Servlet is a Java programming language class, part of Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE). Sun Microsystems developed its first version 1.0 in the year 1997. Its current Version is Servlet 3.1. …

Java Servlets are Java classes run by a web server that has an interpreter that supports the Java Servlet specification. Servlets can be created using the javax.servlet and javax.servlet.http …

it gives your servlet a chance to close database connections, halt background threads, write cookie lists or hit counts to disk, and perform other such cleanup activities

A Servlet is first declared by a servlet element that both names the Servlet and gives the location of the appropriate Java class. After declaration, the Servlet can be referenced by the …

Servlet API is Standard Java Extension API, (NOT part of core Java) and available as add-on package. Clients may range from simple HTML forms to Java applets. Used as middle tiers for …

Preface This document is the JavaTM Servlet Specification, version 4.0. The standard for the Java Servlet API is described herein.

Who Should Read This Specification This specification is intended as the definitive description of the Java Servlet API, Version 2.1. As such, it will be of interest to both servlet developers and …