The following shows the elements involved in servlet communication and servlet use.
Client side | Server side | *-------------------* | *-----------------* *--------------* | Browser | --> | Servlet server | --> | Servlet | | | | | | | | | servlet name | <-- | | <-- | doGet method | | identified | | *-----------------* *--------------* | in location field | | | ^ *-------------------* | v | | *---------------------* | | servlets.properties | | | file | | | | | *---------------------*