You must make the following changes: - In the servlet: - Set the type of response content as: - response.setContentType("text/xml");at the top of the servlet. Having established this, we can send the response in XML format, and, having received it on JSP, we will receive it based on the name of the XML tag.
Perform whatever operation you want in the servlet ... Save the value for ex-
String uname=";
uname="hello"; //some operation
//create one XML string
String sendThis="<?xml version='1.0'?>"
+"<Maintag>"
+"<Subtag>"
+"<unameVal>"+uname+"</unameVal>"
+"</Subtag>"
+"</Maintag>"
out.print(sendThis);
Now we will go to the JSP page where we must display the data.
function getXMLObject() //XML OBJECT
{
var xmlHttp = false;
try {
xmlHttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")
}
catch (e) {
try {
xmlHttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
}
catch (e2) {
xmlHttp = false
}
}
if (!xmlHttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined') {
xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
}
return xmlHttp;
}
var xmlhttp = new getXMLObject();
function ajaxFunction() {
if(xmlhttp) {
xmlhttp.open("GET","NameList",true);
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = handleServerResponse;
xmlhttp.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
xmlhttp.send(null);
}
}
function handleServerResponse() {
if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4) {
if(xmlhttp.status == 200) {
getVal();
}
else {
alert("Error during AJAX call. Please try again");
}
}
}
function getVal()
{
var xmlResp=xmlhttp.responseText;
try{
if(xmlResp.search("Maintag")>0 )
{
var x=xmlhttp.responseXML.documentElement.getElementsByTagName("Subtag");
var xx=x[0].getElementsByTagName("unameVal");
var recievedUname=xx[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
document.getElementById("message").innerText=recievedUname;
}
}catch(err2){
alert("Error in getting data"+err2);
}
}
And here you are done. :)