ya ..you got it wrong. infact if you read the last post ...I said
"WRONG--->....." . so we both have the same point.
Its the Servlet Container
:)
Purav
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Subject: Re: Difference between Application Server and Web Server
Purav wrote:
>
> Web Container is specifically the Thingy That Runs Servlets.
> E.g. Tomcat.
>
Due to excessive quoting, I'm not sure which of the
participants in this thread actually wrote the above.
Apologies to Purav if I got it wrong. But anyway.
According to the servlet spec, Tomcat (and others
like it) are "Servlet Containers". Ref:
SRV.1.2 What is a Servlet Container?
The servlet container is a part of a web server
or application server that provides the network
services over which requests and responses are
set, decodes MIME based requests, and formats
MIME based responses. A servlet container also
contains and manages servlets through their
lifecycle.
A servlet container can be built into a host web
server, or installed as an add-on component to
Web Server via that server s native extension API.
Servlet con-tainers can also be built into or
possibly installed into web-enabled application
servers.
So "Servlet Container" is a (relatively) well
defined term.
"Application Server" is an ill-defined term that
means different things to different people, a quick
google search should make that clear (or muddy the
issue further)
"Web Container" is (at least) a term used in the
J2EE specs. "Web Containers" have extra capabilities
beyond those required of "Servlet Containers", so
they're not exactly the same thing. Probably a good
term to avoid if you're not talking specifically
about J2EE.
--
Christopher St. John [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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