JTable alternative for JSP

I recently created an interactive Java Applet which communicates with the Googl开发者_JAVA技巧e Maps API on a web page. Unfortunately Applets are a thing of the past (in my opinion) and I now need to convert a web page using an Applet into a JSP page which does not require an Applet.

My question is whether or not an API exists which can alternatively perform the same functions as a JTable (e.g. get data from database and display interactively)? I apologize in advance if this is a dumb question, however I am fairly new to web development.

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There is a lot begged by your question such as:

Where is the database and what kind; is it local in the browser (SQLite) or remote?

If remote, do you have a web service that delivers the data via http request?

If not, and you are starting from scratch I would recommend looking at an AJAX helper like jQuery, MooTools or Dojo and Java Servlets/JSP/JSTL since you have a background in java.

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You can try Google Web Toolkit (GWT)

It is not exactly what you asking for, though. You code it as a Java Applet but using GWT's own subclasses and it gets translated into javascript.

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It may take some time to become familiar with a servlet-JSP approach. In the interim, consider converting your applet to a hybrid application, distributed via Java Web Start, as shown in this example.