Send data from servlet to jsp, display in html table.

JSP pages are compiled into servlets by the container, so they are servlets in the end and you can use Java Code in them. So there is no need to use JSON as transfer format like you would do when you want to interpret your data with Javascript. JSPs are evaluated at server side.

So, I would do it like this:

• In your servlet, retreive the data
• Forward the request to the JSP (this happens on server-side; the client (browser) does not recognise this step like in a redirection)
• Build the table in the JSP (and render the response)

Servlet code:

public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)             
                  throws ServletException, IOException {
    List<MyObject> listData = ...; // however you get the data
    // set the attribute in the request to access it on the JSP
    request.setAttribute("listData", listData);
    RequestDispatcher rd = getServletContext()
                               .getRequestDispatcher("/path/to/page.jsp");
    rd.forward(request, response);
}

JSP (using JSTL taglib):

<%@ taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" %>
<!-- html, head and starting body tag ... -->
<table>
    <c:forEach var="element" items="${listData}">
        <tr>
            <td>${element.abc}</td> 
            <td>${element.def}</td> 
            <td>${element.ghi}</td>
        </tr> 
    </c:forEach>
</table>

Where MyObject is an object that holds instance variables abc, def and ghi and has getter-methods for them.

Note that you need the JSTL jar (which can be downloaded here) in your WEB-INF/lib folder if you do not have it already.