Apache Tomcat 7

Version 7.0.78, May 10 2017

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This section of the Tomcat documentation attempts to explain the architecture and design of the Tomcat server. It includes significant contributions from several tomcat developers:

Yoav Shapira (yoavs@apache.org)

Jeanfrancois Arcand (jfarcand@apache.org)

Filip Hanik (fhanik@apache.org)

Table of Contents

The information presented is divided into the following sections:

Overview - An overview of the Tomcat server architecture with key terms and concepts.

Server Startup - A detailed description, with sequence diagrams, of how the Tomcat server starts up.

Request Process Flow - A detailed description of how Tomcat handles a request.

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