);
> > }
> >
> > public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res)
> throws
> > ServletException, IOException {
> > String formAction = req.getParameter("form_action");
> > String forwardTo = LOGIN_PAGE;
> >
> > if ((formAction==null) || (formAction.equals(""))) {
> > HttpSession session = req.getSession(true);
> > System.out.println("formAction==null");
> >
> > if (!session.isNew()) {
> > System.out.println("formAction==null | session is not new");
> > session.invalidate();
> > session = req.getSession(true);
> > System.out.println(session.isNew());
> > }
> >
> > } else if (formAction.equals("login")) {
> > HttpSession session = req.getSession(false);
> > System.out.println("formAction==login");
> >
> > if (session!=null) {
> > System.out.println("formAction==login | session!=null");
> > if (!session.isNew()) {
> > UserCheck uC = new UserCheck(req.getParameter("username"));
> > session.setAttribute("user", uC.getUserName());
> > session.setAttribute("servletPath", getFullServletPath(req));
> > session.setMaxInactiveInterval(300);
> > forwardTo = MOD_USER_PAGE;
> > System.out.println("formAction==login | session is not new");
> > } else {
> > session.invalidate();
> > session = req.getSession(true);
> > System.out.println("formAction==login | session was new");
> > }
> > }
> >
> > } else if (formAction.equals("user_mod")) {
> > HttpSession session = req.getSession(false);
> > System.out.println("formAction==user_mod");
> >
> > if (session.getAttribute("user")!=null) {
> > forwardTo = MOD_USER_PAGE;
> > System.out.println("formAction==user_mod | user!=null");
> > } else {
> > System.out.println("formAction==user_mod | user==null");
> > }
> >
> > } else if (formAction.equals("whatever")) {
> > HttpSession session = req.getSession(false);
> > System.out.println("formAction==whatever");
> >
> > if (session.getAttribute("user")!=null) {
> > forwardTo = WHATEVER_PAGE;
> > System.out.println("formAction==whatever | user!=null");
> > } else {
> > System.out.println("formAction==whatever | user==null");
> > }
> >
> > } else if (formAction.equals("logout")) {
> > HttpSession session = req.getSession(false);
> > System.out.println("formAction==logout: " + session.isNew());
> >
> > if (session!=null) {
> > session.removeAttribute("user");
> > forwardTo = LOGOUT_PAGE;
> > System.out.println("formAction==logout | session!=null");
> > } else {
> > forwardTo = LOGOUT_PAGE;
> > System.out.println("formAction==logout | session==null");
> > session = req.getSession(true);
> > }
> > }
> >
> > System.out.println(res.encodeURL(forwardTo));
> > RequestDispatcher rD =
> req.getRequestDispatcher(res.encodeURL(forwardTo)) ;
> > rD.forward(req, res);
> >
> > }
> >
> > protected String getFullServletPath(HttpServletRequest req) {
> > String servlet = req.getServletPath();
> > String ctxPath = req.getContextPath();
> > return (ctxPath + servlet);
> > }
> >
> > }
> >
> > ===================================
> > UserCheck.java (will be implemented later)
> > (in the "src\com\nsae\testdb1" folder)
> > ===================================
> > package com.nsae.testdb1;
> >
> > public class UserCheck {
> >
> > private String userName = "";
> >
> > public UserCheck() {
> > }
> >
> > public UserCheck(String uN) {
> > userName = uN;
> > }
> >
> > public String getUserName() {
> > return userName;
> > }
> >
> > public void setUserName(String uN) {
> > userName = uN;
> > }
> >
> > }
> >
> > ===================================
> > index.jsp
> > (in the "web" folder)
> > (this simply forwards the browser to
> > the servlet so an initial session can be established)
> > ===================================
> > <jsp:forward page="testdb1"/>
> >
> > ===================================
> > login.html
> > (in the "web" folder)
> > ===================================
> > <html>
> >
> > <head>
> > <title>Login</title>
> > </head>
> >
> > <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
> > Please login:
> >
> > <p>
> > <form action="testdb1" method="post">
> > <input type="hidden" name="form_action" value="login">
> > <input type="text" name="username" size="20"> - Username<br>
> > <input type="text" name="password" size="20"> - Password<br>
> > <input type="submit" value="Submit">
> > <input type="reset" value="Reset">
> > </form>
> >
> > </body>
> >
> > </html>
> >
> > ===================================
> > logout.html
> > (in the "web" folder)
> > ===================================
> > <html>
> >
> > <head>
> > <title>Logout</title>
> > </head>
> >
> > <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
> > Thanks for logging out!
