What are doGet and doPost methods?

What are doGet and doPost methods?

The doGet() method is used for getting the information from server while the doPost() method is used for sending information to the server.

What is a doGet?

doGet(): this method is designed to get response context from web resource by sending limited amount of input data, this response contains response header, response body. doPot(): this method is designed to send unlimited amount of data along with the request to web resource.

How use both doGet and doPost in servlet?

You should use doGet() when you want to intercept on HTTP GET requests. You should use doPost() when you want to intercept on HTTP POST requests. That’s all. Do not port the one to the other or vice versa (such as in Netbeans’ unfortunate auto-generated processRequest() method).

What is HttpServlet explain the methods of HttpServlet?

HttpServlet methods

Methods Description
void doDelete(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) This method allows a Servlet to handle the delete request.
void doOptions(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) This method allows a Servlet to handle the options request.

What is doPost method in servlet?

doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) Called by the server (via the service method) to allow a servlet to handle a POST request. protected void. doPut(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) Called by the server (via the service method) to allow a servlet to handle a PUT request.

What is GenericServlet?

GenericServlet is an abstract class which implements Servlet and ServletConfig interface. GenericServlet class can also be used to create a Servlet. GenericServlet class is part of the Servlet API and the full path to import this class is javax. servlet. GenericServlet.

Is it possible to move the Doget method from doPost?

For more details on those methods see our servlet tag wiki. The example mean all the request whether it is GET or POST it will be going to be handle by the single method.You can move the doPost code to doGet and call doGet method from doPost ,thr will be no issue. I know it’s old, but still…

Should I use Doget() or doPost() when intercepting HTTP requests?

You should use doGet () when you want to intercept on HTTP GET requests. You should use doPost () when you want to intercept on HTTP POST requests. That’s all. Do not port the one to the other or vice versa (such as in Netbeans’ unfortunate auto-generated processRequest () method). This makes no utter sense.

Could the author have made doPost call Doget instead of Doget?

The author could EITHER have made doPost call doGet OR doGet call doPost, since both are intended do the same task. It makes no difference which one he or she chose. – Dawood ibn Kareem Feb 20 ’14 at 18:01.

What is the use of Doget() method in servlet?

If a Servlet is listening on the URL in question, then its doGet () method will be called. It’s usually used to preprocess a request. I.e. doing some business stuff before presenting the HTML output from a JSP, such as gathering data for display in a table.

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