Thanks everyone for your replies. They have been very helpful. I am trying to
upload the file from the end-users pc, once they have specified which one they
want to send, so I guess the answer to whether trying to read in the file from
the web or disc would be "the web". Since this is my very first java
program(not to mention being a servlet), I am coding a piece at a time, testing
and then adding more components to it. Do you have any suggestions on how to
upload the file over the web?
Nic Ferrier wrote:
> >>> "Shirley W. Powers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 24-Jan-00 4:30:21 PM >>>
>
> >I was wondering if I can have more than one method that uses
> >ServletRequest and ServletResponse in a servlet. I am trying to
> >write two outputs, one to a mail message and the other to the
> client.
>
> Ok.
>
> >Should I setup two methods that output to the two different
> >sources or can I only have one response output? Should I try
> >to write to both the mail and the browser
>
> The best way to think of servlets is as a web version of the main()
> method.
>
> That is a doPost() or doGet() method is just the entry point from the
> web and the HttpServletRequest and HttpServletResponse objects are
> just your interface to that connection.
>
> That being so the best way to deal with any kind of complex program
> is to build some object that encapsulate the functionality you want
> and then manipulate those objects from your doGet() or doPost()
> method.
>
> >Should I do two different servlets even though I will be using the
> same data?
>
> No. One servlet is ok.
>
> You'll probably need to use doPost() o handle the form input. Your
> method will then:
>
> - process the request data
> - read in the file (from the disc? not the web? if from web a bit
> more tricky)
> - create the mail
> - send the mail
> - send the response back to the browser
>
> Hope this makes things clearer.
>
> Nic Ferrier
>
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