Chapter 14. Writing WebLogic Server Servlets

by Saranathan Govindarajan

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Servlet 2.3 Specification

• Servlets and Alternatives

• Servlet Life Cycle

• Writing Simple Servlets

• When to Use Servlets

• Servlet API

• Servlet Thread Models

• Using the Servlet API

• Dispatching to Other Resources

• Advanced Servlet Programming

• Best Practices for Implementing Servlets

This chapter describes the key features that make up one of the core J2EE technologies: servlets. Servlets are one of the enabling technologies for Web clients to access server-side applications. They also generate dynamic pages, thereby serving as an efficient server-side functional extension. The integration of servlets with Web clients is based on a synchronous request-response approach. WebLogic Server 8.1 completely supports the servlets specification version 2.3 as defined by Sun Micro systems including the new features such as filters and events.