This is from the online doc.
Tomcat 5 implements the Servlet 2.4 and JavaServer Pages 2.0
specifications from the Java Community Process, and includes many
additional features that make it a useful platform for developing and
deploying web applications and web services.
The generalized idea is:
CLIENT
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| http request/response (maybe this request is to an application)
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APACHE web server (with mod_proxy enabled)
receive the request. if the request is a request to an application
within tomcat apache send the request to tomcat (the container of web
applications)
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| request is forwarded to the container
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TOMCAT
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| request is forwarded (again) to the appropriated application.
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APPLICATION
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| query to a db store
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DB STORE
Jorge Dvila.
El mi, 27-04-2005 a las 16:04 -0400, Chawke, Nitin (Corporate,
consultant) escribi:
Hi All,
I have a very basic question here.
What is tomcat ? Is it a Web Server or an App Server
My understanding was its a Web Server with a Web Container.
But recently I have come accross a lot of discussions saying that is an
Application server?
I tried to find out in the documentations, but nowhere it is clearly
mentioned.
Please advise.
Thanks,
Nitin
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