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Chapter 3 Handling the Client Request: Form Data

Listing 3.6 SubmitResume.java (continued)

  // Given "Java,C++,Lisp", "Java C++ Lisp" or

  // "Java, C++, Lisp", returns

  // "

  //   
Java

  //   
C++

  //   
Lisp

  //  "

  private String makeList(String listItems) {

    StringTokenizer tokenizer =

      new StringTokenizer(listItems, ", ");

    String list = "
\n";

    while(tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {

      list = list + "  
" + tokenizer.nextToken() + "\n";

    }

    list = list + "";

    return(list);

  }

  // Show a confirmation page when they press the

  // "Submit" button.

  private void showConfirmation(HttpServletRequest request,

                                PrintWriter out) {

    String title = "Submission Confirmed.";

    out.println(ServletUtilities.headWithTitle(title) +

                "\n" +

                "
" + title + "
\n" +

                "Your resume should appear on line within\n" +

                "24 hours. If it doesn't, try submitting\n" +

                "again with a different email address.\n" +

                "");

  }

  // Why it is bad to give your email address to untrusted sites

  private void storeResume(HttpServletRequest request) {

    String email = request.getParameter("email");

    putInSpamList(email);

  }

  private void putInSpamList(String emailAddress) {

    // Code removed to protect the guilty.

  }

}

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