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| 2 | The Apache Tomcat Servlet/JSP Container |
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| 3 | " align="right" src="../images/tomcat.gif"></a></td><td><font face="arial,helvetica,sanserif"><h1>Apache Tomcat 6.0</h1></font></td><td><!--APACHE LOGO--><a href="http://www.apache.org/"><img border="0" alt="Apache Logo" align="right" src="../images/asf-logo.gif"></a></td></tr></table><table cellspacing="4" width="100%" border="0"><!--HEADER SEPARATOR--><tr><td colspan="2"><hr size="1" noshade></td></tr><tr><!--LEFT SIDE NAVIGATION--><td nowrap="true" valign="top" width="20%"><p><strong>Links</strong></p><ul><li><a href="../index.html">Docs Home</a></li></ul><p><strong>Contents</strong></p><ul><li><a href="index.html">Contents</a></li><li><a href="overview.html">Overview</a></li><li><a href="startup.html">Server Startup</a></li><li><a href="requestProcess.html">Request Process</a></li></ul></td><!--RIGHT SIDE MAIN BODY--><td align="left" valign="top" width="80%"><table cellspacing="4" width="100%" border="0"><tr><td valign="top" align="left"><h1>Apache Tomcat Architecture</h1><h2>Table of Contents</h2></td><td nowrap="true" valign="top" align="right"><small><a href="printer/index.html"><img alt="Printer Friendly Version" border="0" src="../images/printer.gif"><br>print-friendly<br>version |
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| 4 | </a></small></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Preface"><strong>Preface</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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| 6 | <p>This section of the Tomcat documentation attempts to explain |
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| 7 | the architecture and design of the Tomcat server. It includes significant |
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| 8 | contributions from several tomcat developers: |
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| 9 | </p> |
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| 11 | <li>Yoav Shapira |
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| 12 | (<a href="mailto:yoavs@apache.org">yoavs@apache.org</a>)</li> |
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| 13 | <li>Jeanfrancois Arcand |
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| 14 | (<a href="mailto:jfarcand@apache.org">jfarcand@apache.org</a>)</li> |
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| 15 | <li>Filip Hanik |
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| 16 | (<a href="mailto:fhanik@apache.org">fhanik@apache.org</a>)</li> |
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| 17 | </ul> |
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| 19 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Table of Contents"><strong>Table of Contents</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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| 21 | <p>The information presented is divided into the following sections:</p> |
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| 22 | <ul> |
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| 23 | <li><a href="overview.html"><strong>Overview</strong></a> - |
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| 24 | An overview of the Tomcat server architecture with key terms |
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| 25 | and concepts.</li> |
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| 26 | <li><a href="startup.html"><strong>Server Startup</strong></a> - |
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| 27 | A detailed description, with sequence diagrams, of how the Tomcat |
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| 28 | server starts up.</li> |
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| 29 | <li><a href="requestProcess.html"><strong>Request Process Flow</strong></a> - |
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| 30 | A detailed description of how Tomcat handles a request.</li> |
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| 31 | </ul> |
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| 34 | Copyright © 1999-2008, Apache Software Foundation |
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