What is idempotent in servlet

pls any body explains what is idempotent and non idempotent method in servets, and y ther r called as so?

[112 byte] By [ragavarnan_call_screena] at [2007-11-27 11:22:59]
# 1

Check your school books. It's explained in there. If you stucks, ask your classmates or teacher.

BalusCa at 2007-7-29 14:57:59 > top of Java-index,Enterprise & Remote Computing,Web Tier APIs...
# 2

hi

The GET method should also be idempotent, meaning that it can be safely repeated. Sometimes making a method safe also makes it idempotent. For example, repeating queries is both safe and idempotent, but buying a product online or modifying data is neither safe nor idempotent.

If the request is incorrectly formatted, doGet returns an HTTP "Bad Request" message.

drvijayy2k2a at 2007-7-29 14:57:59 > top of Java-index,Enterprise & Remote Computing,Web Tier APIs...