>>> Chalapathi Rao A L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 15-May-01 12:27:53 PM
>>>
>The web server actually listens for the http requests
>on a specific port and if it finds that the request is made
>by a client for a servlet, the web server will forward the
>request to the servlet engine ( which is running on some
>port). The servlet engine executes the requested servlet
>and sends the results back to the client ( via the web
>server) .
This is not necessarily true.
Servlet engines can either be "add-ons" to existing webservers, or
they can provide their own http engine and handle the requests
directly from the client.
Nic
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