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>From: Martin Spiers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Servlet API Technology." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: FW: Reg: Servlets and ports
>Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 13:34:30 +0100
>
>Sorry, my mail server seems to be playing up, see below for port stuff i.e.
>you can connect to the servlet engine by specifying a port of the form
>http://localhost:8080/
>but this is an http request, and so the servlet engine will have to be able
>to cope with http requests.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Martin Spiers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: 15 May 2001 13:00
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Reg: Servlets and ports
>
>
>For lightweight playing around you can run apache tomcat in standalone mode
>(i.e. allow the http connector to run as well as the servlet connector) and
>either connect to the http connector specifically using the port (default
>8080) or run the http connector on port 80 (the default for a web server).
>Tomcat will then act as a web server/servlet engine combined and serve
>static web pages as well as jsp and servlets.
>
>This is only for playing around as apache is much faster/more
>configurable/better when it comes to acting as a web server. The apache to
>tomcat integration is relatively easy to set-up.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Chalapathi Rao A L [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: 15 May 2001 12:28
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Reg: Servlets and ports
>
>
>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) .
>The web server and servlet engine are both required to run servlets.
>They are just two server processes running on different ports. But the
>clients can only directly send their request to the web server and not
>to servlet engine.
>
>hope that is clear.
>
>- Rao
>
> > ----------
> > From: Rajeshwar Rao.V[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 4:49 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Reg: Servlets and ports
> >
> > Hi Nic,
> >
> > >servlet container does all the network stuff, such as listening to
> > the
> > port
> >
> > I have doubt now.Is it Servlet container or web server, which one
> > listens on
> > port?
> > As far as i know it is web server.
> > I think there is a big difference between web server and servlet
> > engine.
> > If i am wrong or want to add more stuff regarding this,please do it
> > ASAP.
> > regds
> > -raj-
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nic Ferrier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 4:21 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Reg: Servlets and ports
> >
> >
> > >>> Raghavendran_c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 15-May-01 11:38:30 AM
> > >>>
> >
> > >Can servlets be configured to listen to any user-defined
> > >port or is it neccessary that they should listen to that port
> > >which the web server listens at ?
> >
> > Servlets don't really participate in the network environment. The
> > and dispatching requests to particular servlets.
> >
> > You probably don't understand the architecture, I suggest you read
> > some of the introductory material there is around:
> >
> > Resources:
> > http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html
> >
> >
> > >Can we develop mail server components using Servlets???
> >
> > No.
> >
> > See the archives:
> > http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html
> >
> >
> >
> > Nic Ferrier
> >
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