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Servlet Tutorial
Introduction to Servlets:
Java servlets are small, platform-independent Java programs that can be used to extend the functionality of a
Web server in variety of ways.
Small java programs compiled to bytecode that can be loaded dynamically and that extends the capabilities of
the host.
A client program , which could be a web browser or some other program that can make connections across
the internet, accesses a web server and makes a request.
This request is processed by the servlet engine that runs with the web server , which returns response to a
servlet.
the servlet in turn sends a response in HTTP form to the client.
In functionality servlets lie somewhere between Common Gateway Interface (CGI) programs.
What is Servlet?
Servlet is a java based web technology to develop server side programs to make a web site interactive.
Servlet ia an API.
A collection of library interfaces and classes of two pavkages is nothing but servlet API.
javax.servelt.
javax.servlet.http
A collection of library methods of above two packages is nothing but servlet API.
Servlet is specification.
Servlet is a J2EE technology.