Question

Which language/tool do I use to provide an interface between the web browser and a Java application?

My task is create a web page and provide a feature which will enable results to be uploaded as XML files to dynamically update the page.

I have been instructed to use languages such as Java, Javascript(JQuery), Ruby, Grails, PHP etc.

So I have so far written some java classes that will process the XML files but I am running this application from the command line. I DO also understand how to display the XML on the web browser using XSLT.

My problem is, that I have only ever written desktop applications… I don’t know what tools to use to provide an interface between my java back-end and the web front-end or how to (for lack of another method) invoke the JVM from the browser.

How do I send uploaded XML files to my java classes and get the XML results back? Can anyone shed some light into which tools I should use and the network packages (if needed) I need to import in Java? (note: this only needs to be run locally)

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Answer 1

I have been working in java and i feel that servlet-jsp are the best option
to full fill your requirement.