Utilizing Servlets for Web Applications - Java Programming: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques - page 862

2. Type msft in the text box. Click the Get Stock Quote button.
The form is submitted to the servlet, and when the Web page redisplays,
the textarea displays a formatted quote for the stock (Figure 12-85). If
the stock, msft, already is in the stock holdings list for the user, it can be
selected from the drop-down list box rather than typing it in the text box.

text box

drop-down
list box

textarea

Clear Stock Quote
button

FIGURE 12-85

3. Click the Clear Stock Quote button. Type msft,orcl,sunw in the
text box.
The quote is removed from the textarea (Figure 12-86). The form also is
submitted to the servlet to reset the quote session attribute. The quote
service can return simultaneous quotes for multiple stocks; however, the
symbols must be entered manually in the text box, delimited by commas,
and have no embedded spaces.

multiple stock
symbols

textarea cleared

FIGURE 12-86