Re: Tomcat-- Web Server or Web Container?

2008-12-10 Thread Leon Rosenberg 
tomcat is a web server for it serves http requests.
tomcat is a servlet container according to the servlet spec.
there is no such thing as web container.

regards
Leon

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Thangavel Sankaranarayanan
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 I  have a doubt  which is breaking my head and I dont find good definition
 for it...

 What is the difference between Web Server and Web Container?
 What are the roles of Web Server and Web Container ?
 is Tomcat  a Web Server or Web Container ..and why?


 I would e very Thankfull to find a response for it.:)

 Regards,
 Thangavel Sankaranarayanan


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RE: Tomcat-- Web Server or Web Container?

2008-12-10 Thread Ilya Kazakevich 
Hi, 

Web-server is a tool, which handles HTTP requests. Apache is web-server.
Microsoft IIS is web-server.  Thttpd is web-server too.
Servlet-container (according to specification of servlets) is something,
that runs servlets in special environment. 
Web-server may work with CGI or static pages or servlets.

Tomcat is web-server AND servlet-container.



Kazakevich Ilya,
MCP, SCJP
 

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From: Thangavel Sankaranarayanan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:19 PM
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Subject: Tomcat-- Web Server or Web Container?

Hi

I  have a doubt  which is breaking my head and I dont find good definition
for it...

What is the difference between Web Server and Web Container?
What are the roles of Web Server and Web Container ?
is Tomcat  a Web Server or Web Container ..and why?


I would e very Thankfull to find a response for it.:)

Regards,
Thangavel Sankaranarayanan


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