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<!DOCTYPE HTML>
    <html>
    <head>
    <title>Login</title>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
    </head>
    <body>
        <div>
            <form method="POST" action="validate.jsp">
                User: <input type="text" name="typed_username"><br><br>
                Password: <input type="password" name="typed_password" ><br><br>
                <button type="submit">Login</button>
            </form>
        </div>
    </body>
    </html>

<%@page contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8"%>
    <%@page pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
    <%@page import="java.util.*"%>

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
    <title>Validation</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />
    <link rel="icon" href="favicon.png">
    </head>
    <body>
        <div>
            <%
            String user = request.getParameter("typed_username");
            String pass = request.getParameter("typed_password");

            if(user == null){
                out.println("User field is null.");
                return;
            }
    out.println(user);/*This prints the username but the "if" always returns null*/

            if(pass == null){
                out.println("Password field is null.");
                return;
            }

            %>
        </div>
    </body>