0 What is Servlet in JEE Java?

Servlets

       Servlets are Java codes which is used to generate dynamic webpages. Servlets are programs written in Java code and will be executed in a webserver. That’s why named as servlet similar to applet which is executed at the Browser (client end). Servlets are used for generating the dynamic pages. Servlets are not meant for any specific client server protocol . But, as it is mostly used by the HTTP protocol, word “Servlet” refers to HTTPServlet. Servlet was introduced by the Sun Microsystems as an alternative to CGI. The output of a servlet can be a HTML/XML/Text or any other format as well.