> While agreeing with Milt's reasoning, I would point out at least one
> significant feature that you give up when you override the service()
method --
> conditional GET support. This allows your servlet (if it appropriately
> implements the getLastModified() method and does *not* override the
standard
> service() method) to send back a NOT_MODIFIED response to the client, and
thus
> avoid having to download a page that has not changed since the last time
it
> was requested.
Why calling super.service() doesn't work in this case?
Dmitry.
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