When a servlet is permanently unavailable, something is wrong with the servlet, and it cannot handle requests until some action is taken. For example, the servlet might be configured incorrectly, or its state may be corrupted. A servlet should log both the error and the corrective action that is needed.
A servlet is temporarily unavailable if it cannot handle requests momentarily due to some system-wide problem. For example, a third-tier server might not be accessible, or there may be insufficient memory or disk storage to handle requests. A system administrator may need to take corrective action.
Servlet containers can safely treat both types of unavailable exceptions in the same way. However, treating temporary unavailability effectively makes the servlet container more robust. Specifically, the servlet container might block requests to the servlet for a period of time suggested by the servlet, rather than rejecting them until the servlet container restarts.
UnavailableException(java.lang.String) instead.servlet the Servlet instance that is
unavailablemsg a String specifying the
descriptive messageUnavailableException(java.lang.String,int) instead.seconds an integer specifying the number of seconds
the servlet expects to be unavailable; if
zero or negative, indicates that the servlet
can't make an estimateservlet the Servlet that is unavailablemsg a String specifying the descriptive
message, which can be written to a log file or
displayed for the user.In some cases, the servlet cannot make an estimate. For
example, the servlet might know that a server it needs is
not running, but not be able to report how long it will take
to be restored to functionality. This can be indicated with
a negative or zero value for the seconds argument.
msg a String specifying the
descriptive message, which can be written
to a log file or displayed for the user.seconds an integer specifying the number of seconds
the servlet expects to be unavailable; if
zero or negative, indicates that the servlet
can't make an estimateboolean indicating
whether the servlet is permanently unavailable.
If so, something is wrong with the servlet, and the
system administrator must take some corrective action.
true if the servlet is
permanently unavailable; false
if the servlet is available or temporarily
unavailableIf this method returns a negative number, the servlet is permanently unavailable or cannot provide an estimate of how long it will be unavailable. No effort is made to correct for the time elapsed since the exception was first reported.