> >
> > <p>
> > <a href="testdb1" target="_parent">Login Again?</a>
> >
> > </body>
> >
> > </html>
> >
> > ===================================
> > mod_user.jsp
> > (in the "web" folder)
> > ===================================
> > <jsp:useBean id="servletPath" class="java.lang.String" scope="session"/>
> > <jsp:useBean id="user" class="java.lang.String" scope="session"/>
> >
> > <html>
> >
> > <head>
> > <title>Modify User</title>
> > </head>
> >
> > <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
> > <a href="testdb1?form_action=whatever">Whatever</a> |
> > <a href="testdb1?form_action=logout">Logout</a>
> >
> > <p>
> > Hi <%=user%>!
> >
> > <p>
> > Add User:
> >
> > <p>
> > <form action="testdb1" method="post">
> > <input type="hidden" name="form_action" value="add_user">
> > <input type="text" name="username" size="20"> - Username<br>
> > <input type="text" name="password" size="20"> - Password<br>
> > <input type="submit" value="Add">
> > <input type="reset" value="Reset">
> > </form>
> >
> > Modify User Information:
> >
> > <p>
> > <form action="testdb1" method="post">
> > <input type="hidden" name="form_action" value="mod_user">
> > <input type="hidden" name="user_id" value="user_id">
> > <input type="text" name="username" size="20"> - Username<br>
> > <input type="text" name="password" size="20"> - Password<br>
> > <input type="submit" value="Update">
> > <input type="reset" value="Reset">
> > </form>
> >
> > <p>
> > Delete User:
> >
> > <p>
> > <form action="testdb1" method="post">
> > <input type="hidden" name="form_action" value="del_user">
> > <input type="hidden" name="user_id" value="user_id">
> > <input type="submit" value="Delete">
> > <input type="reset" value="Reset">
> > </form>
> >
> > </body>
> >
> > </html>
> >
> > ===================================
> > whatever.jsp
> > (in the "web" folder)
> > ===================================
> > <jsp:useBean id="servletPath" class="java.lang.String" scope="session"/>
> > <jsp:useBean id="user" class="java.lang.String" scope="session"/>
> >
> > <html>
> >
> > <head>
> > <title>Just a Session Test</title>
> > </head>
> >
> > <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
> > <a href="testdb1?form_action=user_mod">Modify Users?</a> |
> > <a href="testdb1?form_action=logout">Logout</a>
> >
> > <p>
> > Hi <%=user%>!
> >
> > </body>
> >
> > </html>
> >
> > ===================================
> > web.xml
> > (in the "web/WEB-INF" folder)
> > ===================================
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
> >
> > <!DOCTYPE web-app
> > PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
> > "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd" >
> >
> > <web-app>
> > <icon>
> > </icon>
> > <display-name>Test Database Application</display-name>
> > <description>
> > This is a test of a database editing application.
> > </description>
> >
> > <servlet>
> > <servlet-name>Controller</servlet-name>
> > <description>
> > Controller Servlet
> > </description>
> > <servlet-class>
> > com.nsae.testdb1.controller.Controller
> > </servlet-class>
> > </servlet>
> >
> > <servlet-mapping>
> > <servlet-name>Controller</servlet-name>
> > <url-pattern>/testdb1</url-pattern>
> > </servlet-mapping>
> > </web-app>
> >
> >
>
>

Still works fine even with the refresh.

There's a couple of suggestions about the code though. First off use JSP
pages for everything, even the HTML. This makes it easier in the long run
should something need to become dynamic. Also there's no need to use
isNew(). Rely on the fact that if it's a new session there are no values in
it's attributes, and that these will disappear with the invalidate().

Perhaps isNew() is failing in your scenario, there are a few bugs/caveats
around the use of isNew() in Tomcat 4.1.x ?

"Talking with Tonz - Emery Z. Balint Jr."
<java-nodashes-robotics@-yahoo.ca-> wrote in message
news:XNhUa.36060$. ..
> Hi Andy,
>
> Thank you for testing the app. I'm using Tomcat 4.1.24.
