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Thread: Servlet not compiling-And i don't even have a hint, why?

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    Default Servlet not compiling-And i don't even have a hint, why?

    I have written the following code for servlet in java. It is not compiling despite repeated attempts. and i can't figure out the cause of error. please help me!


    import javax.servlet.http.*;
    import javax.servlet.*;
    import java.io.*;
     
    public class CartServlet extends HttpServlet
    {
    	public void service(ServletRequest req, ServletResponse res) throws IOException, ServletException
    	{
    		res.setContentType("text/html");
    		PrintWriter out=res.getWriter();
     
    		HttpSession session=req.getSession(false);
     
    		if(session!=null)
    		{
    			String mobiles[]=(String[])session.getAttribute("mobiles");
    			String laptops[]=(String[])session.getAttribute("laptops");
    			String pendrives[]=(String[])session.getAttribute("pendrives");
    			String watches[]=(String[])session.getAttribute("watches");
     
    			String columnCount[]={"mobiles","laptops","pendrives","watches"};
    			out.println("<html><body>");
    			out.println("<table bgcolor='pink' border=1> width=400>");
     
    			if(mobiles!=null)
    			{
    				out.println("<tr>");
    				for(int m=0; m<mobiles.length; m++)
    				{
    					out.println("<td>"+mobiles[m]+"</td>");
    				}
    				out.println("</tr>");
    			}
     
    			if(laptops!=null)
    			{
    				out.println("<tr>");
    				for(int m=0; m<laptops.length; m++)
    				{
    					out.println("<td>"+laptops[m]+"</td>");
    				}
    				out.println("</tr>");
    			}	
     
    			if(pendrives!=null)
    			{
    				out.println("<tr>");
    				for(int m=0; m<pendrives.length; m++)
    				{
    					out.println("<td>"+pendrives[m]+"</td>");
    				}
    				out.println("</tr>");
    			}	
     
    			if(watches!=null)
    			{
    				out.println("<tr>");
    				for(int m=0; m<watches.length; m++)
    				{
    					out.println("<td>"+watches[m]+"</td>");
    				}
    				out.println("</tr>");
    			}	
     
    			out.println("</table>");
    			out.println("</body></html>");
    		}
    		else 
    		{
    			RequestDispatcher rd=req.getRequestDispatcher("/index.html");
    			rd.forward(req,res);
    		}
    	}
    }
    It is showing the following error
    CartServlet.java:12: error: cannot find symbol
    HttpSession session=req.getSession(false);
    ^
    symbol: method getSession(boolean)
    location: variable req of type ServletRequest
    1 error


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    Default Re: Servlet not compiling-And i don't even have a hint, why?

    The error message is quite clear and helpful. What don't you understand about what it is telling you? You might want to review the HttpSession API.

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