exact API for java stand-alone application talk to servlet

[Ruilin Yang]

Hi
Please help me I would like to talk to a servlet from a java stand-alone application (richer graphic. What are exact API at both client side and the server side ?
Thanks
Ruilin Yang

[William Brogden]

On the client side you are looking at creating a URLConnection to the URL of a servlet, opening a stream, writing a request and reading a response stream. URLConnection is in the java.net package, part of the standard SDK library.
The alternative would be to open a socket, but URLConnection is simpler.
On the server side you are obviously talking about a class derived from HttpServlet. You can download Tomcat and get the API docs.
Bill

[Ruilin Yang]

William,
Thanks
That is great help. Furthermore I would like to get some code snipets at client program and also in the servlet.
Thanks again
Ruilin

[Roy Ben Ami]

try this link
it has code on applet-servlet communication.
im sure ull be able to turn it into application applet.

[Ruilin Yang]

Roy,
Thanks
It is good code. It is the same for java application with applet.
Regards,
Ruilin