Difference in SendRedirect() and RequestDispatcher() in Servlet

SendRedirect

• This is the method of object HttpServlerResponse.
• Request is redirected to client (Browser), and it will process the new URL.
• End User can see on which page, url is redirected.
• In Nutshell, Processing done at client side.

RequestDispatcher

• This object can be accessed from HttpServletRequest.
• Servlet will internally forward the request to another servlet or jsp page.
• End user don’t know that which page is processed internally.
• In Nutshell, Processing done at server side.