Handling Http Request & Responses
- doGet and doPost are the commonly used methods of HTTPServlet
Get
- Its main job is to get some resource From server based on client request
- Total number of characters that get cancarry to server is very less/limited.
- This appends URL with client request data
- One can Cache the requests of this type
- Requests parameters remain in browsing history
- Because of above limitations, GET is not supposed to used for complex and sensitive requests
Post
- Its main job is to send client data and get the resource from server based on client request.
- Post can handle more characters that get can carry to server is very less/limited.
- This does not append client request data to URL
- These requests cannot be cached
- These do not remain in browsing history
- This is more preferred for complex and sensitive requests (like login)
