How to do it...

Just write this simple servlet:

@WebServlet(name = "LifecycleServlet", urlPatterns = {"/LifecycleServlet"})public class LifecycleServlet extends HttpServlet {    @Override    protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest req,     HttpServletResponse resp) throws ServletException, IOException {        try(PrintWriter writer = resp.getWriter()){            writer.write("doGet");            System.out.println("doGet");        }    }        @Override    protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest req,     HttpServletResponse resp) throws ServletException, IOException {        try(PrintWriter writer = resp.getWriter()){            writer.write("doPost");            System.out.println("doPost");        }    }         @Override    protected void doDelete(HttpServletRequest req,     HttpServletResponse resp) throws ServletException, IOException {

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