>
> Did you try doing the following: after immediately logging out, hitting
the
> brower's back button and then hitting refresh. That should take you back
to
> the login screen, but then the app fails. It won't login or logout
properly
> again. It works great only the first time around.
>
> I also noticed that the first time I logged out, the System.out.println's
in
> the logout section did what they were supposed to. But the second time I
> tried logging out, they would no longer show up. I don't know what's going
> on.
>
> Emery.
> /\^/\^/\
> Sun Certified Java Programmer
> www.websamba.com/javarobotics/
> E-stronomy - Astronomical Resrouces
> www.websamba.com/e-stronomy/
>
>
> "Andy Flowers" <> wrote in message
> news:16gUa.1771$...
> > Runs perfect for me.
> >
> > What version of Tomcat are you using ? I have 4.0.3 running under
JBuilder
> > 7.
> >
> > "Talking with Tonz - Emery Z. Balint Jr."
> > <java-nodashes-robotics@-yahoo.ca-> wrote in message
> > newsyeUa.31419$ ...
> > > Hello Folks,
> > >
> > > Argg. I am still not having any luck with this Web app. I've done
stuff
> > like
> > > this in ASP easily. But somehow it just isn't working here. I've taken
> the
> > > advice of some helpful people but it hasn't worked. Something tells me
> > that
> > > this should be working, but yet isn't.
> > >
> > > 1. Login with a fake username (any username works at this point).
> > > 2. You can switch between the whatever and user_mod JSP pages. Great.
> > > 3. You can logout THE FIRST TIME.
> > > 4. At this point you can hit the link to login again. Loggin in again
> > works.
> > > The back button/refresh can get goofy though.
> > > 5. You can't logout anymore!! The logout page seems not to do anything
> > > anymore! At least no output is show in the Tomcat console.
> > > 6. Everything goes wrong again. Somehow the servlet isn't run again,
or
> > > appears that it's not running. Logging in no longer function properly.
> > >
> > > All the code is posted below. I would again appreciate some help, I
> really
> > > don't know why this is behaving the way it is. There are lots of
> > > System.out.println's in the code so you can see the output in Tomcat.
> > Many,
> > > many thanks in advance for any help!
> > >
> > > Emery.
> > > /\^/\^/\
> > > Sun Certified Java Programmer
> > > www.websamba.com/javarobotics/
> > > E-stronomy - Astronomical Resrouces
> > > www.websamba.com/e-stronomy/
> > >
> > > ===================================
> > > Controller.java
> > > (in the "src\com\nsae\testdb1\controller" folder)
> > > ===================================
> > > package com.nsae.testdb1.controller;
> > >
> > > import javax.servlet.*;
> > > import javax.servlet.http.*;
> > >
> > > import java.io.*;
> > >
> > > import com.nsae.testdb1.*;
> > >
> > > public class Controller extends HttpServlet {
> > >
> > > protected static final String LOGIN_PAGE = "/login.html";
> > > protected static final String MOD_USER_PAGE = "/mod_user.jsp";
> > > protected static final String ADD_USER_PAGE = "/add_user.jsp";
> > > protected static final String DEL_USER_PAGE = "/del_user.jsp";
> > > protected static final String UPD_USER_PAGE = "/upd_user.jsp";
> > > protected static final String WHATEVER_PAGE = "/whatever.jsp";
> > > protected static final String LOGOUT_PAGE = "/logout.html";
> > >
> > > public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res)
> throws
> > > ServletException, IOException {
> > > doPost(req, res);
> > > }
> > >
> > > public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res)
> > throws
> > > ServletException, IOException {
> > > String formAction = req.getParameter("form_action");
> > > String forwardTo = LOGIN_PAGE;
> > >
> > > if ((formAction==null) || (formAction.equals(""))) {
> > > HttpSession session = req.getSession(true);
> > > System.out.println("formAction==null");
> > >
> > > if (!session.isNew()) {
> > > System.out.println("formAction==null | session is not new");
> > > session.invalidate();
> > > session = req.getSession(true);
> > > System.out.println(session.isNew());
> > > }
> > >
> > > } else if (formAction.equals("login")) {
> > > HttpSession session = req.getSession(false);
> > > System.out.println("formAction==login");
