1063: Highlights

• A servlet is a program that runs on a remote computer when activated by a browser click on a link or form element.
• Servlet servers locate servlets by way of a servlets.properties file.
• If you want to implement a servlet, then define a subclass of the HttpServlet class with a doGet method. You can define the doGet method to do any of the following:
  • Analyze forms.
  • Write information to a local file.
  • Prepare HTML text to be returned to the servlet-initiating browser.
• If you want a servlet to store information on a client computer, then have the servlet create and return a cookie.