Doubt in servlet

[jai gurudev]

hi,

any body clear my doubt.

1)can we declare constructor in servlet
2)how to do FTP using Servlet-give some code examples
3)how servlet is calling init() method since it is not a Static method,it is calling directly

regards

jaigurudev

[smitha verghese]

1)can we declare constructor in servlet
Its not possible to have a constructor since life cycle of a servlet is design having init, service and destroy

2)how to do FTP using Servlet-give some code examples
try search in google or hope this helps
http://www.planetsourcecode.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=2955&lngWId=2

3)how servlet is calling init() method since it is not a Static method,it is calling directly

servlet's init method will be invoked at its first hit /request.
Note: doesnt get invoked all time u request for the servlet


Hope this helps
smitha

[Bear Bibeault]

Its not possible to have a constructor

It is most certainly possible to have a constructor. it's just not a good idea to try to use it to perform any initialization because the base class will call the init() function when it is ready for you to perform your servlet-specific initialization (making constructs like ServletConfig available).