5.7. Sneak preview

So that it’s clear what the Prestige Bike Hire application does, let’s look at some typical interactions between a user and the system, using the browser-based user interface.

On invoking the application as a user, the ‘welcome’ page (Figure 5.4) is displayed.

Figure 5.4. The Prestige Bike Hire application welcome page, viewed in Netscape Navigator.

Note that the user has not been asked to log in yet. The welcome page, and the other general information pages, have no security restrictions, so the Web container does not need to authenticate the client.

The user may begin making a reservation and browsing the list of motorcycle ...

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