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Asked: 2026-05-26T16:42:07+00:00

I have a servlet that is called from a link on another page. The

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I have a servlet that is called from a link on another page. The link actually references the servlet which then SHOULD write xml to the screen (outputting RSS XML information). Right now the link properly references and loads the servlet but because I have the code in the doPost method with nothing actually calling the doPost method nothing happens. (I’m new to Java EE) So how do I make that code execute without actually have a form that references the servlet through the “action =..” tag?

Can I call an init or main method that always executes on page refresh/load?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can implement that logic in your doGet method. It has the same method signature as your doPost method.

    Please see this thread

    doGet and doPost in Servlets

    For the difference between get vs post please see this article.

    http://stevenclark.com.au/2008/01/12/get-vs-post-for-the-beginner/

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