Is it possible to call doGet/doPost method from RequestDispatcher.forward ()

[Malli Raman]

Hi,
I have a HttpServlet (HelloWorld) with doGet and doPost method. But both behave differently ( for example: doGet will print "Inside doGet HelloWorld" and doPost will print "Inside doPost HelloWorld"). Using RequestDispatcher if I want to call this two methods seperately. I think by default it will call the doGet method. To call the doPost method what should i have to do?
RequestDispatcher requestDispatcher = getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher("/HelloWorld");
requestDispatcher.forward(request, response);

Thanks & Regards,
M.S.Raman

[Ben Dover]

Good question. Not sure if that is possible, maybe someone else has a solutoin. As a work around simply call doPost(req, res) from your doGet method. Keeping all your logic in doPost.

[William Brogden]

You are forwarding the entire request - the receiving servlet service method will look at the request to see if it is a GET or a POST. In order to change a request method, you have to change the request by wrapping it in a HttpServletRequestWrapper with a custom getMethod() that returns the method you want it to use.
Bill

[Malli Raman]

Originally posted by William Brogden:
You are forwarding the entire request - the receiving servlet service method will look at the request to see if it is a GET or a POST. In order to change a request method, you have to change the request by wrapping it in a HttpServletRequestWrapper with a custom getMethod() that returns the method you want it to use.
Bill

Thanks Louis Saha & William Brogden.
Regards,
M.S.Raman

[Ben Dover]

Yes, but that still doesn't allow one to CHANGE the get method from what it was originally. Which is what I think the original issue was about. there is no setMethod() method in HttpServletRequestWrapper