I am using JAVA studio creator and I am having a hard time understanding how to add a page hit counter that uses the ApplicationBean. I am just trying to create a simple JSP that shows how many times the page has been visited. ANY help on where to get started with this would be very much appreciated. My code so far is as follows:

/*
 * Page1.java
 *
 * Created on January 17, 2008, 5:42 PM
 * Copyright Michelle
 */
package pagehitcounter;

import com.sun.rave.web.ui.appbase.AbstractPageBean;
import com.sun.rave.web.ui.component.Body;
import com.sun.rave.web.ui.component.Form;
import com.sun.rave.web.ui.component.Head;
import com.sun.rave.web.ui.component.Html;
import com.sun.rave.web.ui.component.Link;
import com.sun.rave.web.ui.component.Page;
import javax.faces.FacesException;
import com.sun.rave.web.ui.component.StaticText;

/**
 * <p>Page bean that corresponds to a similarly named JSP page.  This
 * class contains component definitions (and initialization code) for
 * all components that you have defined on this page, as well as
 * lifecycle methods and event handlers where you may add behavior
 * to respond to incoming events.</p>
 */
public class Page1 extends AbstractPageBean {
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Creator-managed Component Definition">
    private int __placeholder;

    /**
     * <p>Automatically managed component initialization.  <strong>WARNING:</strong>
     * This method is automatically generated, so any user-specified code inserted
     * here is subject to being replaced.</p>
     */
    private void _init() throws Exception {
    }

    private Page page1 = new Page();

    public Page getPage1() {
        return page1;
    }

    public void setPage1(Page p) {
        this.page1 = p;
    }

    private Html html1 = new Html();

    public Html getHtml1() {
        return html1;
    }

    public void setHtml1(Html h) {
        this.html1 = h;
    }

    private Head head1 = new Head();

    public Head getHead1() {
        return head1;
    }

    public void setHead1(Head h) {
        this.head1 = h;
    }

    private Link link1 = new Link();

    public Link getLink1() {
        return link1;
    }

    public void setLink1(Link l) {
        this.link1 = l;
    }

    private Body body1 = new Body();

    public Body getBody1() {
        return body1;
    }

    public void setBody1(Body b) {
        this.body1 = b;
    }

    private Form form1 = new Form();

    public Form getForm1() {
        return form1;
    }

    public void setForm1(Form f) {
        this.form1 = f;
    }

    private StaticText introduction = new StaticText();

    public StaticText getIntroduction() {
        return introduction;
    }

    public void setIntroduction(StaticText st) {
        this.introduction = st;
    }

    private StaticText numberOfHits = new StaticText();

    public StaticText getNumberOfHits() {
        return numberOfHits;
    }

    public void setNumberOfHits(StaticText st) {
        this.numberOfHits = st;
    }

    private StaticText totalCookieCount = new StaticText();

    public StaticText getTotalCookieCount() {
        return totalCookieCount;
    }

    public void setTotalCookieCount(StaticText st) {
        this.totalCookieCount = st;
    }

    // </editor-fold>


    /** 
     * <p>Construct a new Page bean instance.</p>
     */
    public Page1() {
    }

    /** 
     * <p>Return a reference to the scoped data bean.</p>
     */
    protected ApplicationBean1 getApplicationBean1() {
        return (ApplicationBean1)getBean("ApplicationBean1");
    }


    /** 
     * <p>Return a reference to the scoped data bean.</p>
     */
    protected RequestBean1 getRequestBean1() {
        return (RequestBean1)getBean("RequestBean1");
    }


    /** 
     * <p>Return a reference to the scoped data bean.</p>
     */
    protected SessionBean1 getSessionBean1() {
        return (SessionBean1)getBean("SessionBean1");
    }


    /** 
     * <p>Callback method that is called whenever a page is navigated to,
     * either directly via a URL, or indirectly via page navigation.
     * Customize this method to acquire resources that will be needed
     * for event handlers and lifecycle methods, whether or not this
     * page is performing post back processing.</p>
     * 
     * <p>Note that, if the current request is a postback, the property
     * values of the components do <strong>not</strong> represent any
     * values submitted with this request.  Instead, they represent the
     * property values that were saved for this view when it was rendered.</p>
     */
    public void init() {
        // Perform initializations inherited from our superclass
        super.init();
        // Perform application initialization that must complete
        // *before* managed components are initialized
        // TODO - add your own initialiation code here

        // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Creator-managed Component Initialization">
        // Initialize automatically managed components
        // *Note* - this logic should NOT be modified
        try {
            _init();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log("Page1 Initialization Failure", e);
            throw e instanceof FacesException ? (FacesException) e: new FacesException(e);
        }
        // </editor-fold>
        // Perform application initialization that must complete
        // *after* managed components are initialized
        // TODO - add your own initialization code here

    }

    /** 
     * <p>Callback method that is called after the component tree has been
     * restored, but before any event processing takes place.  This method
     * will <strong>only</strong> be called on a postback request that
     * is processing a form submit.  Customize this method to allocate
     * resources that will be required in your event handlers.</p>
     */
    public void preprocess() {
    }

    /** 
     * <p>Callback method that is called just before rendering takes place.
     * This method will <strong>only</strong> be called for the page that
     * will actually be rendered (and not, for example, on a page that
     * handled a postback and then navigated to a different page).  Customize
     * this method to allocate resources that will be required for rendering
     * this page.</p>
     */
    public void prerender() {
    }

    /** 
     * <p>Callback method that is called after rendering is completed for
     * this request, if <code>init()</code> was called (regardless of whether
     * or not this was the page that was actually rendered).  Customize this
     * method to release resources acquired in the <code>init()</code>,
     * <code>preprocess()</code>, or <code>prerender()</code> methods (or
     * acquired during execution of an event handler).</p>
     */
    public void destroy() {
    }
}

I do not think anybody will go trought that code, I see you tried to place it between code tags but you got it wrong it should be as follows [code]YOUR CODE HERE[/code].
I do not see reason why you wish to manualy code hit counter in Java when you can get plugin for so many sites, but here it goes. Just simple search on google got many results, already first link look promising. good luck with it...

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