Advanced Jakarta Servlets: HTTP Request and Response Objects

The service method of every servlet class takes in two parameters: the HTTP request and response objects. These two objects represent the servlet’s entire interaction with the client, and a deep understanding of them is essential.In this course, learn how to analyze HTTP request objects, work with request object methods, read and interpret request headers, and extract request parameters. Next, discover how to handle different content types, encodings, and HTTP response errors and configure response headers. Finally, explore how to manage caching through headers, use ETag and cache headers, avoid caching problems, use the Content-Disposition and Content-Type content headers, and serve dynamic files such as CSVs, PDFs, and images.After completing this course, you will be able to utilize HTTP request and response objects.