HTTP server and Web Server

[shivani anand]

Hi!
I wanted to know
1. is HTTP server and web server are same thing ?
2. How applet communicates with servelet?
shivani

[Scott Stirling]

1. Yes
2. It's up to you. Usually via URLConnections and ObjectStreams (if sending objects). Depends on what kind of data you're sending back and forth. Could also use HTTP or RMI.

[Alan Shore]

For the Applet to Servlet communication, check out Jason Hunter's "Java Servlet Programming" Chapter 10. You can get the source code here: http://www.servlets.com/jsp/examples/ch10/index.html
This example uses a HttpMessage object written by Hunter. You can download any helper classes from the Hunter's main page http://www.servlets.com
[This message has been edited by Glen Tanner (edited March 06, 2001).]

[Malu Sivasankar]

Pl. read this article @
webbasics
for web server basics

[Carl Trusiak]

You can also look at the ObjectServlet example in the JavaRanch common package
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Hope This Helps
Carl Trusiak

[ken chou]

For the Applet and Servlet Communication, take a look at this link: http://www.j-nine.com/pubs/applet2servlet/