Invoking a servlet remotely

[Seema Kumar]

Hi all,   I need to invoke a servlet remotely through a console application, to spawn a particular process on the server. I understand I can do this using the URLConnection.openConnection() method. However, I also need to know when the process initiated by the server thread is complete and show that status on the console. Will this be possible ? Can the servlet be made to write something on the ServletOutputStream, which I can try and read to check the status ?   Please help Thanks Seema