Java Servlets

• Servlets are protocol- and platform-independent server side components that can be dynamically loaded like applets

• or can be considered as server side counterpart to applets

• or Java application components which are loaded, on demand

• Servlets differ from applets in that they are faceless ( without any graphics )

• can be invoked in many ways one of which of the form

  http://host-name:port/servlet/servlet-name
  

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