Web container (also known as a Servlet container) is the component of a web server that interacts with the servlets. A web container is responsible for managing the lifecycle of servlets, mapping a URL to a particular servlet and ensuring that the URL requester has the correct access rights. A web container implements the web component contract of the Java EE architecture, specifying a runtime environment for web components that includes security, concurrency, lifecycle 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 Java EE platform APIs.
Contents |
The following is a list of software programs that implement the Java Servlet specification from Sun Microsystems, divided depending on whether they are directly sold or not.