Call a Perl Script from JSP

Hi guys,
I am developing an online ticket booking system.
i have come toa point where i need to call a perl script from JSP.
please let me know how to do it.
Basically, i need to call a function in perl script from JSP in order to encrypt my information.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Chintan Shah

I haven't done this myself, but it seems like it is possible in Tomcat.
You can configure Tomcat to handle .cgi calls (it does this via a CGI servlet)
http://www.ftponline.com/javapro/2003_03/online/perl_teden_03_18_03/
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.0-doc/cgi-howto.html
Once this is set up, theoretically you should be able to then use requestdispatcher and forward/include a cgi script to invoke the perl.
I don't know if you are using Tomcat or not though... :-)

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    Vector restoreList = helper.getRestoreEntries();
    Vector restoreDates = helper.getRestoreDates();
    Vector restoreVersions = helper.getRestoreVersions();
    Vector filesStatus = helper.getBackupFilesStatus();
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    <tr>
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    <tfoot>
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    %>
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    <td><%= restoreVersions.elementAt(i) %></td>
    <td><%= filesStatus.elementAt(i) %></td>
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    <%
    %>
    </tbody>
    </table>
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    <% } %>
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    //============================================================================
    // Symbol Technologies P R O P R I E T A R Y S O U R C E C O D E
    // C O N F I D E N T I A L
    // Copyright (c) 2003 Symbol Technologies. All Rights Reserved.
    // All information contained herein is the property of Symbol Technologies,
    // or its Licensors, and are protected copyrights and trade secrets, and may
    // be covered by U.S. patents. Any reproduction or dissemination of any
    // portion of this document, of the software, or other works derived from it
    // is strictly forbidden unless prior written permission is obtained from
    // Symbol Technologies.
    //============================================================================
    package com.symbol.mss.sdf.services.backup;
    import java.io.*;
    import java.sql.Time;
    import java.text.DateFormat;
    import java.util.logging.FileHandler;
    import java.util.logging.Formatter;
    import java.util.logging.LogRecord;
    import java.lang.Process;
    import java.util.*;
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    import org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.LogEnabled;
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