HttpServletRequest
and
HttpServletResponse
HttpServletRequest interface
• HttpServletRequest interface extends the ServletRequest interface to provide
request information for HTTP servlets.
• The servlet container creates an HttpServletRequest object and passes it as an
argument to the servlet's service methods (doGet, doPost, etc).
• The HttpServletRequest breaks a request down into parsed elements, such as
request URI, query arguments and headers.
• Various get methods allow you to access different parts of the request.
Request-URI
Parameters
Attributes
1) requestURI:- The requestURI deals with the URL sent by the browser.
For example:
http://localhost:8080/MyWebApplication/personal/info/top.html?info=intro
GetRequestURI -
• String uri = request.getRequestURI();
/MyWebApplication/personal/info/top.html
• String contextPath = request.getContextPath(); GetContextPath - /MyWebApplication
• String servletPath = request.getServletPath(); GetServletPath - /personal
GetPathInfo - /info/top.html
• String pathInfo = request.getPathInfo();
GetPathTranslated - /www/docs/info/top.html
HttpServletResponse
• The HttpServletResponse interface extends the ServletResponse interface
to provide HTTP-specific functionality in sending a response.
• HttpServletResponse helps us to send data back to web browser. e.g. set
cookies, session, data, etc.
• For example, it has methods to access HTTP headers and cookies.
• The servlet container creates an HttpServletResponse object and passes it
as an argument to the servlet's service methods (doGet, doPost, etc).
Web.xml
• The welcome-file-list element of web-app is used to define a list of welcome files.
• Its sub element is welcome-file that is used to define the welcome file.
• A welcome file is the file that is invoked automatically by the server, if you don't specify any file name.
• By default server looks for the welcome file in following order:
<web-app>
1. welcome-file-list in web.xml
....
2. index.html
<welcome-file-list>
3. index.htm
<welcome-file>home.html</welcome-file>
4. index.jsp
<welcome-file>default.html</welcome-file>
If none of these files are found, server renders 404 error. </welcome-file-list>
</web-app>
• Establishing aliases: associate servlet name to actual path of
servlet (fully qualified path of Servlet)
• Mapping: associates a URL to a servlet name
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Demo</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>com.tech.Demo</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Demo</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/Welcome</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
