Do you guys have any interest in annotation based embedded server configuration? I implemented it for my own purposes to provide JUnit test rule support. While doing so I was wondering if there is a better home for this code. Anyway, if you get a chance, take a look:
https://github.com/lucastheisen/httpcomponents/blob/master/server-test-tomcat/src/test/java/com/pastdev/httpcomponents/tomcat/TomcatTest.java It works great (for me at least) and offers a general abstraction similar to web.xml that can be used by multiple different servlet containers (i have an implementation for jetty as well). Anyway, what do you think? Lucas