SE452: The servlet API [9/24]

Package javax.servlet contains interfaces and abstract classes for protocol independent generic servlets.

Package javax.servlet.http contains interfaces and abstract classes for servlets using the HTTP protocol.

servlet implementation extend the interfaces and classes in javax.servlet

In theory, servlets can be written for other protocols (like mail, IM, etc...)

A servlet engine provides implementation of these two packages... the Tomcat one is in "tomcat_home"/common/lib/servlet.jar

The JavaDocs are available at http://localhost:8080/tomcat-docs/servletapi/index.html once you have Tomcat running...