I am posting a summary of the topics that were covered on the previous exams. The final exam is not limited to these topics, they are only intended to help you remember what was on the previous exams.

Exam 1

• Web app structure
• Request format
• MIME Types
• HTML tags
• Hypertext link
• Query string
• Expression language for retrieving from the query string.
• Controller code
• Servlets versus JSPs
• Base class for servlets
• Filling a bean from the query string
• Default Validation
• Bean Properties
• Hidden Fields
• Forwarding the request and response to another JSP
• Servlet Definition in web.xml

Exam 2

• Expression language for accessing a property from a bean
• Regular Expressions
• Start, Stop, Restart Apache
• Persistent Annotations
• Apache directives
• Passing data in the session
• Apache Spare Servers
• Filling the bean from the query string
• Saving a bean to the database
• Where member variables were declared
• Expression language for retrieving from the helper.
• Identifying Chapter 4 features
• jspLocation paths
• Apache directives in httpd.conf
• Initialization parameter in web.xml
• Initializating Hibernate
• Regular Expressions
• Validation Annotations
• Making GET requests
• Controller Helper Constructor
• Problems with member variables
• Base class for servlets
• ButtonMethod annotation