Adapter to use the Servlet interface with the generic DispatcherServlet.
Calls the Servlet's service method to handle a request.
Last-modified checking is not explicitly supported: This is typically
handled by the Servlet implementation itself (usually deriving from
the HttpServlet base class).
This adapter is not activated by default; it needs to be defined as a
bean in the DispatcherServlet context. It will automatically apply to
mapped handler beans that implement the Servlet interface then.
Note that Servlet instances defined as bean will not receive initialization
and destruction callbacks, unless a special post-processor such as
SimpleServletPostProcessor is defined in the DispatcherServlet context.
Alternatively, consider wrapping a Servlet with Spring's
ServletWrappingController. This is particularly appropriate for
existing Servlet classes, allowing to specify Servlet initialization
parameters etc.
author:
Juergen Hoeller
since:
1.1.5
See Also: javax.servlet.Servlet
See Also: javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet
See Also: SimpleServletPostProcessor
See Also: org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.ServletWrappingController | 