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Tomcat 6 Developer's Guide
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Tomcat 6 Developer's Guide

by Damodar Chetty
December 2009
Intermediate to advanced
416 pages
10h
English
Packt Publishing
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What is the Servlet API?

Now that we've looked at the environment within which the Servlet API executes, the remainder of this chapter is pointed squarely at the Servlet API. This API is one of the oldest within the Java Enterprise Edition family—its first incarnation dates back to 1997.

In this section, we'll take a quick walk through JSR 154 for the Servlet 2.5 API.

Note

The information in this section is applicable to all Java EE compliant servlet containers, including those contained in IBM WebSphere and BEA WebLogic, as well as to Apache Tomcat.

The word 'servlet' conjures up an image of a baby server, and that is exactly what it is. It is a play on the word 'applet', which represents a baby application.

A servlet is a web component, a pluggable ...

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ISBN: 9781847197283