There’s no law which states web servers and servlet containers must be large, separate pieces of software.  If there were, Jetty would be a dangerous outlaw (possibly even public enemy number one).  Jetty is an open-source embeddable web server and servlet container, written in Java.  It’s small, fast, and easy to embed — perfect for self-contained applications.

Let’s use an example to discover just how easy embedding Jetty can be.  Say we have two servlets, one should be mapped to /service/one and the other /service/two, served on port 8080.

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Server server = new Server();
Connector connector = new SelectChannelConnector();
connector.setPort(8080);
server.addConnector(connector);
 
ContextHandlerCollection contexts = new ContextHandlerCollection();
server.setHandler(contexts);
 
Context context = new Context(contexts, "/service");
context.addServlet(ServiceOne.class, "/one");
context.addServlet(ServiceTwo.class, "/two");
 
server.start();
server.join();

That’s it; easy.  For information and more examples on embedding Jetty in your Java application, read Embedding Jetty.

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Comments

  1. Emilian Bold on 09.14.2009

    Thanks for this little blogpost. I was just thinking about how it would be simpler to embed then server in my application instead of wasting time converting it to a war, etc. A quick download and 10 lines later I have a simple GUI via a servlet !

  2. lunarcloud on 06.28.2010

    Awesome! Now I just have to figure out how to adapt this for jetty7.

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  3. Mike Christianson on 06.29.2010

    Best of luck to you, lunarcloud. I tried that myself a couple months ago and eventually gave up. Too much had changed with too little documentation. If you manage it, though, let us all know!

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