{"id":7633,"date":"2022-04-09T12:33:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T07:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goseeko.com\/blog\/?p=7633"},"modified":"2025-10-24T22:46:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T17:16:46","slug":"what-is-the-servlet-life-cycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goseeko.com\/blog\/what-is-the-servlet-life-cycle\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Servlet life cycle?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A servlet life cycle <\/a>is categories into five levels:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) Loading of Servlet <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) Creating instance of Servlet <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) Invoke init() once <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4) Invoke service() repeatedly for each client request <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5) Invoke destroy()<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Description of servlet life cycle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Level 1: Loading of Servlet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The servlet container deploys and loads all the servlets when the web server (for example, Apache Tomcat) starts up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Level 2: Creating instance of Servlet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The servlet container produces instances of each servlet class until all of the servlet classes has load. Moreover, The servlet container only generates one instance of each servlet class, and all servlet requests are handle from the same servlet instance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Level 3: Invoke init() method <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The init() method is call for each instantiate servlet until all of the servlet classes have instantiate. On the other hand, The servlet is initialize with this form. Moreover, In the deployment descriptor (web.xml) file, you can define those init parameters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Syntax <\/p>\n\n\n\n

public void init(ServletConfig config) throws ServletException<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Level 4: Invoke service() method <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a servlet request is receive, the web server creates a new thread that calls the service() function. Moreover, If the servlet is GenericServlet, the request is handle directly by the service() process; if the servlet is HttpServlet, the request is receive and dispatch to the appropriate handler method based on the request form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Syntax <\/p>\n\n\n\n

public void service(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response)  throws ServletException, IOException <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Level 5: Invoke destroy() method<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the servlet container shuts down (which normally occurs when the web server is stop), it unloads all of the servlets and calls the destroy() method on each one that has been initialize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Syntax <\/p>\n\n\n\n

public void destroy()<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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