Class FaviconServlet

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable, javax.servlet.Servlet, javax.servlet.ServletConfig

    public class FaviconServlet
    extends javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet
    Servlet that gets favicons of webservers and includes them in HTTP responses. This servlet can be used when getting a favicon can take some time so pages can use this servlet as the image source to let the page load quickly and get the favicon images as they are available.

    This servlet expects the web application to have the images/server_16x16.gif file that is used when no favicon is found.

    Author:
    Gaston Dombiak
    See Also:
    Serialized Form
    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors 
      Constructor Description
      FaviconServlet()  
    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      void destroy()  
      void doGet​(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
      Retrieve the image based on it's name.
      void init​(javax.servlet.ServletConfig config)  
      • Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet

        doDelete, doHead, doOptions, doPost, doPut, doTrace, getLastModified, service, service
      • Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.GenericServlet

        getInitParameter, getInitParameterNames, getServletConfig, getServletContext, getServletInfo, getServletName, init, log, log
    • Constructor Detail

      • FaviconServlet

        public FaviconServlet()
    • Method Detail

      • init

        public void init​(javax.servlet.ServletConfig config)
                  throws javax.servlet.ServletException
        Specified by:
        init in interface javax.servlet.Servlet
        Overrides:
        init in class javax.servlet.GenericServlet
        Throws:
        javax.servlet.ServletException
      • destroy

        public void destroy()
        Specified by:
        destroy in interface javax.servlet.Servlet
        Overrides:
        destroy in class javax.servlet.GenericServlet
      • doGet

        public void doGet​(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                          javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
        Retrieve the image based on it's name.
        Overrides:
        doGet in class javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet
        Parameters:
        request - the httpservletrequest.
        response - the httpservletresponse.