Introduction to Servlet Response
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In Servlet API makes two important interfaces ServletResponse and HttpServletResponse to assist in sending response to client.
There are most important Methods of ServletResponse
| Method | Description |
| PrintWriter getWriter() | returns a PrintWriter object that can send character text to the client. |
| void setBufferSize(int size) | Sets the preferred buffer size for the body of the response |
| void setContentLength(int len) | Sets the length of the content body in the response In HTTP servlets, this method sets the HTTP Content-Length header |
| void setContentType(String type) | sets the content type of the response being sent to the client before sending the respond. |
| void setBufferSize(int size) | sets the preferred buffer size for the body of the response. |
| boolean isCommitted() | returns a boolean indicating if the response has been committed |
| void setLocale(Locale loc) | sets the locale of the response, if the response has not been committed yet. |
HttpServletResponse Interface
HttpServletResponse interface adds the methods that relates to the HTTP response.
Some Important Methods of HttpServletResponse
| Method | Description |
| void addCookie(Cookie cookie) | adds the specified cookie to the response. |
| void sendRedirect(String location) | Sends a temporary redirect response to the client using the specified redirect location URL and clears the buffer |
| int getStatus() | gets the current status code of this response |
| String getHeader(String name) | gets the value of the response header with the given name. |
| void setHeader(String name, String value) | sets a response header with the given name and value |
| void setStatus(int sc) | sets the status code for this response |
| void sendError(int sc, String msg) | sends an error response to the client using the specified status and clears the buffer |
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