Apache Tomcat Architecture

Table of Contents

This section of the Tomcat documentation attempts to explain the architecture and design of the Tomcat server. It includes significant contributions from several tomcat developers:

• Yoav Shapira (yoavs@apache.org)
• Jeanfrancois Arcand (jfarcand@apache.org)
• Filip Hanik (fhanik@apache.org)

The information presented is divided into the following sections:

• Overview - An overview of the Tomcat server architecture with key terms and concepts.
• Server Startup - A detailed description, with sequence diagrams, of how the Tomcat server starts up.
• Request Process Flow - A detailed description of how Tomcat handles a request.