doGet invocation

[Ronan Dowd]

Hi All,

Looking at the sample exam at http://www.cafe4java.com/mockexams/scwcd/mock1/q4.php
The correct answers that it gives are A, B and C.
It says that 'D' is incorrect because "...'doGet' is not a valid option for the attribute 'method' of tag 'form'. The correct value is 'GET'..."

I thought that it the value for the 'method' was anything which wasn't valid and recognized, i.e values such as 'blah' or 'doGet' or 'GGET' (mis-spelt) that it defaults to 'GET' in this case ?

Any thoughts would be great.
Cheers. Ro

[Mohamed Sanaulla]

Ronan Dowd wrote:I thought that it the action was anything which wasn't valid and recognized, i.e values such as 'blah' or 'doGet' or 'GGET' (mis-spelt) that it defaults to 'GET' in this case ?

I think when not mentioned it defaults to GET. Otherwise it will complain that the type of method is not identified or not known.

[Frits Walraven]

Hi Ronan,

It says that 'D' is incorrect because "...'doGet' is not a valid option for the attribute 'method' of tag 'form'. The correct value is 'GET'..."
I thought that it the value for the 'method' was anything which wasn't valid and recognized

The answer to this lies in the specifications: what is mentioned about handing requests with a unknown method? Actually nothing (at least I couldn't find anything).
The behaviour you are seeing makes sense, but it is not mandated by the specs. You shouldn't get a question like this on the exam.

Regards,
Frits