21⟩ How can a servlet refresh automatically if some new data has entered the database?
You can use a client-side Refresh or Server Push
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22⟩ Can we use the constructor, instead of init(), to initialize servlet?
Yes , of course you can use the constructor instead of init(). There's nothing to stop you. But you shouldn't. The original reason for init() was that ancient versions of Java couldn't dynamically invoke constructors with arguments, so there was no way to give the constructur a ServletConfig. That no longer applies, but servlet containers still will only call your no-arg constructor. So you won't have access to a ServletConfig or ServletContext.
23⟩ How can I send user authentication information while makingURLConnection?
You'll want to use HttpURLConnection.setRequestProperty and set all the appropriate headers to HTTP authorization.
24⟩ Request parameter How to find whether a parameter exists in the request object?
1.boolean hasFoo = !(request.getParameter("foo") == null || request.getParameter("foo").equals(""));
2. boolean hasParameter = request.getParameterMap().contains(theParameter);
(which works in Servlet 2.3+)
25⟩ What is new in ServletRequest interface?(Servlet 2.4)
The following methods have been added to ServletRequest 2.4 version:
public int getRemotePort()
public java.lang.String getLocalName()
public java.lang.String getLocalAddr()
public int getLocalPort()
26⟩ When using servlets to build the HTML, you build a DOCTYPE line, why do you do that?
I know all major browsers ignore it even though the HTML 3.2 and 4.0 specifications require it. But building a DOCTYPE line tells HTML validators which version of HTML you are using so they know which specification to check your document against. These validators are valuable debugging services, helping you catch HTML syntax errors.