> > >
> > > if (session!=null) {
> > > System.out.println("formAction==login | session!=null");
> > > if (!session.isNew()) {
> > > UserCheck uC = new UserCheck(req.getParameter("username"));
> > > session.setAttribute("user", uC.getUserName());
> > > session.setAttribute("servletPath", getFullServletPath(req));
> > > session.setMaxInactiveInterval(300);
> > > forwardTo = MOD_USER_PAGE;
> > > System.out.println("formAction==login | session is not new");
> > > } else {
> > > session.invalidate();
> > > session = req.getSession(true);
> > > System.out.println("formAction==login | session was new");
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > > } else if (formAction.equals("user_mod")) {
> > > HttpSession session = req.getSession(false);
> > > System.out.println("formAction==user_mod");
> > >
> > > if (session.getAttribute("user")!=null) {
> > > forwardTo = MOD_USER_PAGE;
> > > System.out.println("formAction==user_mod | user!=null");
> > > } else {
> > > System.out.println("formAction==user_mod | user==null");
> > > }
> > >
> > > } else if (formAction.equals("whatever")) {
> > > HttpSession session = req.getSession(false);
> > > System.out.println("formAction==whatever");
> > >
> > > if (session.getAttribute("user")!=null) {
> > > forwardTo = WHATEVER_PAGE;
> > > System.out.println("formAction==whatever | user!=null");
> > > } else {
> > > System.out.println("formAction==whatever | user==null");
> > > }
> > >
> > > } else if (formAction.equals("logout")) {
> > > HttpSession session = req.getSession(false);
> > > System.out.println("formAction==logout: " + session.isNew());
> > >
> > > if (session!=null) {
> > > session.removeAttribute("user");
> > > forwardTo = LOGOUT_PAGE;
> > > System.out.println("formAction==logout | session!=null");
> > > } else {
> > > forwardTo = LOGOUT_PAGE;
> > > System.out.println("formAction==logout | session==null");
> > > session = req.getSession(true);
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > > System.out.println(res.encodeURL(forwardTo));
> > > RequestDispatcher rD =
> > req.getRequestDispatcher(res.encodeURL(forwardTo)) ;
> > > rD.forward(req, res);
> > >
> > > }
> > >
> > > protected String getFullServletPath(HttpServletRequest req) {
> > > String servlet = req.getServletPath();
> > > String ctxPath = req.getContextPath();
> > > return (ctxPath + servlet);
> > > }
> > >
> > > }
> > >
> > > ===================================
> > > UserCheck.java (will be implemented later)
> > > (in the "src\com\nsae\testdb1" folder)
> > > ===================================
> > > package com.nsae.testdb1;
> > >
> > > public class UserCheck {
> > >
> > > private String userName = "";
> > >
> > > public UserCheck() {
> > > }
> > >
> > > public UserCheck(String uN) {
> > > userName = uN;
> > > }
> > >
> > > public String getUserName() {
> > > return userName;
> > > }
> > >
> > > public void setUserName(String uN) {
> > > userName = uN;
> > > }
> > >
> > > }
> > >
> > > ===================================
> > > index.jsp
> > > (in the "web" folder)
> > > (this simply forwards the browser to
> > > the servlet so an initial session can be established)
> > > ===================================
> > > <jsp:forward page="testdb1"/>
> > >
> > > ===================================
> > > login.html
> > > (in the "web" folder)
> > > ===================================
> > > <html>
> > >
> > > <head>
> > > <title>Login</title>
> > > </head>
> > >
> > > <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
> > > Please login:
> > >
> > > <p>
> > > <form action="testdb1" method="post">
> > > <input type="hidden" name="form_action" value="login">
> > > <input type="text" name="username" size="20"> - Username<br>
> > > <input type="text" name="password" size="20"> - Password<br>
> > > <input type="submit" value="Submit">
> > > <input type="reset" value="Reset">
> > > </form>
> > >
> > > </body>
> > >
> > > </html>
> > >
> > > ===================================
> > > logout.html
> > > (in the "web" folder)
> > > ===================================
> > > <html>
> > >
> > > <head>
> > > <title>Logout</title>
> > > </head>
> > >
> > > <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
> > > Thanks for logging out!
