How to invoke a web page from within java

[PGMR1998]

Anyone knopw how I can invoke a web page on my web server from within a java program?

 

[Diancecht]

From nice search feature in this forum:

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=878915

Cheers,
Dian

 

[PGMR1998]

I have a web page containing a collection of links. On one link I want to keep a count of the number of times this particular link has been clicked on or visited. I thought that the thing to do is:
1) have the link invoke a java program
2) the java program would update an access db and increment a counter field
3) java program calls the web page, so that the web page appears in the same browser window. The user never knows or sees that a count is being kept.

 

[jstreich]

This doesn't require Java, it can be done with:
PHP, Perl, Server Side Includes, JavaScript...

Java is overkill for this application. You may want to look into packages like analog or webalizer that use the weblog instead reinventing the wheel.

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