Servlet Interview Questions and Answers
Question - 11 : - How can I send user authentication information while making URL Connection?
Answer - 11 : - You'll want to use HttpURLConnection.setRequestProperty and set all the appropriate headers to HTTP authorization.
Question - 12 : - Can we use the constructor, instead of init(), to initialize servlet?
Answer - 12 : - Yes , of course you can use the constructor instead of init(). There's nothing to stop you. But you shouldn't. The original reason for init() was that ancient versions of Java couldn't dynamically invoke constructors with arguments, so there was no way to give the constructur a ServletConfig. That no longer applies, but servlet containers still will only call your no-arg constructor. So you won't have access to a ServletConfig or ServletContext.
Question - 13 : - What mechanisms are used by a Servlet Container to maintain session information?
Answer - 13 : - Cookies, URL rewriting, and HTTPS protocol information are used to maintain session information
Question - 14 : - Difference between GET and POST ?
Answer - 14 : - In GET your entire form submission can be encapsulated in one URL, like a hyperlink. query length is limited to 260 characters, not secure, faster, quick and easy.
In POST Your name/value pairs inside the body of the HTTP request, which makes for a cleaner URL and imposes no size limitations on the form's output. It is used to send a chunk of data to the server to be processed, more versatile, most secure.
Question - 15 : - What is session?
Answer - 15 : - The session is an object used by a servlet to track a user's interaction with a Web application across multiple HTTP requests.
Question - 16 : - What is servlet mapping?
Answer - 16 : - The servlet mapping defines an association between a URL pattern and a servlet. The mapping is used to map requests to servlets.
Question - 17 : - What is servlet context ?
Answer - 17 : - The servlet context is an object that contains a servlet's view of the Web application within which the servlet is running. Using the context, a servlet can log events, obtain URL references to resources, and set and store attributes that other servlets in the context can use. (answer supplied by Sun's tutorial).
Question - 18 : - Which interface must be implemented by all servlets?
Answer - 18 : - Servlet interface.
Question - 19 : - Explain the life cycle of Servlet.
Answer - 19 : - Loaded(by the container for first request or on start up if config file suggests load-on-startup), initialized( using init()), service(service() or doGet() or doPost()..), destroy(destroy()) and unloaded.
Question - 20 : - When is the servlet instance created in the life cycle of servlet? What is the importance of configuring a servlet?
Answer - 20 : - An instance of servlet is created when the servlet is loaded for the first time in the container. Init() method is used to configure this servlet instance. This method is called only once in the life time of a servlet, hence it makes sense to write all those configuration details about a servlet which are required for the whole life of a servlet in this method.