Difference between Generic Servlet and HTTP Servlet?
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Answer / guest
Generic servlet is Protocol independent
HTTP Servlet is protocol dependent
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Answer / b.s.anand
Generic Servlet does not contain doGet() and doPost()
methods,you have to provide your own implementation of doGet
() and doPost() methods where as HttpServlet has got doGet
() and doPost() methods which you have to override in your
implemented class
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Answer / shakti
1.Http servlet uses http protocol where as in generic
servlet it does not use the protocol.
2. There are two methods in Http protocol i.e doGet() and
doPost().
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Answer / venkata ramana chimmana
1.Http servlet uses http protocol where as in generic
servlet it does not use the protocol.This servlet we can
uses in application server and web server.This servlet also
supports the anothor protocols like Tcp-ip also.
2. There are two methods in Http protocol i.e doGet() and
doPost().This sevlet take HTTP requst only,and give Only
HTTP responce only.This type of servlets can handle only
web server.
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Answer / sagar kulkarni.
Http servlet is the sub class of Generic sevlet so all the
life cycle methods available in the generic servlets are
available to the Http servlets. Http servlets provides
methods that supports cookies,sessions etc.while generic
servlets are not. Http servlet request,Http servlet
responce methods extends generic servlet request,generic
servlet responce.
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Answer / javaguru
Thru Generic servlet we can establish Protocal indipendent Communication(mobile,PDA etc),where as Httpservlet provides only Client (browser),server communication thru Http protocal,in which keep track Session...
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Answer / sonia
GenericServlet belongs to javax.servlet package
GenericServlet is an abstract class which extends Object and
implements Servlet, ServletConfig and java.io.Serializable
interfaces.
The direct subclass to GenericServlet is HttpServlet.It is a
protocol-independent servlet.
To write a GenericServlet you need abstract service() to be
overridden.
HttpServlet:
HttpServlet belongs to javax.servlet.http package
This is an abstract class which extends GenericServlet and
implements java.io.Serializable
A subclass of HttpServlet must override at least one method
of doGet(), doPost(),doPut(), doDelete(), init(), destroy(),
getServletInfo()
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Answer / sudha rani
A GenericServlet has a service() method aimed to handle
requests. HttpServlet extends GenericServlet and adds
support for doGet(), doPost(), doHead() methods (HTTP 1.0)
plus doPut(), doOptions(), doDelete(), doTrace() methods
(HTTP 1.1).
Both these classes are abstract.
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Answer / ankit sinhal
GenericServlet is might not used be for the http services and may be used for the FTP services , and it is protocol independant where as HttpServlet is Protocol dependant.In GenericServlets you cannot use Cookies or HttpSession.Session tracking is not possible, redirection is not possible. Http servlets overrides doGet and doPost methods. Generic servlet overides service method. Generic servlet is used for small data transfer whereas HttpServlet is used for huge data transfer.
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