Web container
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In Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition, a web container "implements the web component contract of the J2EE architecture" [1]. This contract specifies a runtime environment for web components that includes security, concurrency, life-cycle management, transaction, deployment, and other services. A web container provides the same services as a JSP container as well as a federated view of the J2EE platform APIs. Examples of web containers are: