Java™ 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE™) Web Component Developer Exam Cram™ 2 (Exam 310-080)

Chapter 3. The Servlet Container

Terms you'll need to understand:

• Context

• Web app deployment descriptor

• Initialization parameters

• Context and attribute listener

• Distributable

Techniques you'll need to master:

• Retrieve servlet context-initialization parameters.

• Use a servlet context listener.

• Use a servlet context attribute listener.

• Use a session attribute listener.

• Distinguish the behavior of listeners in a distributable.

Context Architecture

You can see how Tomcat employs an architecture that implements Sun's specifications carefully. It is hard to understand context, though, if you don't know the overall architecture.

Note

When you see the word application ...