Okay I am trying to get my program to read the users input as username and password and match it with my database if it is valid then i want it to move them on to the next page.

Problem is i dont know how to validate and once validated move to new page

I am using:
Netbeans 6.0
Derby Database

Here are my codes

page1.jsp:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- 
    Document   : Page1
    Created on : Jun 16, 2011, 1:30:26 PM
    Author     : sa456p
-->
<jsp:root version="2.1" xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" xmlns:jsp="http://java.sun.com/JSP/Page" xmlns:webuijsf="http://www.sun.com/webui/webuijsf">
    <jsp:directive.page contentType="text/html;charset=UTF-8" pageEncoding="UTF-8"/>
    <f:view>
        <webuijsf:page binding="#{Page1.page1}" id="page1">
            <webuijsf:html binding="#{Page1.html1}" id="html1">
                <webuijsf:head binding="#{Page1.head1}" id="head1">
                    <webuijsf:link binding="#{Page1.link1}" id="link1" url="/resources/stylesheet.css"/>
                </webuijsf:head>
                <webuijsf:body binding="#{Page1.body1}" id="body1" style="-rave-layout: grid">
                    <webuijsf:form binding="#{Page1.form1}" id="form1">
                        <webuijsf:label binding="#{Page1.label1}" id="label1" style="position: absolute; left: 72px; top: 120px" text="ATTUID: "/>
                        <webuijsf:textField binding="#{Page1.textField1}" id="textField1" style="position: absolute; left: 192px; top: 120px"/>
                        <webuijsf:label binding="#{Page1.label2}" id="label2" style="position: absolute; left: 72px; top: 168px" text="Password:"/>
                        <webuijsf:passwordField binding="#{Page1.passwordField1}" id="passwordField1" style="left: 192px; top: 168px; position: absolute"/>
                        <webuijsf:button actionExpression="#{Page1.button1_action}" binding="#{Page1.button1}" id="button1"
                            onClick="window.open(&quot;http://localhost:8080/DataboundComponents/faces/Page2.jsp&quot;);"
                            style="position: absolute; left: 168px; top: 240px" text="LOGIN"/>
                    </webuijsf:form>
                </webuijsf:body>
            </webuijsf:html>
        </webuijsf:page>
    </f:view>
</jsp:root>

java code:

/*
 * Page1.java
 *
 * Created on Jun 16, 2011, 1:30:26 PM
 */
 
package databoundcomponents;

import com.sun.rave.web.ui.appbase.AbstractPageBean;
import com.sun.webui.jsf.component.Body;
import com.sun.webui.jsf.component.Button;
import com.sun.webui.jsf.component.Form;
import com.sun.webui.jsf.component.Head;
import com.sun.webui.jsf.component.Html;
import com.sun.webui.jsf.component.Label;
import com.sun.webui.jsf.component.Link;
import com.sun.webui.jsf.component.Page;
import com.sun.webui.jsf.component.PasswordField;
import com.sun.webui.jsf.component.TextField;
import java.beans.Statement;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import javax.faces.FacesException;
import java.io.*;
import java.sql.*;
import java.util.*;


/**
 * <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>
 *
 * @author sa456p
 */
public class Page1 extends AbstractPageBean {
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Managed Component Definition">

    /**
     * <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 Label label1 = new Label();

    public Label getLabel1() {
        return label1;
    }

    public void setLabel1(Label l) {
        this.label1 = l;
    }
    private TextField textField1 = new TextField();

    public TextField getTextField1() {
        return textField1;
    }

    public void setTextField1(TextField tf) {
        this.textField1 = tf;
    }
    private Label label2 = new Label();

    public Label getLabel2() {
        return label2;
    }

    public void setLabel2(Label l) {
        this.label2 = l;
    }
    private PasswordField passwordField1 = new PasswordField();

    public PasswordField getPasswordField1() {
        return passwordField1;
    }

    public void setPasswordField1(PasswordField pf) {
        this.passwordField1 = pf;
    }
    private Button button1 = new Button();

    public Button getButton1() {
        return button1;
    }

    public void setButton1(Button b) {
        this.button1 = b;
    }

    // </editor-fold>

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

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

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

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

    public String button1_action() {
        // TODO: Process the action. Return value is a navigation
        // case name where null will return to the same page.
    
        return null;
    }

}
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