Jakarta Servlet

Original author(s)Pavni Diwanji
Developer(s)Eclipse Foundation
Initial releaseDecember 1996; 27 years ago (1996-12)
Stable release
6.0 / May 31, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-05-31)
Repository
Written inJava
PlatformJakarta EE
Size2.56 MB
TypeSoftware component for Web API
LicenseEclipse Public License
Websitejakarta.ee/specifications/servlet/
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.