> > >
> > > <p>
> > > <a href="testdb1" target="_parent">Login Again?</a>
> > >
> > > </body>
> > >
> > > </html>
> > >
> > > ===================================
> > > mod_user.jsp
> > > (in the "web" folder)
> > > ===================================
> > > <jsp:useBean id="servletPath" class="java.lang.String"
scope="session"/>
> > > <jsp:useBean id="user" class="java.lang.String" scope="session"/>
> > >
> > > <html>
> > >
> > > <head>
> > > <title>Modify User</title>
> > > </head>
> > >
> > > <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
> > > <a href="testdb1?form_action=whatever">Whatever</a> |
> > > <a href="testdb1?form_action=logout">Logout</a>
> > >
> > > <p>
> > > Hi <%=user%>!
> > >
> > > <p>
> > > Add User:
> > >
> > > <p>
> > > <form action="testdb1" method="post">
> > > <input type="hidden" name="form_action" value="add_user">
> > > <input type="text" name="username" size="20"> - Username<br>
> > > <input type="text" name="password" size="20"> - Password<br>
> > > <input type="submit" value="Add">
> > > <input type="reset" value="Reset">
> > > </form>
> > >
> > > Modify User Information:
> > >
> > > <p>
> > > <form action="testdb1" method="post">
> > > <input type="hidden" name="form_action" value="mod_user">
> > > <input type="hidden" name="user_id" value="user_id">
> > > <input type="text" name="username" size="20"> - Username<br>
> > > <input type="text" name="password" size="20"> - Password<br>
> > > <input type="submit" value="Update">
> > > <input type="reset" value="Reset">
> > > </form>
> > >
> > > <p>
> > > Delete User:
> > >
> > > <p>
> > > <form action="testdb1" method="post">
> > > <input type="hidden" name="form_action" value="del_user">
> > > <input type="hidden" name="user_id" value="user_id">
> > > <input type="submit" value="Delete">
> > > <input type="reset" value="Reset">
> > > </form>
> > >
> > > </body>
> > >
> > > </html>
> > >
> > > ===================================
> > > whatever.jsp
> > > (in the "web" folder)
> > > ===================================
> > > <jsp:useBean id="servletPath" class="java.lang.String"
scope="session"/>
> > > <jsp:useBean id="user" class="java.lang.String" scope="session"/>
> > >
> > > <html>
> > >
> > > <head>
> > > <title>Just a Session Test</title>
> > > </head>
> > >
> > > <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
> > > <a href="testdb1?form_action=user_mod">Modify Users?</a> |
> > > <a href="testdb1?form_action=logout">Logout</a>
> > >
> > > <p>
> > > Hi <%=user%>!
> > >
> > > </body>
> > >
> > > </html>
> > >
> > > ===================================
> > > web.xml
> > > (in the "web/WEB-INF" folder)
> > > ===================================
> > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
> > >
> > > <!DOCTYPE web-app
> > > PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
> > > "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd" >
> > >
> > > <web-app>
> > > <icon>
> > > </icon>
> > > <display-name>Test Database Application</display-name>
> > > <description>
> > > This is a test of a database editing application.
> > > </description>
> > >
> > > <servlet>
> > > <servlet-name>Controller</servlet-name>
> > > <description>
> > > Controller Servlet
> > > </description>
> > > <servlet-class>
> > > com.nsae.testdb1.controller.Controller
> > > </servlet-class>
> > > </servlet>
> > >
> > > <servlet-mapping>
> > > <servlet-name>Controller</servlet-name>
> > > <url-pattern>/testdb1</url-pattern>
> > > </servlet-mapping>
> > > </web-app>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Hello Andy,

Again, thank you for your assistance. I actually ended up renaming all my
html files to jsp and then everything started working. I also posted my new
code (Post subject: Fixed Web App Issue But Do Servlets Ignore HTML Pages?)
where my app relies on whether or not the "user" is still in the session
instead of isNew(). Less code and works better too. I can finally rest easy.
8^D

Emery.
/\^/\^/\
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"Andy Flowers" <> wrote in message
news:Y6qUa.2116$...
> Still works fine even with the refresh.
>
> There's a couple of suggestions about the code though. First off use JSP
> pages for everything, even the HTML. This makes it easier in the long run
> should something need to become dynamic. Also there's no need to use
> isNew(). Rely on the fact that if it's a new session there are no values
in
> it's attributes, and that these will disappear with the invalidate().
>
> Perhaps isNew() is failing in your scenario, there are a few bugs/caveats
> around the use of isNew() in Tomcat 4.1.x ?
