String state = request.getParameter("state");
Context env = null;
Abbrev abbrev = null;
AbbrevHome home = null;
try{
env = (Context) new InitialContext();
Object localH = env.lookup("AbbrevHome");
home = (AbbrevHome) PortableRemoteObject.narrow(localH, AbbrevHome.class);
//close the InitialContext
env.close();
if (home == null)
throw new ServletException("AbbrevHome is an unknown JNDI object");
abbrev = (Abbrev) PortableRemoteObject.narrow(home.create(), Abbrev.class);
} catch (NamingException ne) {
try{ env.close();} catch (NamingException nex) { }
throw new ServletException(ne);
} catch (javax.ejb.CreateException ce) {
throw new ServletException(ce);
}
//set the MIME type of the response, "text/html"
response.setContentType("text/html");
//use a PrintWriter send text data to the client who has requested the servlet
java.io.PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
//Begin assembling the HTML content
out.println("<html><head>");
out.println("<title>State abbreviations</title></head><body>");
out.println("<h2>Here is the state's abbreviation</h2>");
if (state != null)
out.println( abbrev.getAbbreviation(state.toUpperCase()) );
try{
abbrev.remove();
} catch (javax.ejb.RemoveException re){}
out.println("</body></html>");
out.close();
