Java Tutorial - Java Script : Jetty

Java Tutorial - Java Script :

Jetty


Jetty is the primary servlet engine distributed with the jBoss project and is one of the most popular servlet engines around. Jetty is small enough to be used for embedded systems or to be included as a part of another software package. Don’t let its size fool you, however, Jetty’s performance compares with the best of them. The following table gives a summary of Jetty. Today Jetty is the default servlet container for JBoss and boasts a number of supporting developers that help enhance Jetty. This means that project continuity is likely to continue if the project’s owner stops maintaining the system. The current version of Jetty can be used on almost any platform that supports
a 1.2-compliant JDK. This includes Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP and most current Linux platforms. Jetty supports JSP, but uses a slightly modified version of the Apache-Jakarta product called Jasper, which is the same JSP
compiler used for Tomcat. Jetty can be downloaded as a standalone product or as part of the JBoss open source J2EE environment. There is also a version of Jetty that is integrated with the Jonas EJB container