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Aweb container (also known as a servlet container;[1]and compare "webcontainer"[2]) is the component of aweb server that interacts withJakarta Servlets. A web container is responsible for managing the lifecycle of servlets, mapping aURL to a particular servlet and ensuring that the URL requester has the correct access-rights. A web container handles requests toservlets,Jakarta Server Pages (JSP) files, and other types of files that include server-side code. The Web container creates servlet instances, loads and unloads servlets, creates and manages request and response objects, and performs other servlet-management tasks. A web container implements the web component contract of theJakarta EE architecture. This architecture specifies aruntime environment for additional web components, includingsecurity,concurrency,lifecycle management,transaction, deployment, and other services.
The following is a list of notable applications which implement theJakarta Servlet specification fromEclipse Foundation, divided depending on whether they are directly sold or not.
Java Servlets are governed by a web container (a Servlet container).
The types of components within J2EE environment are [...] JSP or servlet as web components running inside webtainer [...]
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