>
> "Talking with Tonz - Emery Z. Balint Jr."
> <java-nodashes-robotics@-yahoo.ca-> wrote in message
> news:XNhUa.36060$. ..
> > Hi Andy,
> >
> > Thank you for testing the app. I'm using Tomcat 4.1.24.
> >
> > Did you try doing the following: after immediately logging out, hitting
> the
> > brower's back button and then hitting refresh. That should take you back
> to
> > the login screen, but then the app fails. It won't login or logout
> properly
> > again. It works great only the first time around.
> >
> > I also noticed that the first time I logged out, the
System.out.println's
> in
> > the logout section did what they were supposed to. But the second time I
> > tried logging out, they would no longer show up. I don't know what's
going
> > on.
> >
> > Emery.
> > /\^/\^/\
> > Sun Certified Java Programmer
> > www.websamba.com/javarobotics/
> > E-stronomy - Astronomical Resrouces
> > www.websamba.com/e-stronomy/
> >
> >
> > "Andy Flowers" <> wrote in message
> > news:16gUa.1771$...
> > > Runs perfect for me.
> > >
> > > What version of Tomcat are you using ? I have 4.0.3 running under
> JBuilder
> > > 7.
> > >
> > > "Talking with Tonz - Emery Z. Balint Jr."
> > > <java-nodashes-robotics@-yahoo.ca-> wrote in message
> > > newsyeUa.31419$ ...
> > > > Hello Folks,
> > > >
> > > > Argg. I am still not having any luck with this Web app. I've done
> stuff
> > > like
> > > > this in ASP easily. But somehow it just isn't working here. I've
taken
> > the
> > > > advice of some helpful people but it hasn't worked. Something tells
me
> > > that
> > > > this should be working, but yet isn't.
> > > >
> > > > 1. Login with a fake username (any username works at this point).
> > > > 2. You can switch between the whatever and user_mod JSP pages.
Great.
> > > > 3. You can logout THE FIRST TIME.
> > > > 4. At this point you can hit the link to login again. Loggin in
again
> > > works.
> > > > The back button/refresh can get goofy though.
> > > > 5. You can't logout anymore!! The logout page seems not to do
anything
> > > > anymore! At least no output is show in the Tomcat console.
> > > > 6. Everything goes wrong again. Somehow the servlet isn't run again,
> or
> > > > appears that it's not running. Logging in no longer function
properly.
> > > >
> > > > All the code is posted below. I would again appreciate some help, I
> > really
> > > > don't know why this is behaving the way it is. There are lots of
> > > > System.out.println's in the code so you can see the output in
Tomcat.
> > > Many,
> > > > many thanks in advance for any help!
> > > >
> > > > Emery.
> > > > /\^/\^/\
> > > > Sun Certified Java Programmer
> > > > www.websamba.com/javarobotics/
> > > > E-stronomy - Astronomical Resrouces
> > > > www.websamba.com/e-stronomy/
> > > >
> > > > ===================================
> > > > Controller.java
> > > > (in the "src\com\nsae\testdb1\controller" folder)
> > > > ===================================
> > > > package com.nsae.testdb1.controller;
> > > >
> > > > import javax.servlet.*;
> > > > import javax.servlet.http.*;
> > > >
> > > > import java.io.*;
> > > >
> > > > import com.nsae.testdb1.*;
> > > >
> > > > public class Controller extends HttpServlet {
> > > >
> > > > protected static final String LOGIN_PAGE = "/login.html";
> > > > protected static final String MOD_USER_PAGE = "/mod_user.jsp";
> > > > protected static final String ADD_USER_PAGE = "/add_user.jsp";
> > > > protected static final String DEL_USER_PAGE = "/del_user.jsp";
> > > > protected static final String UPD_USER_PAGE = "/upd_user.jsp";
> > > > protected static final String WHATEVER_PAGE = "/whatever.jsp";
> > > > protected static final String LOGOUT_PAGE = "/logout.html";
> > > >
> > > > public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res)
> > throws
> > > > ServletException, IOException {
> > > > doPost(req, res);
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res)
> > > throws
> > > > ServletException, IOException {
> > > > String formAction = req.getParameter("form_action");
> > > > String forwardTo = LOGIN_PAGE;
> > > >
> > > > if ((formAction==null) || (formAction.equals(""))) {
> > > > HttpSession session = req.getSession(true);
> > > > System.out.println("formAction==null");
> > > >
> > > > if (!session.isNew()) {
> > > > System.out.println("formAction==null | session is not new");
> > > > session.invalidate();
> > > > session = req.getSession(true);
> > > > System.out.println(session.isNew());
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > } else if (formAction.equals("login")) {
> > > > HttpSession session = req.getSession(false);
> > > > System.out.println("formAction==login");
> > > >
