Package jakarta.servlet.http

The jakarta.servlet.http package contains a number of classes and interfaces that describe and define the contracts between a servlet class running under the HTTP protocol and the runtime environment provided for an instance of such a class by a conforming servlet container.

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Interface Summary

Interface	Description
HttpServletMapping	Allows runtime discovery of the manner in which the HttpServlet for the current HttpServletRequest was invoked.
HttpServletRequest	Extends the ServletRequest interface to provide request information for HTTP servlets.
HttpServletResponse	Extends the ServletResponse interface to provide HTTP-specific functionality in sending a response.
HttpSession	Provides a way to identify a user across more than one page request or visit to a Web site and to store information about that user.
HttpSessionActivationListener	Objects that are bound to a session may listen to container events notifying them that sessions will be passivated and that session will be activated.
HttpSessionAttributeListener	Interface for receiving notification events about HttpSession attribute changes.
HttpSessionBindingListener	Causes an object to be notified when it is bound to or unbound from a session.
HttpSessionContext	Deprecated As of Java(tm) Servlet API 2.1 for security reasons, with no replacement.
HttpSessionIdListener	Interface for receiving notification events about HttpSession id changes.
HttpSessionListener	Interface for receiving notification events about HttpSession lifecycle changes.
HttpUpgradeHandler	This interface encapsulates the upgrade protocol processing.
Part	This class represents a part or form item that was received within a multipart/form-data POST request.
PushBuilder	Build a request to be pushed.
WebConnection	This interface encapsulates the connection for an upgrade request.

Class Summary

Class	Description
Cookie	Creates a cookie, a small amount of information sent by a servlet to a Web browser, saved by the browser, and later sent back to the server.
HttpFilter	Provides an abstract class to be subclassed to create an HTTP filter suitable for a Web site.
HttpServlet	Provides an abstract class to be subclassed to create an HTTP servlet suitable for a Web site.
HttpServletRequestWrapper	Provides a convenient implementation of the HttpServletRequest interface that can be subclassed by developers wishing to adapt the request to a Servlet.
HttpServletResponseWrapper	Provides a convenient implementation of the HttpServletResponse interface that can be subclassed by developers wishing to adapt the response from a Servlet.
HttpSessionBindingEvent	Events of this type are either sent to an object that implements HttpSessionBindingListener when it is bound or unbound from a session, or to a HttpSessionAttributeListener that has been configured in the deployment descriptor when any attribute is bound, unbound or replaced in a session.
HttpSessionEvent	This is the class representing event notifications for changes to sessions within a web application.
HttpUtils	Deprecated As of Java(tm) Servlet API 2.3.

Enum Summary

Enum	Description
MappingMatch	Enumeration of Servlet mapping types.

Package jakarta.servlet.http Description

The jakarta.servlet.http package contains a number of classes and interfaces that describe and define the contracts between a servlet class running under the HTTP protocol and the runtime environment provided for an instance of such a class by a conforming servlet container.