hi The doHead method in HttpSerlet is a specialized form of the doGet method that returns only the headers produced by the doGet method. vj
> ---------- > From: Suresh[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: A mailing list for discussion about Sun Microsystem's Java > Servlet API Technology. > Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 10:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Invoke doHead/doOptions methods of a servlet > > Hi, > javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet has a method doHead(HttpServletRequest > req,HttpServletResponse resp) > which says this method receives an HTTP HEAD request from the protected > service method and handles > the request. > The client sends a HEAD request when it wants to see only the headers of a > response. > There are other methods as well like doOptions(HttpServletRequest > req,HttpServletResponse resp) > which says > this method is called by the server (via the service method) to allow a > servlet to handle a OPTIONS > request. > The OPTIONS request determines which HTTP methods the server supports and > returns an appropriate > header. > > How can I invoke these methods of the servlet from browser. > I tried using > <form name="form_name" method="head" action="servelt_url_here" > > but it didnt work, and the request was directed to doGet method (which is > default method from > browser ) of servlet. > I tried this using IE 5.0 , IBM Websphere 3.5 . > > Thanks > -Suresh > > __________________________________________________________________________ > _ > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the > body > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html > ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
