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<div class="block">Called by the servlet container to allow the servlet to respond to a request. See <a href="Servlet.html#service(jakarta.servlet.ServletRequest,jakarta.servlet.ServletResponse)"><code>Servlet.service(jakarta.servlet.ServletRequest, jakarta.servlet.ServletResponse)</code></a>.
 
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 This method is declared abstract so subclasses, such as <code>HttpServlet</code>, must override it.</div>
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