Java servlet
Java servelet
servelet
servlet
<World-Wide Web> (By analogy with "{applet}") A {Java} program
that runs as part of a {network} service, typically an {HTTP
server} and responds to requests from {clients}.
The most common use for a servlet is to extend a {web server}
by generating {web content} dynamically. For example, a
{client} may need {information} from a {database}; a servlet
can be written that receives the request, gets and processes
the data as needed by the {client} and then returns the result
to the {client}.
{Applets} are also written in {Java} but run inside the {JVM}
of a {HTML} {browser} on the {client}. Servlets and applets
allow the server and client to be extended in a modular way by
dynamically loading code which communicates with the main
program via a standard programming interface.
Servlets are more flexible than {CGI scripts} and, being
written in {Java}, more portable.
The spelling "servelet" is occasionally seen but {JavaSoft}
spell it "servlet". There is no such thing as a "serverlet".
(http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/).
(2002-10-06)