why service() accepts HttpServletResponse

[vianyrajnish rajnish]

hi,

i like to know .. why service() accepts httpservletrequest and httpservletresponse both ....when only httpservletrequest is enough..?



please reply me anyone

thanks,
vinay rajnish

[Vishal Matere]

Because service() ultimately calls doGet()/doPost() methods which needs response object to send response to client.

Alternatively user can overide service() method and can write his own code to return response.

HTH

[Bear Bibeault]

If the request is "enough" how would you propose that a servlet writes output to the response and/or set headers?