How to prevent duplicate entries while refreshing?

Question

I have an index.jsp page where I have a form where the user enters some data that gets stored in the database using a Controller servlet.

I want to disp

Answer 1

I thought of using POST-REDIRECT-GET pattern but the problem is when I redirect I don't get those data to be displayed using JSTL.

Just send a request parameter along identifying the information you'd like to display in the new GET request.

// ...
Long id = dataService.save(data);
// ...
response.sendRedirect(request.getContextPath() + "/index?editId=" + id);

and then in the servlet which is mapped on an URL pattern of /index

@Override
protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
    Long editId = Long.valueOf(request.getParameter("editId")); // Handle nullcheck yourself.
    Data editData = dataService.find(editId);
    request.setAttribute("editData", editData); // For the edit form.
    List allData = dataService.list();
    request.setAttribute("allData", allData); // For the table/list of all data.
    request.getRequestDispatcher("/index.jsp").forward(request, response);
}