Concept of using doGet and doPost together

[Brijesh shah]

Dear Friends;

In general by referring different types of servlet examples , I have found that in some examples they have used doGet and doPost method together in the code.. I want to know logic behind it.

I do not understand the concept of using doGet and doPost methods together in the Servlet..I want to know, Why and when we would need to use both methods together in the servlet code.

Thanking you.

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Brijesh

[Christophe Verré]

I want to know logic behind it.

The doGet method is called when a GET request is sent, and the doPost when a POST request is sent. So if you want to support both GET and POST, you'll have to override both doGet and doPost methods.

[piyush maheshwari]

Yes I do know that to take advantage of both HTTP GET and HTTP POST methods we override
both doGet() and doPost(). But one question who decides which one to use when request is sent by client- GET or POST

[Brij Garg]

But one question who decides which one to use when request is sent by client- GET or POST

It is the container which decides which method (doGet or doPost) to call from service method depending upon the HTTP method.

Let me know in case I need some correction.

[Will Myers]

The default is to use GET unless you specify otherwise in the request by including something like <form name="localeForm" action="index.jsp" method="POST"> in the JSP

[Swagato Bhatta]

Please correct me if I am wrong.

It is the HTML form that says whether it will be get (default) or post. Period.! Am I right?

[Christophe Verré]

It is the HTML form that says whether it will be get (default) or post. Period.! Am I right?

Not only. For example, accessing a page via the browser's url address bar, will send a GET request.

[Swagato Bhatta]

Christophe Verré wrote:

It is the HTML form that says whether it will be get (default) or post. Period.! Am I right?

Not only. For example, accessing a page via the browser's url address bar, will send a GET request.

Do you not access pages though client's (browser's) address bar? And, the client runs either some sort of form or jsp?

[Christophe Verré]

Do you not access pages though client's (browser's) address bar? And, the client runs either some sort of form or jsp?

Not necessarily. The url can be mapped to a servlet. Have you never seen url looking like "/register.do" ?

[Swagato Bhatta]

Christophe Verré wrote:

Do you not access pages though client's (browser's) address bar? And, the client runs either some sort of form or jsp?

Not necessarily. The url can be mapped to a servlet. Have you never seen url looking like "/register.do" ?

as in servlet mapping of DD? umm... I am new in SCWCD.. And trying hard to realize all the concepts.. Can you elaborate bit more. Thanks in advance

By the way, in the DD we are only doing mapping... Hence, I am not sure if we can let the app know if it will be get or post in the DD? Can we ? I thought the only options is in the html form. If it explictly states that it is post, then it is. Else it is get by deafault. I am getting more and more confused as I go deeper in SCWCD