This is a program of a web application for viewing patients information.

• Patient list: List all patients in the csv file.
• Search: Use keywords to search for patients. If multiple keywords are entered, the program will find the patients that includes all the keywords.
• Sort: In patient list and search page, the patient list can be sorted by a specified column in ascending or descending order.
• Patient info page: In patient list and search page, Click the patient ID to view the specific information about a patient.
• Statistics: View the statistics about patients.

• Java 25 (as configured in pom.xml)
• Maven 3.9+

• src/main/java — Java source code (including the embedded Tomcat bootstrap in uk.ac.ucl.main.Main)
• src/main/webapp — Static web resources and JSPs
• target — Build output (created by Maven)
• war-file — Packaged WAR output (created by Maven)

Build the project and produce a WAR file:

mvn clean package

This writes the WAR to war-file/.

First compile the project, then run the main class via Maven:

mvn clean compile exec:exec

By default the server starts on port 8080. Open:

http://localhost:8080

You can configure the server using system properties or environment variables:

• SERVER_PORT — Port to bind (default: 8080)
• WEBAPP_DIR — Web resources directory (default: src/main/webapp/)
• CLASSES_DIR — Compiled classes directory (default: target/classes)

Example (using environment variables):

SERVER_PORT=9090 mvn clean compile exec:exec