Java tutorial
import javax.servlet.ServletException; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse; import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession; public class AutoServlet extends HttpServlet { public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, java.io.IOException { //client browser will request the page every 60 seconds HttpSession session = request.getSession(); Long times = (Long) session.getAttribute("times"); if (times == null) session.setAttribute("times", new Long(0)); long temp = 1; if (times != null) temp = (times.longValue()) + 1; if (temp < 5) response.addHeader("Refresh", "15"); response.setContentType("text/html"); java.io.PrintWriter out = response.getWriter(); out.println("<html><head><title>Client Refresh</title></head><body>"); //More HTML or dynamic content out.println("You've viewed this page " + temp + " times."); session.setAttribute("times", new Long(temp)); out.println("</body></html>"); } //end doGet }