Request handling is the bread and butter of Java web application development. In order to respond to requests from the network, a Java web application must first determine what code will respond to ...

When Java burst on the scene, applets were the stars of the show. It was already clear that the HTML browser was a wonderfully universal application platform, although not a very rich one. Applets ...

Sun Microsystems created Java servlet technology, and it was good. (See Resources.) All subsequent Java server techniques have been based on servlets. And while nobody argues against servlets’ ...

Java servlets extend the capabilities of Java Servers by extending the functionality of the underlying server communication model. Java servlets may come into play if your company has any sort of ...