Can i create client program for a servlet(without browser)

Question

Hai All,
    I have to call a servlet in my normal java program.Please send me code.
Thanks
Madhu

Answer 1

Hi,
Try getting a URL connection to the servelt and send the request as
import java.net.URL;                     // New addition
import com.oreilly.servlet.HttpMessage;  // A support class, shown later
  private String getServlet() {
    try {
      // Construct a URL referring to the servlet
      URL url = new URL(getCodeBase(), "/servlet/myServlet");
      // Create a com.oreilly.servlet.HttpMessage to communicate with that URL
      HttpMessage msg = new HttpMessage(url);
      // Send a GET message to the servlet, with no query string
      // Get the response as an InputStream
      InputStream in = msg.sendGetMessage();
      // Wrap the InputStream with a DataInputStream
      DataInputStream result =
        new DataInputStream(new BufferedInputStream(in));
      // Read the first line of the response, which should be
      // a string representation of the current time
      String response = result.readLine();
      // Close the InputStream
      in.close();
      // Return the retrieved time
      return response;
    catch (Exception e) {
      // If there was a problem, print to System.out
      // (typically the Java console) and return null
      e.printStackTrace();
      return null;
Regards,
Uma
Message was edited by: Uma Maheswari