The upcoming Servlet 3.0 specification, which passed public review in January 2009, is a major release with important new features that will change the lives of Java Web developers for the better.

In such a situation, it’s possible to use servlets/JSP to support browsing, while the setup or administration functions are done using Java Web Start to provide a rich user interface.

Java servlets When looking to use Java to create dynamic Web content, the servlet can help by extending the applications hosted by Web servers. To do this, the servlet object dynamically receives a ...