I would like to pass a Javascript value to a Java function in JSP. How can I do that? The id es from a bobox in JSP via Javascript. I will get the ID from ComboBox and send it to Java function as parameter to get the Java result.

function Display()
{
   var IdFromCB = (document.getElementById("MListSelect")).value;
   //CALL JAVA FUNCTION HERE BY USING IdFromCB as function parameter
   //'<% getSomething(-----IdFromCB-----);%>'

}

Thanks,Mark

I would like to pass a Javascript value to a Java function in JSP. How can I do that? The id es from a bobox in JSP via Javascript. I will get the ID from ComboBox and send it to Java function as parameter to get the Java result.

function Display()
{
   var IdFromCB = (document.getElementById("MListSelect")).value;
   //CALL JAVA FUNCTION HERE BY USING IdFromCB as function parameter
   //'<% getSomething(-----IdFromCB-----);%>'

}

Thanks,Mark

• java
• javascript
• ajax
• jsp
• parameters

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• Karan, Please go through the lifecycle of JSP to better understand why it is not possible. – Batakj Commented Dec 19, 2013 at 9:31

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You cannot make a server call directly. You need to make a server request.

javascript plays on client side and JSP plays on server side.

What you need is you have to make a server request. And send that string as a query parameter.

Two options to achieve this.

• HTML forms
• Ajax.

Do not confuse that JSP and java script existed on same document(or file). Yes but JSP part piles on server side and JavaScript executes by browser.

Javascript statements are rendered by Browsers and executed as client program.

In your case if you want execute a java code based on selection of html ponent, you would need to use ajax call .

You can find quick example here

A Simple AJAX with JSP example

http://www.programming-free./2013/03/ajax-fetch-data-from-database-in-jsp.html