Change cursor to hourglass

i want to change cursor to hourglass when a new servlet is loading. working of my program is that on click of submit,the present servlet unloads and a new servlet is loaded.this new servlet takes time. so i can't write the code in prevoius servlet for cursor and the new servlet which is being loaded changes cursor to hourglass only after fully loading. please help me in this regard

Write the javascript, flush the output stream, and the hourglass should be shown right away...
note: You should write some stuff before the javascript -- send some text maybe the top of the output page. IE has some internal buffer you have to fill up before server-side flushing works.
Again: You should make sure you send the javascript and flush before you start processing.
Also: You will not be able to do a send redirect if you use this approach. If this is not satisfactory, you could try using one of the "Please Wait" mechanisms described on this site (use the forum or google search for JSP "Please Wait" to find them) to do the job.

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import javafx.concurrent.WorkerStateEvent;
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