The web is a fundamental part of a Java application server. The main component representing the web in Java is the servlet. Servlet is the oldest component present since the first version of enterprise Java.
A servlet is a web component managed by a container, which generates dynamic web content.
The servlet can be considered as a communication point between a Java server and a web page that can be retrieved from an HTTP browser.
With the subsequent versions of Java EE, in view of the needs and the development of the web and web components and following the growth of the Java language, the mentioned arguments have increased and improved:
- An improved way to develop components thanks to more and more use of annotations, allowing you to write applications with less and less code.
- From Java EE 6 onward, the asynchronous part of the web was introduced...