HTTP method GET is not supported by this URL though it executes doGet

Question

public class RoarHistoryUpdate extends HttpServlet {

    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws IOException, ServletException{
        super.doGet(request, response);
        System.out.println("do Get");
        response.setContentType("text/html");
        response.getOutputStream().print("Success");
    }
}

This is my Servlet. And it is registerd in the web.xml like this:

  <servlet>
      <display-name>RoarHistoryUpdateServlet</display-name>
      <servlet-name>RoarHistoryUpdateServlet</servlet-name>
      <servlet-class>de.ulm.uni.vs.avid.roary.servlets.RoarHistoryUpdate</servlet-class>
  </servlet>
  <servlet-mapping>
      <servlet-name>RoarHistoryUpdateServlet</servlet-name>
      <url-pattern>/Roary/UpdateServlet</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>

When I go to the URL http://localhost:8080/Roary-JSP/Roary/UpdateServlet It says HTTP Status 405 - HTTP method GET is not supported by this URL

Funny thing is I get the do Get logged to my console. So it actually found the doGet-method.

I am using a GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 3.1.2.2

Answer 1

Because when you do super.doGet(request, response); in your Servlet's doGet() method, you actually call the doget() of the HttpServlet class. The Tomcat 7 implementation of that method is as below (may be a similar implementation exists for Glassfish):

protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp)
    throws ServletException, IOException
{
    String protocol = req.getProtocol();
    String msg = lStrings.getString("http.method_get_not_supported");
    if (protocol.endsWith("1.1")) {
        resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, msg);
    } else {
        resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, msg);
    }
}