| Java servlet (By analogy with "") A program that runs as part of a service, typically an and responds to requests from . The most common use for a servlet is to extend a web server by generating web content dynamically. For example, a may need from a ; a servlet can be written that receives the request, gets and processes the data as needed by the and then returns the result to the . are also written in but run inside the of a on the . 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 and, being written in , more portable. The spelling "servelet" is occasionally seen but spell it "servlet". There is no such thing as a "serverlet". {(http://jeeves.javasoft.com/products/java-server/servlets/index.html)}. (2000-07-07) |