difference between genericServlet & httpServlet

[bapi kumar]

hi whats the main difference between Generic & httServlet??

[David O'Meara]

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thanks
Dave.

[Yuriy Zilbergleyt]

HttpServlet extends GenericServlet

http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/api/javax/servlet/GenericServlet.html

http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/api/javax/servlet/http/HttpServlet.html

-Yuriy

[Jack Wiesenthaler]

HttpServlet includes support for the HTTP protocol like HTTP response codes, methods to handle the HTTP verbs (GET, PUT, POST) and functionality to automatically parse the HTTP headers and expose these values etc.

A basic servlet provides CGI type support... you can use your own protocol and handle it within the service() method.