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Jakarta Servlet
Original author(s)Pavni Diwanji
Developer(s)Eclipse Foundation
Initial releaseDecember 1996; 24 years ago (1996-12)
Stable release
5.0 / September 7, 2020; 11 months ago (2020-09-07)
Repository Edit this at Wikidata
Written inJava
PlatformJakarta EE 9
Size2.56 MB
TypeSoftware component for Web API
LicenseEclipse Public License
Websitejakarta.ee/specifications/servlet/5.0/
Life of a JSP file

A Jakarta Servlet (formerly Java Servlet) is a Java software component that extends the capabilities of a server. Although servlets can respond to many types of requests, they most commonly implement web containers for hosting web applications on web servers and thus qualify as a server-side servlet web API. Such web servlets are the Java counterpart to other dynamic web content technologies such as PHP and ASP.NET.

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