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Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. A Simple Web Server i. The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) ii. The Socket Class iii. The ServerSocket Class iv. The Application v. The HttpServer Class vi. The Request Class vii. The Response Class viii. Running the Application ix. Summary 3. A Simple Servlet Container i. The javax.servlet.Servlet Interface ii. Application 1 iii. The HttpServer1 Class iv. The Request Class v. The Response Class vi. The StaticResourceProcessor Class vii. The ServletProcessor1 Class viii. Running the Application ix. Application 2 x. Summary 4. Connector 5. Tomcat Default Connector 6. Container OverView Welcome to How Tomcat Works. This book dissects Tomcat 4.1.12 and 5.0.18 and explains the internal workings of its free, open source, and most popular servlet container code-named Catalina. Tomcat is a complex system, consisting of many different components. Those who want to learn how Tomcat works often do know where to start. What this book does is provide the big picture and then build a simpler version of each component to make understanding that component easier. Only after that will the rea......