Page hits/requests-count

Hi All,

In this post we will discuss how to find/count number of user hits/requests  for a jsp page
One simple implementation is setting a variable to application scope and other is using a data base,text file etc.
We will implement this using jsp

Using JSP-

<%!int pageHits=0; %>

<%

// setting pageHits as application attribute.

application.setAttribute("pageVisits", pageHits);

pageHits=(Integer)application.getAttribute("pageVisits");

//For the first visit pageHits value will be zero

if(pageHits==0)

{

out.println("Welcome to java-recent,this is your first visit");

pageHits=1;

}

else

{

out.println("Welcome to java-recent,this is your re-visit");

pageHits++;

}

%>

<p>Total number of visits: <%= pageHits%></p>

Code explanation:-

• We have declared pageHits variable in declarative element
• Setting pageHits as application level attribute
• For first visit pageHits variable value will be zero

output at first visit:-

Welcome to java-recent,this is your first visit

Total number of visits: 1

output at subsequent visits:-
For second visit for the page the output will be like below

Welcome to java-recent,this is your re-visit
Total number of visits: 2


The hit count will be increased by one for each request

The count will be reset when we re-deploy/restart the application/server.