October 2000
Intermediate to advanced
768 pages
16h 30m
English
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Now that you understand the major features of JSP and servlets, it's time to drill down into some of the underlying structure. It is important to understand the JSP and servlet lifecycle: when and how servlets and JSPs are loaded, executed, and unloaded. Because Java Server Pages are also servlets, it makes sense to start with servlets.
A servlet goes through four phases:
Loading
Initialization
Execution
Cleanup
A servlet can be loaded at three different times: when the server starts up, when the system administrator asks the server to load the servlet, or when a browser tries to access the servlet. ...
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