Review Topics for the Second Exam

Class Page Links

• All the ones that have been marked like this.

UNIX

• Commands to start, stop and restart the Apache server.
  • httpd -d directory_for_server_root
  • kill -TERM process_id_of_server
  • kill -HUP process_id_of_server

Apache

• Apache Configuration Files
  • httpd.conf
    • JkMount
    • Timeout
    • MaxSpareServer
    • MinSpareServer
    • StartServer
  • access.conf
    • Directory
    • Location
    • AuthName
    • AuthType
    • AuthUserFile
    • Require user
  • srm.conf/access.conf
    • AddIcon
    • AddIconByType
    • Alias
    • HeaderName
    • ReadmeName
    • AddOutputFilter
    • AddType
    • AddLanguage
    • Options
      • Indexes
      • MultiViews
      • IncludesNoExec
    • IndexOptions
      • FancyIndexing
      • SuppressSize
      • SuppressLastModified
      • SuppressDescription
  • mime.types
• Connecting to Tomcat
• Server Side Includes
  • Including files

Tomcat

• Web Application Structure
• Servlet Definition/Servlet Mapping
• Connecting Apache to Tomcat

JSP Tags

• Including files

HTML

• Standard codes for a web page: HTML, HEAD, BODY, TITLE
• Layout: BR, P, HR
• Anchors: A (HREF)
• Relative and Absolute references
• HTML forms
  • text boxes
  • hidden fields
  • submit buttons

Online Book

• Chapter 2
  1. Introduction
  2. Sending Data to Another Form
     1. Action Attribute
        1. Try It: Passing Data to a Second Form
        2. Relative and Absolute References
     2. Hidden Field Technique
        1. First Attempt - Failure
        2. Try It: Passing Data Back - Failure
        3. Second Attempt - Hidden Fields
        4. Try It: Passing Data Back - Hidden Fields
     3. Sending Data to Either of Two Pages
        1. Adding Another Form
        2. Try It: Passing Data - Three Pages
  3. The Truth About JSPs
     1. Servlet for a JSP
     2. Handling a JSP
        1. JSP Request Process
        2. Servlet Engine Response
  4. Using a Controller
     1. Controller Details
        1. Request and Response Objects
        2. Referencing Parameters
        3. Testing for the Presence of a Button
        4. Forwarding Control to another JSP
        5. The Big if
     2. JSP Controller
        1. Including Java Code
        2. Controller Code
        3. Edit Page
        4. Confirm Page
        5. Process Page
        6. Try It: JSP Controller
     3. JSPs versus Servlets
     4. Controller Servlet
        1. JSPs
        2. Servlet Controller Code
        3. Servlet Location
        4. Identifying the Servlet
        5. Servlet Compilation
     5. Servlet Access
        1. Creating a Short Name for a .class File
        2. Servlet Mapping
        3. Order within web.xml
     6. Servlet-JSP Directory Structure
        1. Try It: Servlet Controller
     7. Servlet Engine for a Servlet
  5. Summary
  6. Chapter Review
• Chapter 3
  1. Introduction
     1. Controller: Start Example
  2. Java Beans
     1. Creating a Data Bean
        1. Encapsulating Request Data in a Bean
        2. Bean: Request Data
     2. Using the Bean in a Web Application
        1. Creating and Filling the Bean
        2. Making the Bean Accessible to the JSPs
        3. Controller: Data Bean
        4. Accessing the Bean in the JSP
        5. Modifying the JSPs
        6. Try It: Data Bean
     3. Application: Default Validation
        1. Bean: Request Data Default
        2. Controller: Default Validate
        3. Try It: Default Validation
  3. Member Variables in Servlets
     1. Processing a Form
     2. The Problem with Member Variables
     3. Local versus Member Variables
     4. An Example that Fails
        1. Forcing the Error
        2. Try It: Shared Variable - Error
        3. Synchronizing
        4. Try It: Shared Variable - Synchronized
        5. When to Use Member Variables in Servlets
  4. Reorganizing the Controller
     1. Creating the Helper Base
     2. Creating the Controller Helper
     3. JSPs for the Reorganized Controller
     4. Modifying the Controller
     5. Application: Reorganized Controller
        1. Try It: Reorganized Controller
  5. Model, View, Controller
  6. Summary
  7. Chapter Review