Servlet Basics
A good way to introduce servlets is to compare them to their more familiar counterparts—applets. A servlet is to a Web server what an applet is to a Web browser. An applet is a small Java program that is run by a Web browser via a simple, standard API. A servlet is a small Java program run by a Web server via simple, standard API. Table 9.1 compares the applet API to the servlet API.
| Applet Class API | Servlet Interface API | Life Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| init() | init() | Called Once |
| start(), stop() | service() | Called Many times |
| Destroy() | destroy() | Called Once |
| getAppletInfo() | getServletInfo() | |
| getAppletContext | GetServletConfig() |
The applet API and servlet API are conceptually identical. Notice in the life cycle column ...
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