Hi Chad, I'm interpreting your question as: "Can a servlet be defined as an instance member of another servlet?" I haven't tried it (have you?), but I imagine that there shouldn't be any problem doing that. I assume you have some problem you are trying to solve and you think this "embedding servlets" thing is the way to go. Frankly, I can't think of a situation where you would need to do this (and that's why I've never tried it), so perhaps you could explain about the problem you are trying to solve -- because there's probably a better way to solve it -- rather than asking if your proposed solution is feasible. Hope this helps you. Good Luck, Avi.
If you mean 'can the output of one servlet be included in the output of another servlet?' then the answer is yes. Like JSPs, your servlet can do a 'request dispatch include' to include the output of another servlet. Check the javadoc for ServletContext.getRequestDispatcher(). Paul
Avi and Paul, thanks for your answers. This question was an interview question that I could not answer, another was can a servlet be embedded in JSP pages? I haven't worked with these items I know as far as what Paul did describe. Thanks for the responses.
The correct answer is "Define what you mean by 'embedded' -- do you mean the result content, or the servlet itself?" Sounds like a pointy-hair question rather than a technical one, although perhaps he was trying to avoid using the word "include" to avoid giving a hint.
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