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Overview of Java Web Technologies, Part 1
By: McGraw-Hill/Osborne
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    2004-03-01


    Table of Contents:
  • Overview of Java Web Technologies, Part 1
  • Methods
  • Creating a Servlet Directory Structure
  • Reviewing Deployment Descriptors
  • Servlet Mapping
  • Defining Context Parameters
  • Retrieving Context Parameters
  • Listening to Application Events
  • Packaging and Deploying a Web Application

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    Overview of Java Web Technologies, Part 1 - Methods
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    The init Method

    The init method is called the first time the servlet is invoked. It is called exactly once to indicate to the servlet that the servlet is being placed into service. You override this method to write initialization code that needs to be executed only once, such as initializing values, loading database drivers, and so on.

    The following is the method’s signature:

    public void init(ServletConfig config) throws ServletException

    The service Method

    The service method is called by the servlet container each time the servlet is invoked. For each incoming HTTP request, the servlet container creates a request object (that implements javax.servlet.ServletRequest or javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest) and a response object (that implements javax.servlet.ServletResponse or javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse) and passes both objects to the servlet’s service method. The request object encapsulates information parsed from the HTTP request that the servlet can use, such as the request URI, request headers and cookies, and request parameters. The servlet uses the response object to send responses to the Web client.

    The service method has the following signature:

    public void service(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response)throws ServletException, java.io.IOException

    TIP: If you’re interested in knowing how a servlet container creates request and response objects, or how it works in general, read How Tomcat Works, available from www.brainysoftware.com.

    The destroy Method

    The servlet container calls the destroy method before removing a servlet instance from service. This normally happens when the servlet container is shut down or the servlet container needs some free memory. You use this method to clean up any resources (such as memory, file handles, and threads) that are being held and make sure that any persistent state is synchronized with the servlet’s current state in memory. The following is the destroy method’s signature:

    public void destroy()

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