CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javaswingjsp
user1912404
user1912404

Reputation: 396

Web interface for a Java application

I recently developed a whole system in Java that connected to a database and exports and imports the table content to an excel sheet. I used SWING for the user interface. the user will interact with it for authentication and file management.

Apparently the client changed the requirements, He wants everything from a Web Interface. My team leader advised to look through JSP.

  1. What does JSP actually do?
  2. Will I have to rewrite the User Interface in Web if I used JSP?
  3. is there an more effective and efficient solution to do this job?

I would Appreciate a specific answer

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2335

Answers (5)

Grim
Grim

Reputation: 2040

You may can use SWING in a Applet.

Upvotes: 0

mKorbel
mKorbel

Reputation: 109823

  1. What does JSP actually do?
  2. Will I have to rewrite the User Interface in Web if I used JSP?
  3. is there an more effective and efficient solution to do this job?

and

I used SWING for the user interface.

and

exports and imports the table content to an excel sheet.

not, have to look at JavaFX 2

Upvotes: 2

claesv
claesv

Reputation: 2113

I'm not sure what you mean by "specific answer", but here goes:

  1. JSP is a kind of template language, based on Java, and a technology for dynamically generating HTML. It's a server side technology. Look here.

  2. Yes, if you're going for a pure web/HTML solution, you'll need to completely rewrite the UI.

  3. There are other frameworks for creating webapps, such as Vaadin or Play! Framework that may be "better" than JSP, but then there's a whole new API/framework to learn...

Upvotes: 2

dinesh707
dinesh707

Reputation: 12592

1.) JSP is pretty much like PHP. It is server side scripting. When ever a browser request for a page (JSP page), server (mostly Tomcat or any application server which you deploy your JSP project) will generate HTML content using the JSP code. Mainly JSP consist of part HTML, JavaScipt (if you want dynamic stuff), and Java.

2.) As far as I know if you are aked to do it in JSP then you need to o all the client side work again in JSP. There you will be generating HTML UIs using Java codes. But you can use all the back end codes you used.

Upvotes: 0

mikera
mikera

Reputation: 106401

You will certainly need to rewrite the user interface if you convert to JSPs.

JSPs are essentially just a method for dynamically generating HTML (with the option to embed Java code to produce parts of the page).

It is still possible to run Swing applications from a web browser: you might want to take a look at Java Web Start. This will save you from having to do a complete rewrite.

Upvotes: 0

Related Questions