Basic doubt on sevlets

[Vinod Chamoli]

Could any one of u pls explain me like what is the difference between
Generic servlet and Http servlet?
Thanks inadvance

[William Brogden]

The javax.servlet package provides only the service method which is not tied to a particular protocol.
If you want to write a servlet that can respond to browser requests, use the javax.servlet.http package HttpServlet as a base.

[Anonymous]

Hi,
U use sevice method o.k.My dout is how to call servlet from browser side.Can we use any proocol like ftp://www.servlet.com:21/servlet/...? Please clearify it.

[William Brogden]

Java servlets run in the context of a web server, Sun calls it a "Servlet container" - so how you address them depends on the web server. FTP protocol is something entirely different and doesn't go through a web server AFAIK.
With something like the Tomcat server you would send your browser to a URL
http://yourserver/servlet/servletalias
where the server maps servletalias to your servlet class.

[Anonymous]

Then, How can i call a protocol independent servlet without/with a browser.
Thanks inadvance.