checking which check boxes are selected using JAVA ( a jsp)

Question

I am trying to create a servlet that displays a simple form with checkboxes , when the user selects the number of checkboxes he wants and clicks on a \"confirm\" the POST re

Answer 1

In your servlet you would use getParameter() like so:

request.getParameter( "id_of_checkbox" )

That function returns null if the the box is not checked. So you could do something like:

boolean myCheckBox = request.getParameter( "id_of_checkbox" ) != null;

Now myCheckBox is true if checked, false if not checked.