> > > > if (session!=null) {
> > > > System.out.println("formAction==login | session!=null");
> > > > if (!session.isNew()) {
> > > > UserCheck uC = new UserCheck(req.getParameter("username"));
> > > > session.setAttribute("user", uC.getUserName());
> > > > session.setAttribute("servletPath", getFullServletPath(req));
> > > > session.setMaxInactiveInterval(300);
> > > > forwardTo = MOD_USER_PAGE;
> > > > System.out.println("formAction==login | session is not new");
> > > > } else {
> > > > session.invalidate();
> > > > session = req.getSession(true);
> > > > System.out.println("formAction==login | session was new");
> > > > }
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > } else if (formAction.equals("user_mod")) {
> > > > HttpSession session = req.getSession(false);
> > > > System.out.println("formAction==user_mod");
> > > >
> > > > if (session.getAttribute("user")!=null) {
> > > > forwardTo = MOD_USER_PAGE;
> > > > System.out.println("formAction==user_mod | user!=null");
> > > > } else {
> > > > System.out.println("formAction==user_mod | user==null");
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > } else if (formAction.equals("whatever")) {
> > > > HttpSession session = req.getSession(false);
> > > > System.out.println("formAction==whatever");
> > > >
> > > > if (session.getAttribute("user")!=null) {
> > > > forwardTo = WHATEVER_PAGE;
> > > > System.out.println("formAction==whatever | user!=null");
> > > > } else {
> > > > System.out.println("formAction==whatever | user==null");
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > } else if (formAction.equals("logout")) {
> > > > HttpSession session = req.getSession(false);
> > > > System.out.println("formAction==logout: " + session.isNew());
> > > >
> > > > if (session!=null) {
> > > > session.removeAttribute("user");
> > > > forwardTo = LOGOUT_PAGE;
> > > > System.out.println("formAction==logout | session!=null");
> > > > } else {
> > > > forwardTo = LOGOUT_PAGE;
> > > > System.out.println("formAction==logout | session==null");
> > > > session = req.getSession(true);
> > > > }
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > System.out.println(res.encodeURL(forwardTo));
> > > > RequestDispatcher rD =
> > > req.getRequestDispatcher(res.encodeURL(forwardTo)) ;
> > > > rD.forward(req, res);
> > > >
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > protected String getFullServletPath(HttpServletRequest req) {
> > > > String servlet = req.getServletPath();
> > > > String ctxPath = req.getContextPath();
> > > > return (ctxPath + servlet);
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > ===================================
> > > > UserCheck.java (will be implemented later)
> > > > (in the "src\com\nsae\testdb1" folder)
> > > > ===================================
> > > > package com.nsae.testdb1;
> > > >
> > > > public class UserCheck {
> > > >
> > > > private String userName = "";
> > > >
> > > > public UserCheck() {
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > public UserCheck(String uN) {
> > > > userName = uN;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > public String getUserName() {
> > > > return userName;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > public void setUserName(String uN) {
> > > > userName = uN;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > ===================================
> > > > index.jsp
> > > > (in the "web" folder)
> > > > (this simply forwards the browser to
> > > > the servlet so an initial session can be established)
> > > > ===================================
> > > > <jsp:forward page="testdb1"/>
> > > >
> > > > ===================================
> > > > login.html
> > > > (in the "web" folder)
> > > > ===================================
> > > > <html>
> > > >
> > > > <head>
> > > > <title>Login</title>
> > > > </head>
> > > >
> > > > <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
> > > > Please login:
> > > >
> > > > <p>
> > > > <form action="testdb1" method="post">
> > > > <input type="hidden" name="form_action" value="login">
> > > > <input type="text" name="username" size="20"> - Username<br>
> > > > <input type="text" name="password" size="20"> - Password<br>
> > > > <input type="submit" value="Submit">
> > > > <input type="reset" value="Reset">
> > > > </form>
> > > >
> > > > </body>
> > > >
> > > > </html>
> > > >
> > > > ===================================
> > > > logout.html
> > > > (in the "web" folder)
> > > > ===================================
> > > > <html>
> > > >
> > > > <head>
> > > > <title>Logout</title>
> > > > </head>
> > > >
> > > > <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
> > > > Thanks for logging out!
