> I'm a java programmer. I don't know anything about > perl. I just want to know whether it's possible to > call servlets from perl scripts after validating some > data provided by the user.
There's no simple way to use both in the same request. Maybe a subrequest would work, or maybe you could use mod_perl for an earlier handler and then use Tomcat for the content handler. There are also ways to directly call Perl from Java and vice-versa. It's ill-advised though. Hybrid solutions always have overhead involved in going from one to the other and they tend to combine the worst of both worlds and complicate maintenance and development. I'd advise against trying to mix the two in a single request. If you really have to use both, try to find a way to get the validation work done in the perl program and then redirect to the servlet. - Perrin
