GenericServlet is for servlets that might not use HTTP, like for instance FTP service.As of only Http is implemented completely in HttpServlet. The GenericServlet has a service() method that gets called when a client request is made. This means that it gets called by both incoming requests and the HTTP requests are given to the servlet as they are.[qu]What are the differences between GET and POST service...

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• Nov 13th, 2006

If we use Genric then the service() is required to be overridden but in case of Http Servlet it is already there and no need to override.

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• Sep 14th, 2006

GenericServlet is a class in javax.servlet package which implements the Servlet interface.This class is independant of the protocol.HttpServlet is a class in javax.servlet.Http package which extends the GenericServlet class.All Http servlets must extend the HttpServlet class.

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