I am currently doing a project on the java eclipse IDE. I have a servlet shown below with password change functionality. As you can see, there are various errors that I programmed to return based on user input, for example. "Passwords do not match". But it is always printed at the top of the screen. Is there a way to pass these errors as an actual formatted error? Maybe in the form of a pop-up window, or at least place it in the right place?
import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import java.sql.*;
public class NewPassword extends HttpServlet {
protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
response.setContentType("text/html;charset=UTF-8");
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
String oldpassword = request.getParameter("oldpassword");
String newpassword = request.getParameter("newpassword");
String confirmpassword = request.getParameter("confirmpassword");
int newpass = newpassword.length();
HttpSession session = request.getSession(false);
String employeeid = "";
if(session != null) {
employeeid = (String)session.getAttribute("employeeid");
}
boolean st = false;
try {
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/payroll_system", "root", "");
PreparedStatement ps = con.prepareStatement("SELECT pwd FROM payroll_system.employee_login WHERE employeeID = ?");
ps.setString(1, employeeid);
ResultSet rs = ps.executeQuery();
st = rs.next();
String currentpassword = rs.getString("pwd");
if(st) {
if((currentpassword.equals(oldpassword)) && newpassword.equals(confirmpassword) && newpass >= 8) {
PreparedStatement pd = con.prepareStatement("UPDATE payroll_system.employee_login SET pwd = ? where employeeID = ?" );
pd.setString(1, newpassword);
pd.setString(2, employeeid);
int updated = pd.executeUpdate();
if(updated > 0){
out.println("Password Successfully Updated");
RequestDispatcher rd = request.getRequestDispatcher("changePassAdmin.html");
rd.include(request, response);
}
}
else if(oldpassword.equals("") || newpassword.equals("") || confirmpassword.equals("") ) {
out.println("Fields cannot be left blank.");
RequestDispatcher rd = request.getRequestDispatcher("changePassAdmin.html");
rd.include(request, response);
}
else if(!currentpassword.equals(oldpassword) && !newpassword.equals(confirmpassword)) {
out.println("Old password is incorrect and passwords do not match, please try again.");
RequestDispatcher rd = request.getRequestDispatcher("changePassAdmin.html");
rd.include(request, response);
}
else if(!currentpassword.equals(oldpassword)) {
out.println("Old password entered incorrectly, please try again.");
RequestDispatcher rd = request.getRequestDispatcher("changePassAdmin.html");
rd.include(request, response);
}
else if(!newpassword.equals(confirmpassword)) {
out.println("Passwords do not match, please try again.");
RequestDispatcher rd = request.getRequestDispatcher("changePassAdmin.html");
rd.include(request, response);
}
else if(newpass < 8 ) {
out.println("New Password must be atleast 8 characters in length.");
RequestDispatcher rd = request.getRequestDispatcher("changePassAdmin.html");
rd.include(request, response);
}
}
}catch(Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
out.close();
}
}
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