Getting started with the DHTML API

How to get an instance of DHTML API

Note that before you can use the following methods to get a DHTML API instance, firstly you need to import some relevant packages. For instance, jet.web.dhtml.* must be included here.

For local use

Both of the following methods can be used to get an instance of the DHTML API locally. The results of these two methods are exactly the same.

Method 1:
DHTMLClientService service = DHTMLServiceFactory.getDHTMLClientService(request);

Method 2:

HttpRptServer server;
if (System.getProperty(APIConst.REMOTE_DISPATCHER) == null) {
    server = HttpUtil.getHttpRptServer();
} else {
    server = RemoteDispatcherFactory.getInstance().getDispatchedServer(request);
}
DHTMLClientService service = (DHTMLClientService)server.getDHTMLClientService();

For RMI use

This method can be used to get an instance of DHTML API from a remote server (RMI).

HttpRptServer server;
if (System.getProperty(APIConst.REMOTE_DISPATCHER) == null) {
    server = HttpUtil.getHttpRptServer();
} else {
    server = RemoteDispatcherFactory.getInstance().getDispatchedServer(request);
}
DHTMLClientService service = server.getDHTMLClientService();