CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javaservletswebserver
user650309
user650309

Reputation: 2899

How to serve existing web page using a java servlet

I've been through a few tutorials for java servlets and they all show how to display a web page generating in the java code using a servlet. How can I display an existing html page using a servlet?

I figure I need to do something with HttpServletRequest.getRequestDispatcher but not sure exactly what?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2541

Answers (1)

MaVRoSCy
MaVRoSCy

Reputation: 17839

you can do this in two ways:

  1. Request dispatcher

    ServletContext context= getServletContext(); RequestDispatcher rd= context.getRequestDispatcher("/somePage.html"); rd.forward(request, response);

  2. Response sendRedirect()

    response.sendRedirect("/someUrl.html");

See the difference between the two methods here: RequestDispatcher.forward() vs HttpServletResponse.sendRedirect()

Upvotes: 3

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