这是一个类似于google自动补全的例子,挺长的,很容易打错,我调试了大半天才调出来,希望大家能用上。这个功能在表示层与用户交互的时候很有用,很人性化,很好的诠释了AJAX的异步的特点。
jsp部分如下:

<%...@ page language="java" import="java.util.*" pageEncoding="gb2312"%>

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Ajax Auto Complete!</title>

<style type="text/css">...

.mouseOut{...}{
background: #708090;
color: #FFFAFA;
}

.mouseOver{...}{
background: #FFFAFA;
color: #000000;
}
</style>

<script type="text/javascript">...
var xmlHttp;
var completeDiv;
var inputField;
var nameTable;
var nameTableBody;

function createXMLHttpRequest()...{

if(window.ActiveXObject)...{
xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");

}else if(window.XMLHttpRequest)...{
xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
}

function initVars()...{
inputField=document.getElementById("names");
nameTable=document.getElementById("name_table");
completeDiv=document.getElementById("popup");
nameTableBody=document.getElementById("name_table_body");
}

function findNames()...{
initVars();

if(inputField.value.length>0)...{
createXMLHttpRequest();
var url="/ajaxWeb/AutoCompleteServlet.do?names="+escape(inputField.value);
xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true);
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=callback;
xmlHttp.send(null);


}else...{
clearNames();
}
}

function callback()...{

if(xmlHttp.readyState==4)...{

if(xmlHttp.status==200)...{
var name=xmlHttp.responseXML.getElementsByTagName("name")[0].firstChild.data;
//alert(name);
setNames(xmlHttp.responseXML.getElementsByTagName("name"));

} else if (xmlHttp.status==204)...{
clearNames();
}
}
}

function setNames(the_names)...{
//alert("1.the_names="+the_names.length);
//alert("=1=");
clearNames();
//alert("=2=");
var size=the_names.length;
//alert("2.the_names="+size);
//setOffsets()设置下拉框的属性
setOffsets();
var row,cell,txtNode,tbody;

for(var i=0;i<size;i++)...{
var nextNode=the_names[i].firstChild.data;
//tbody = document.createElement("tbody");
row=document.createElement("tr");
cell=document.createElement("td");
txtNode=document.createTextNode(nextNode);
//cell的属性设置

//===================================

cell.onmouseout=function()...{this.className='mouseOver';}

cell.onmouseover=function()...{this.className='mouseOut';}
cell.setAttribute("bgcolor","green");
cell.setAttribute("border","0");

cell.onclick=function()...{populateName(this);}
//===================================
//alert("=3=");
nameTableBody.appendChild(row);
row.appendChild(cell);
cell.appendChild(txtNode);
//alert("=4=");
//===================================
}
}

function setOffsets()...{
var end=inputField.offsetWidth;
var left=calculateOffsetLeft(inputField);
var top=calculateOffsetTop(inputField)+inputField.offsetHeight;
completeDiv.style.border="black 1px solid"
completeDiv.style.left=left+"px";
completeDiv.style.top=top+"px";
nameTable.style.width=end+"px";
}

function calculateOffsetLeft(field)...{
return calculateOffset(field,"offsetLeft");
}

function calculateOffsetTop(field)...{
return calculateOffset(field,"offsetTop");
}

function calculateOffset(field,attr)...{
var offset=0;

while(field)...{
offset+=field[attr];
field=field.offsetParent;
}
return offset;
}

function populateName(cell)...{
inputField.value=cell.firstChild.nodeValue;
clearNames();
}

function clearNames()...{
var ind=nameTableBody.childNodes.length;
//alert("1.下拉菜单个数="+ind);

for(var i=ind-1;i>=0;i--)...{
nameTableBody.removeChild(nameTableBody.childNodes[i]);
}
ind=nameTableBody.childNodes.length;
//alert("2.下拉菜单个数="+ind);
completeDiv.style.border="none";
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Ajax AutoComplete Example!</h1>
Names : <input type="text" id="names" size="20" onkeyup="findNames();" style="height:20;" />
<div style="position:absolute;" id="popup">
<table id="name_table" bgcolor="#FFFAFA" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tbody id="name_table_body"></tbody>
</table>
</div>
</body>
</html>

这是两个类:AutoCompleteServlet和NameService
package com.ajax;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.*;

import javax.servlet.ServletConfig;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.apache.struts.action.Action;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMapping;


public class AutoCompleteServlet extends Action ...{
private List names=new ArrayList();

...{
names.add("abe");
names.add("Abc");
names.add("Abigail");
names.add("Abnig");
names.add("Ainni");
names.add("Marry");
names.add("Marcy");
names.add("Marge");
names.add("Marie");
}

/**//* public void init() {
System.out.println("===========>1.测试");
names.add("abe");
names.add("Abc");
names.add("Abigail");
names.add("Abnig");
names.add("Ainni");
names.add("Marry");
names.add("Marcy");
names.add("Marge");
names.add("Marie");
}*/
public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form,

HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException ...{
//init();
System.out.println("===========>3.测试");
String prefix=request.getParameter("names");
NameService service=NameService.getInstance(names);
System.out.println("===========>5.测试");
List matching=service.findNames(prefix);

if(matching.size()>0)...{
PrintWriter out=response.getWriter();
response.setContentType("text/xml");
response.setHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
out.println("<response>");
Iterator iter=matching.iterator();

while(iter.hasNext())...{
String name=(String) iter.next();
out.println("<name>"+name+"</name>");
}
out.println("</response>");
matching=null;
service=null;
out.close();

}else...{
response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_NO_CONTENT);
}
return null;
}
}

package com.ajax;

import java.util.*;


public class NameService ...{
private List names;

private NameService(List list_of_names)...{
System.out.println("===========>4.测试");
this.names=list_of_names;
}

public static NameService getInstance(List list_of_names)...{
return new NameService(list_of_names);
}

public List findNames(String prefix)...{
String prefix_upper=prefix.toUpperCase();
List matches=new ArrayList();
Iterator iter=names.iterator();

while(iter.hasNext())...{
String name=(String) iter.next();
String name_upper_case=name.toUpperCase();

if(name_upper_case.startsWith(prefix_upper))...{
boolean result=matches.add(name);
}
}
return matches;
}
}
