Running Servlets

Calling Servlets from Browsers

The URL for a servlet has the following general form, where servlet-name corresponds to the name you have given your servlet:
 

    http://machine-name:port/servlet/servlet-name

For example, the servlet that delivers the main page of Duke's Bookstore has the property servlet.bookstore.code=BookStoreServlet. To see the main page of the example, type the following URL into your browser:
 

    http://localhost:8080/servlet/bookstore

Servlet URLs can contain queries, such as for HTTP GET requests. For example, the servlet that delivers details about a particuar book takes the stock-number of the book as a query. The servlet's name is bookdetails; the URL for the servlet to GET and display all the information about the bookstore's featured book is:
 

    http://localhost:8080/servlet/bookdetails?bookId=203

Running Servlets