Create a servlet session package com.ack.web.servlet; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.PrintWriter; import javax.servlet.ServletException; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse; import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession; public class CreateAServletSession extends HttpServlet { public void doGet( HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res ) throws ServletException, IOException { res.setContentType( "text/html" ); PrintWriter pw = res.getWriter(); pw.println( "" ); // get session, and create it if one doesn't already exist HttpSession theSession = req.getSession(); // check if session is newly created if( theSession.isNew() ) { pw.println( "

Session: isNew

" ); } else { pw.println( "

Session: Already Exists

" ); } pw.println( "" ); } }