> > > >
> > > > <p>
> > > > <a href="testdb1" target="_parent">Login Again?</a>
> > > >
> > > > </body>
> > > >
> > > > </html>
> > > >
> > > > ===================================
> > > > mod_user.jsp
> > > > (in the "web" folder)
> > > > ===================================
> > > > <jsp:useBean id="servletPath" class="java.lang.String"
> scope="session"/>
> > > > <jsp:useBean id="user" class="java.lang.String" scope="session"/>
> > > >
> > > > <html>
> > > >
> > > > <head>
> > > > <title>Modify User</title>
> > > > </head>
> > > >
> > > > <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
> > > > <a href="testdb1?form_action=whatever">Whatever</a> |
> > > > <a href="testdb1?form_action=logout">Logout</a>
> > > >
> > > > <p>
> > > > Hi <%=user%>!
> > > >
> > > > <p>
> > > > Add User:
> > > >
> > > > <p>
> > > > <form action="testdb1" method="post">
> > > > <input type="hidden" name="form_action" value="add_user">
> > > > <input type="text" name="username" size="20"> - Username<br>
> > > > <input type="text" name="password" size="20"> - Password<br>
> > > > <input type="submit" value="Add">
> > > > <input type="reset" value="Reset">
> > > > </form>
> > > >
> > > > Modify User Information:
> > > >
> > > > <p>
> > > > <form action="testdb1" method="post">
> > > > <input type="hidden" name="form_action" value="mod_user">
> > > > <input type="hidden" name="user_id" value="user_id">
> > > > <input type="text" name="username" size="20"> - Username<br>
> > > > <input type="text" name="password" size="20"> - Password<br>
> > > > <input type="submit" value="Update">
> > > > <input type="reset" value="Reset">
> > > > </form>
> > > >
> > > > <p>
> > > > Delete User:
> > > >
> > > > <p>
> > > > <form action="testdb1" method="post">
> > > > <input type="hidden" name="form_action" value="del_user">
> > > > <input type="hidden" name="user_id" value="user_id">
> > > > <input type="submit" value="Delete">
> > > > <input type="reset" value="Reset">
> > > > </form>
> > > >
> > > > </body>
> > > >
> > > > </html>
> > > >
> > > > ===================================
> > > > whatever.jsp
> > > > (in the "web" folder)
> > > > ===================================
> > > > <jsp:useBean id="servletPath" class="java.lang.String"
> scope="session"/>
> > > > <jsp:useBean id="user" class="java.lang.String" scope="session"/>
> > > >
> > > > <html>
> > > >
> > > > <head>
> > > > <title>Just a Session Test</title>
> > > > </head>
> > > >
> > > > <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
> > > > <a href="testdb1?form_action=user_mod">Modify Users?</a> |
> > > > <a href="testdb1?form_action=logout">Logout</a>
> > > >
> > > > <p>
> > > > Hi <%=user%>!
> > > >
> > > > </body>
> > > >
> > > > </html>
> > > >
> > > > ===================================
> > > > web.xml
> > > > (in the "web/WEB-INF" folder)
> > > > ===================================
> > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
> > > >
> > > > <!DOCTYPE web-app
> > > > PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
> > > > "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd" >
> > > >
> > > > <web-app>
> > > > <icon>
> > > > </icon>
> > > > <display-name>Test Database Application</display-name>
> > > > <description>
> > > > This is a test of a database editing application.
> > > > </description>
> > > >
> > > > <servlet>
> > > > <servlet-name>Controller</servlet-name>
> > > > <description>
> > > > Controller Servlet
> > > > </description>
> > > > <servlet-class>
> > > > com.nsae.testdb1.controller.Controller
> > > > </servlet-class>
> > > > </servlet>
> > > >
> > > > <servlet-mapping>
> > > > <servlet-name>Controller</servlet-name>
> > > > <url-pattern>/testdb1</url-pattern>
> > > > </servlet-mapping>
> > > > </web-app>
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>