Servlet - Intermed

Request Headers And Listeners

• Using the HttpServletRequest interface write code to retrieve HTTP request header information.
• Using request listeners, write code to respond to an event when an object is added to a request.

Response Headers And Listeners

• Write code to set the content-type of the response.
• Write code to manipulate content of response headers.
• Know difference between ServletOutputStream and Writer objects.

Request Dispatcher

• Write servlet code to create a request dispatcher and to forward or include the target resource.
• Know the difference between ServletRequest.getRequestDispatcher() and ServletContext.getRequestDispatcher() methods.

Servlet Config

• Be able to understand one servletConfig object per servlet, so it is used for servlet specific initialization parameters.
• Write code to access Servlet Context with the help of Servlet Config.

Servlet Context Listeners

• Using Servlet listeners, write code to respond to an event when Servlet Context is created or an object is added to a Servlet Context.

Session Life Cycle

• Know that session object is not thread safe.
• Using session listeners, write code to respond to an event when session is created or an object is added to a session.
• Write code to respond to an event when a session object migrates from one JVM to another.i.e. for session activation and passivation.
• Know the definition of session migration and session replication.

Cookies

• Be able to understand the format and purpose of a cookie.
• Write simple code to use cookie for session tracking.

Basic Filter

• Be able to understand what a filter is and why it is used.
• Write simple code for logging and auditing-tracking users of a web application.

Not Covered:

• Authentication-Blocking requests based on user identity.
• Image conversion-Scaling maps, and so on.
• Altering original response by use of wrappers.

Structure and Deployment

• Configure the web.xml deployment descriptor correctly for a servlet with proper placement of servlet init parameters, listeners, distributed and filter related entries.