Building Java™ Enterprise Systems with J2EE™

Chapter 32. Java Servlets

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Servlet Architecture

• Servlet Interfaces

• Servlet HTTP Interfaces

• Request Processing

• Response Generation

• Session Management

• Servlet Deployment

• Servlet Configuration

• Servlet Service Management

Java Servlets provide one of the core means for Web-enabling enterprises using Java technology. Custom J2EE-compliant Java Servlet components are built by application developers to handle business-specific requests and generate responses via HTTP and the Web. Stateful HTTP behavior can also be provided using a simple collection of Java Servlet APIs. J2EE-based Web containers make it easy to configure, deploy, and build robust Web applications using Java Servlets. This chapter describes how to build Web-enabled Java enterprise ...