which method will invoke? doGet() or doPost()

[Nagaraj Shivaklara]

Hi,

Can you please tell me which method will invoke in the below senario?

what happens if i submit a form without mentioning the method type(get or post) and in called servlet if i have only doPost() method; will doPost() method execute?

[Prasad Krishnegowda]

If you don't specify a method type, by default it is a GET request, and if you have only doPost(), it doesn't get called, an HTTP status 405 is returned..

P:S: Why can't you try this yourself, instead of waiting for someone to give an answer for you?

[Janarthanan Rajendran]

By default its GET , its always better to create a service method and call that inside doGet and doPost if your are planning to use both

Regards,
Jana

[Bear Bibeault]

Janarthanan Rajendran wrote:its always better to create a service method and call that inside doGet and doPost if your are planning to use both

No it is not. GET and POST should do different things. It's very short-sighted and a violation of the HTTP contract to just have them to the same thing.

[Nagaraj Shivaklara]

OK,

Then can you please tell me which method will invoke if i have only doPost method in servlet and did not mention any method type in the form submission?

Bear Bibeault wrote:

Janarthanan Rajendran wrote:its always better to create a service method and call that inside doGet and doPost if your are planning to use both

No it is not. GET and POST should do different things. It's very short-sighted and a violation of the HTTP contract to just have them to the same thing.

[Bear Bibeault]

In your extending class? None. The base class will return a 405 error.