GenericServlet class and HttpServlet class

[mukesh chandan]

hi all..
why we have two abstract classes called GenericServlet class and HttpServlet class...
can we work only with GenericServlet class?

thanks to all..

[Rahul Pakhare]

HttpServlet is spacific to the Http Protocol, If you wnat to use the another Protocol then you cant use the HttpServlet in this case you use the GenericServlet. in short GenericServlet is for any Protocol and HttpServlet is for Http Protocol

[mukesh chandan]

thanks rahul...

and welcome to javaranch