RequestDispatcher.forward() vs HttpServletResponse.sendRedirect()

Question

What is the conceptual difference between forward() and sendRedirect()?

Answer 1

Request Dispatcher is an Interface which is used to dispatch the request or response from web resource to the another web resource. It contains mainly two methods.

1. request.forward(req,res): This method is used forward the request from one web resource to another resource. i.e from one servlet to another servlet or from one web application to another web appliacation.

2. response.include(req,res): This method is used include the response of one servlet to another servlet

NOTE: BY using Request Dispatcher we can forward or include the request or responses with in the same server.

request.sendRedirect(): BY using this we can forward or include the request or responses across the different servers. In this the client gets a intimation while redirecting the page but in the above process the client will not get intimation