Presents your 
JAVA E-NEWSLETTER for February 6, 2003

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HANDLE CGI FORMS WITH SERVLETS

For any developer charged with creating reliable Web-based
form-processing applications, Java servlets are an indispensable resource--provided
you know how to optimize servlets for CGI-oriented tasks. Servlets allow
you to avoid the complicated tasks of capturing and preserving
session-dependent variables, which is a large portion of the work when 
creating Web forms.

Java servlets apply standard Java method calls to query string data,
which circumvents the laborious process mentioned above. The key to
effective use of this technique is laying out your method calls properly and
cleaning up afterward with the appropriately named destroy method.

If you think this sounds too easy, remember that any Web-based form data
application must be capable of handling multiple simultaneous requests
from multiple simultaneous users; building in handling elements for 
this functionality is no simple feat.

This article discusses how best to use Java servlets to handle Web-based
forms. Find out how to avoid the common CGI development problems and
create sleek, efficient, form-handling code.
http://cl.com.com/Click?q=46-198wInpwGNBR8st2_F3JvHNk0YRr 

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