Difference between Filter and Listener in Servlet (Java EE)

Asked 2011-01-18T05:59:16.447

There are Filters and Listeners functionality in Servlet. I want to know exact difference between Filter and Listener.

java servlets servlet-filters servlet-listeners

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Filter:Filter is simply Filtering the Response and request coming from the clients to the servlet.

Listener:is like a trigger when any trigger is occur it take the action.

answered 2012-09-15T10:22:53.730