Java™ 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE™) Web Component Developer Exam Cram™ 2 (Exam 310-080)

Chapter 1. Servlet Methods and Life Cycle

Terms you'll need to understand:

• Redirection

• Servlet life cycle

• Servlet forwarding and includes

• Servlet attribute

• Context parameters

• Application session

• GET, POST, PUT

• Session

• Scope

• Listeners

Techniques you'll need to master:

• Retrieve HTML form parameters from the request.

• Retrieve a servlet initialization parameter.

• Retrieve HTTP request header information.

• Set an HTTP response header. Set the content type of the response.

• Acquire a text or binary stream for the response.

• Redirect an HTTP request to another URL.

• Identify triggers and benefits that cause a browser to use HTTP methods GET, POST, and HEAD.

• Access values and resources within request, session, and context scopes.

• Know the purpose and sequence of the servlet life ...