Glossary search

Hi all,
i have a Jsp page. It has Glossary A B C D E F G .................... X Y Z. These are all hyperlink. so user clicks A and same page opens up glossary for A at the bottom of the page. This is happening using Javascript. so no form submission on clicking A. It is all client side javascript.
Now, we want to add more functionality. We want to give a search box on this page. and let user type for example "payment" in textfield and click GO button. and then all the search results A ........... Z having keyword payment showsup as search links at the bottom for user to click.
How can i implement such search functionality ?
Any pointers appreciated.
thanks
pp

ok.
My page is Jsp page
I dont mind using Java code in Jsp page (scriplets) which would result into glossary search.
or better will have a Java class that do the search on entire glossary and then call that class instance in Jsp with the results.
so I really do NOT want to rely on javascript for the search functionality and hope java would come handy.
hope that explains my req :-)

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