Should I override service() or doPost()?

Question

I was reading a book on servlets, in that book a brief explanation is given about the servlet class, as well as the HttpServlet class.

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Answer 1

Do not override service() method. The preferred approach is using doPost() for post and doGet() for get. Here is an excellent post on what each does. http://www.jguru.com/faq/view.jsp?EID=47730

If you must respond to requests made by a client that is not using the HTTP protocol, you must use service().