For this reason, a Java server that implements the Servlet specification is sometimes called a servlet container. To create a servlet, you implement the Servlet interface and deploy it inside a ...

Prior to the Java EE 7 release, developers struggled to implement a Servlet file upload component because it was a rather sordid affair that required a great deal of error-prone and bloated code.

Tomcat is used in at least 75 percent of Java-based Web sites, said Jim Jagielski, chairman of the Apache board of directors and a senior staff engineer and chief open source officer at VMware.