Hi Vijay, Thanks for the reply. I'm aware about functionality of these methods. But i wanted to know how to invoke these methods (doOptions, doHead, doTrace etc... ) from a browser. Thanks -Suresh
Vijaya bhaskar K R wrote: > 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 ___________________________________________________________________________ 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
