/** * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet#doPost(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest, * javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse) */ @Override protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest p_request, HttpServletResponse p_response) throws ServletException, IOException { boolean usernameExists = true; ChatServer chatServer = new ChatServer(); try { usernameExists = chatServer.isExistingUsername(p_request.getParameter("username")); } catch (Exception exception) { } if (usernameExists) { p_response.setStatus(Constants.USERNAME_ALREADY_EXISTS_HTTP_STATUS_CODE); } else { p_response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK); } }