Status 405 - HTTP method GET is not supported by this URL

Hi,
I am reading HF servlet jsp book.I want to run the Code in chapter 8 and I am getting HTTP method GET is not supported by this URL

error while ...

servlet code is:

public class PersonObject extends HttpServlet
{
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws
IOException, ServletException{
Person p = new Person();
p.setName("Evan");

request.setAttribute("person", p);

RequestDispatcher view = request.getRequestDispatcher("/result.jsp");
view.forward(request, response);

}
}

person class:
public class Person
{
private String name;
public String getName(){return name;
}
public void setName(String name){
this.name= name;
}
}

result.jsp
<html><body>
Person is : <%= request.getAttribute("person") %>
</body></html>
web.xml

<web-app>
<servlet-name>PersonObject</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>PersonObject</servlet-class>

</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>PersonObject</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/PersonObject.do</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

I wrote servlet code and everything like that and I tried to open servlet page using this url [URL=http://localhost:8080/HFchapter5/PersonObject.do]

but I am getting error like this
HTTP Status 405 - HTTP method GET is not supported by this URL
message HTTP method GET is not supported by this URL

Can anybody explain me where I did wrong?
Thak you

You didn't override the doGet method.

Jyothi,
Allow me to elaborate on what Ben said.

The "PersonObject" class needs to have a "doGet()" method.
If you want the "doGet()" method to do exactly the same thing as the "doPost()" method does, then your "doGet()" method can simply be:

Good Luck,
Avi.

Just one more point -

using this url [URL=http://localhost:8080/HFchapter5/PersonObject.do]

always causes a GET type request. The typical way to do a POST type request is with an HTML form where the form tag has method="POST"

Thank you everybody. Now Servlet is working.

Hi, That one is worked when we use string Attribute. But when I tried to access JavaBean class jsp can't access the bean class.
I am using Eclipse and Tomcat with SysDeo tomcat plugin for creating Tomcat project.
This is my directory:
Package HFChapter5:
I wrote PersonObject servlet class and Person Bean class in this directory web-inf/src .
I wrote result.jsp in HFChapter5. jsp is not able to find the Bean class? Where do I have to write Bean class?
Thank you

TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/YOUR_WEBAPP/WEB-INF/classes/YOUR_PACKAGE/YOUR_CLASS

I want clear explonation for this problem please!!!what is the need of doGet() here???

Simple enough. If you want your servlet to service GET requests, you override doGet(). Problem solved.

William Brogden wrote:Just one more point -

using this url [URL=http://localhost:8080/HFchapter5/PersonObject.do]

always causes a GET type request. The typical way to do a POST type request is with an HTML form where the form tag has method="POST"

but now i am getting "HTTP Status 405 - HTTP method POST is not supported by this URL"
please help me out..

Have you overwritten the method doPost in your servlet? You have to overwrite the type of supporting method which you used at HTML form method type.

hi,
your HttpServlet mostly uses any one of the HTTP methods as GET or POST

for every HTML page the default method taken for <form .... method="GET"> is GET
Even if you declare it or not...
You have to declare post if you are handling a post request

so for supporting both the methods, it'll be better to override both the methods in your servlet