Opening an URL in background

Question

Hi everybody,
In my application, I have to open an URL to run a method on the server via a simple JSP page. But I don't want that the user sees this page (no IE window open).
Is that possible? I have tried to auto-close the window, but depending on the user's settings it will ask him if yes or not he wants to close the window :(

Answer 1

If you are using java client then you can use some java code to call the url and make a get request. Based on the result, you can proceed.
You can use apache commons HttpClient to make http request to URL. OR
URL url = new URL(your url);
URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
String line; while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
//your business logic
}