Can filters be invoked AFTER servlets?

[Qand Davaatsedev]

Following is a quote from "Hibernate in Action" book:

<quote>The job of the servlet filter is to close the Session before the
response is sent to the client (and after all views are rendered and actions are executed).</quote>

Is this approach feasible? As I understand, container invokes a filter BEFORE forwarding to a controller servlet. Can filters be invoked AFTER servlets and JSP pages finish their work to commit work and close Hibernate Session?

[William Brogden]

A filter sees the request BEFORE the servlet is called and the response AFTER the call returns from the servlet so the answer is yes. Take a look at the doFilter method in the javax.servlet.Filter interface.
Bill

[Qand Davaatsedev]

Thank you, Bill.

Everything's clear now