how to access an external server thriugh a jsp?

[Preeti Aggarwal]

I want to access an external server through a jsp? can i do it via using pageContext.include() or response.sendRedirect()?
I also want to check whether the web server is running on that external server or not?Condition is we can't change or add any file on the external server.

[brisk rook]

preeti,
i use response.sendRedirect() and it works pretty good....
like this...
response.sendRedirect("http://bkn001:8080/myApps/newpage1.jsp");
br

[Sarath Mohan]

Preeti,
If you want to check whether external server is alive and access resource from that server, try these classes
java.net.HttpURLConnection
bin