24/02/10

Java servlets

  A servlet is a Java class.
  Usually a subclass of HttpServlet (which is abstract).
  Methods: init, doGet, destroy
  Your servlet may override these.
  
A server that can run servlets is often called a
servlet engine or a servlet container

Such a server will run a Java Virtual Machine

Reading
  Distinguish from CGI/FASTcgi/php
  Tomcat (a servlet engine)
  Tomcat as a standalone Web server
  Tomcat as a 'back-end' to Apache ('integration')