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Lastly, the
Headers
tab displays any HTTP headers present when the page
was rendered.
No doubt the ability to inspect request parameters, cookies, attributes in all scopes,
and so on, is very useful when working with web applications, but the benefits of
NetBean's HTTP monitor don't end there. One very nice feature of the HTTP monitor
is the ability to "replay" records.
Doing this allows us to navigate directly to the page we are working with, without
having to go through any previous pages in our web application. In our little
example application there is only one page we need to get to before displaying the
page we are using, but in many applications we need to go through several pages
before we can get to the page in question. Navigating directly to the page frequently
does not work since the page typically needs certain request parameters, or attributes
in a scope or another, so that it can be rendered properly. The NetBeans HTTP
monitor allows us to save a lot of time by placing any required attributes or request
parameters where they belong before navigating to our page.
