Delegate servlet requests to a handler 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; public class DelegateServletRequestsToAHandler extends HttpServlet { /** * write a method to handle HTTP requests made on the servlet */ public void handleRequest( HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res ) throws ServletException, IOException { res.setContentType( "text/html" ); PrintWriter pw = res.getWriter(); // output what type of HTTP request was made on the servlet pw.println( "HTTP Request Method -> " + req.getMethod() ); } // delegate HTTP GETs to the handler method public void doGet( HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res ) throws ServletException, IOException { handleRequest( req, res ); } // delegate HTTP POSTs to the handler method public void doPost( HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res ) throws ServletException, IOException { handleRequest( req, res ); } }