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What's the difference between GenericServlet and HttpServlet?


The GenericServlet is an abstract class that is extended by HttpServlet to provide HTTP protocol-specific methods.

An abstract class that simplifies writing HTTP servlets. It extends the GenericServlet base class and provides an framework for handling the HTTP protocol.

The GenericServlet does not include protocol-specific methods for handling request parameters, cookies, sessions and setting response headers.

The HttpServlet subclass passes generic service method requests to the relevant doGet() or doPost() method.

GenericServlet is not specific to any protocol.

HttpServlet only supports HTTP and HTTPS protocol.

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