Java tutorial
import java.io.IOException; import java.io.PrintWriter; 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 CounterRewrite extends HttpServlet { static final String COUNTER_KEY = "Counter.count"; public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws ServletException, IOException { HttpSession session = req.getSession(true); resp.setContentType("text/html"); PrintWriter out = resp.getWriter(); int count = 1; Integer i = (Integer) session.getAttribute(COUNTER_KEY); if (i != null) { count = i.intValue() + 1; } session.setAttribute(COUNTER_KEY, new Integer(count)); out.println("<html>"); out.println("<head>"); out.println("<title>Session Counter</title>"); out.println("</head>"); out.println("<body>"); out.println("Your session ID is <b>" + session.getId()); out.println("</b> and you have hit this page <b>" + count + "</b> time(s) during this browser session"); String url = req.getRequestURI(); out.println("<form method=GET action=\"" + resp.encodeURL(url) + "\">"); out.println("<input type=submit " + "value=\"Hit page again\">"); out.println("</form>"); out.println("</body>"); out.println("</html>"); out.flush(); } }