1. <jsp:forward page="web/welcome.jsp" />
Tells the servlet runner to start executing a different servlet.
Something like a "go to" done in the server.
Browser Server
Request page A
Execute page A code
Forward to page B
Execute page B code
Return page B response
2. response.sendRedirect("web/welcome.jsp");
Return to the client browser a special tag, telling the browser to
immediatly load the page described as a parameter.
Browser Server
Request page A
Execute page A code
Return redirect command
Receive redirect
Request page B
Execute page B code
Return page B response
Brad Miley wrote:
>
> What is the difference between
> 1. <jsp:forward page="web/welcome.jsp" />
> 2. response.sendRedirect("web/welcome.jsp");
>
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