Editing Web container (section)

{{Short description|Component of Java web server}}
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A '''web container''' (also known as a servlet container;<ref>
{{cite book
| author                = Pilgrim, Peter A.
| chapter               = The lifecycle of Java Servlets
| title                 = Java EE 7 Developer Handbook
| url                   = https://books.google.com/books?id=rY_1AAAAQBAJ
| series                = Professional expertise distilled
| date = 20 September 2013
| publisher             = Packt Publishing Ltd
| publication-date      = 2013
| isbn                  = 9781849687959
| access-date            = 2016-06-16
| quote                 = Java Servlets are governed by a web container (a Servlet container).
}}
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{{cite web
 | url = http://www.slideshare.net/bputhal/j2-eee-sides
 | title = J2EE Framework for project development
 | author = Puthal, B
 | year = 2009
 | access-date = 2016-06-15
 | quote = The types of components within J2EE environment are  [...] JSP or servlet as web components running inside webtainer [...]
}}
</ref>) is the component of a [[web server]] that interacts with [[Jakarta Servlet]]s. A web container is responsible for managing the lifecycle of servlets, mapping a [[URL]] to a particular servlet and ensuring that the URL requester has the correct access-rights. A web container handles requests to [[Jakarta Servlet|servlet]]s, [[Jakarta Server Pages]] (JSP) files, and other types of files that include server-side code. The Web container creates servlet instances, loads and unloads servlets, creates and manages request and response objects, and performs other servlet-management tasks. A web container implements the web component contract of the [[Jakarta EE]] architecture. This architecture specifies a [[runtime environment]] for additional web components, including [[computer security|security]], [[concurrency (computer science)|concurrency]], [[Jakarta Servlet#Life cycle of a servlet|lifecycle management]], [[transaction processing|transaction]], deployment, and other services.