Java Building Blocks
The one constant in developing Web service applications is the requirement for a server application that either implements, wraps, or exposes the desired service. Java provides an excellent framework for building server applications, as evidenced by the JigSaw, Jetty, and Tomcat servers, all Java, all free.
Downloading and Installing Tomcat
To demonstrate using Java to build Web services, we will use the Tomcat server, which provides the reference implementation for the servlet and JSP specifications. Tomcat is developed by Jakarta, a project of the Apache Software Foundation. The main page for the Jakarta project (http://jakarta.apache.org) contains information on a variety of popular open source Java tools, including Tomcat, ...
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