Transferring a JSP application to a Windows CE device

Prerequisites

Before you transfer your JSP application to a device, complete the following tasks:

• Install JSP support on the device.
• Develop and test the application on the workstation.

Procedure

To transfer a JSP application to a Windows CE device:

1. Copy the database used by the application to the device, if it doesn't already exist on the device. Make sure to put the database in the directory that the application expects it to be in. That is, the directory specified by the URL that the application connects to.
2. Copy the application files to the directory specified for the JspPath property in MiniHttpConfig.properties for the device. If the application is in a subdirectory under JspPath on the workstation, create the same subdirectory structure under JspPath on the device. Use the following rules when copying the application files to the device:
   

   Table 5.
   

   File on the workstation	File to copy to the device
   <page>.jsp	<page>_jsp_.class
   <webapp>\web.xml	<webapp>\<webapp>_config_.class

   Notes:

   • The .class files to copy to the device are generated by the JSP processor when you run the application on the workstation. They are located in the same directory as the corresponding .jsp and web.xml files.
   • Your application may not include a web.xml file. Applications generated by WebSphere Studio Application Developer use a web.xml file.
   • The maximum length of a shortcut is 256 characters after the '#' character at the beginning of the file. To stay under the maximum length, copy the following WebSphere Studio Application Developer sample files to the root directory instead of the sample application's directory:
     • dbbeans.jar
     • any ViewBean class file

     To run applications generated by WebSphere Studio that use these files, the classpath in MiniHttpServer.lnk must include dbbeans.jar, as well as any directory that contains ViewBean class files.

   • Application files that are not .jsp or web.xml files should be copied to the device as well.

   For example, to copy the Visiting Nurse sample JSP application to the device:

   1. Copy the Visiting Nurse sample database to the device:
      1. Create the following directory structure on the device: \sample\data. This is the directory specified by the URL that the application connects to.
      2. Copy the contents of the <DB2Everyplace>\SDK\JSP\sample\data directory on the workstation to \sample\data on the device.
   2. Copy the application files to the device:
      1. Create the following directory structure on the device: \sample\jsp. This is the directory specified for JspPath in the default MiniHttpConfig.properties file.
      2. Create the subdirectory \VisitingNurse under \sample\jsp.
      3. Copy the following files to \sample\jsp\VisitingNurse:

         <DB2Everyplace>\SDK\JSP\sample\jsp\VisitingNurse\_schedule_jsp_.class
         <DB2Everyplace>\SDK\JSP\sample\jsp\VisitingNurse\_contact_jsp_.class
         <DB2Everyplace>\SDK\JSP\sample\jsp\VisitingNurse\_medrecord_jsp_.class
         <DB2Everyplace>\SDK\JSP\sample\jsp\VisitingNurse\_person_jsp_.class
         

Related tasks

• Setting up for JSP development on a Windows CE device

Related reference

• Supported JSP Version 1.1 subsets
• IBM custom tags for JSP application database access