Package javax.servlet.http

package javax.servlet.http

The javax.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.

Related Packages

Package	Description
javax.servlet	The javax.servlet package contains a number of classes and interfaces that describe and define the contracts between a servlet class and the runtime environment provided for an instance of such a class by a conforming servlet container.
javax.servlet.annotation
javax.servlet.descriptor

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.
HttpServlet	Provides an abstract class to be subclassed to create an HTTP servlet suitable for a Web site.
HttpServletRequest	Extends the ServletRequest interface to provide request information for HTTP servlets.
HttpServletRequestWrapper	Provides a convenient implementation of the HttpServletRequest interface that can be subclassed by developers wishing to adapt the request to a Servlet.
HttpServletResponse	Extends the ServletResponse interface to provide HTTP-specific functionality in sending a response.
HttpServletResponseWrapper	Provides a convenient implementation of the HttpServletResponse interface that can be subclassed by developers wishing to adapt the response from a Servlet.
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	This listener interface can be implemented in order to get notifications of changes to the attribute lists of sessions within this web application.
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 an HttpSessionAttributeListener that has been configured in the deployment descriptor when any attribute is bound, unbound or replaced in a session.
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.
HttpSessionEvent	This is the class representing event notifications for changes to sessions within a web application.
HttpSessionIdListener	Implementations of this interface are notified when an HttpSession's ID changes.
HttpSessionListener	Implementations of this interface are notified of changes to the list of active sessions in a web application.
HttpUpgradeHandler	Interface between the HTTP upgrade process and the new protocol.
HttpUtils	Deprecated. As of Java(tm) Servlet API 2.3.
Part	This class represents a part as uploaded to the server as part of a multipart/form-data request body.
WebConnection	The interface used by an HttpUpgradeHandler to interact with an upgraded HTTP connection.