HTTP Status 405 - HTTP method POST is not supported by this URL

Question

I am getting the error HTTP Status 405 - HTTP method POST is not supported by this URL when I use the following code(below) ... the line causing the trouble (ap

Answer 1

Add a doPost() to your EditObject class:

 @SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class EditObject extends HttpServlet{

    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException {
      process(request, response);
    }

    public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException {
      process(request, response);
    }


    public void process(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException {    
        int objId = Integer.parseInt(request.getParameter("id"));
        dispPage(objId, request, response);
    }

    private void dispPage(int objId, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException{        

// ... lots of code in here
            getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher("/jsp/objectPageEdit.jsp").forward(request, response);

    }
}