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Table of Contents

Web Application Specifications

Overview

This page section provides a list of API specifications which are implemented by Apache Tomcat.

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Different Tomcat versions implement different versions of the specifications (see main site, wiki).

Java Servlet Specifications

Servlet 3.0 specification is JSR 315.

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Spec versions:

Servlet 2.4

Servlet 2.5

Servlet 3.0

Main page:

JSR154

JSR154

JSR315

Stable:

Final Release

Maintenance Release
Maintenance Release 2

Final Release

Maintenance Release
(3.0 rev a)

Date:

24 Nov, 2003

11 Sep, 2007 (mrel2)

10 Dec, 2009

6 Feb, 2011

Download Page:

Overview
Direct Download

PDF (mrel2):
Overview
Direct Download
Javadoc and classes (mrel):
Overview
Direct Download

Overview
Direct Download
(PDF, Javadoc, classes)

Overview
Direct Download
(PDF only)
Change Log

JavaServer Pages and Expression Language Specifications

JSP 2.2 is a maintenance release of JSP 2.1. Both are part of JSR 245.

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Spec versions:

JSP 2.0

JSP 2.1

JSP 2.2, EL 2.2

Main page:

JSR152

JSR245

JSR245

Stable:

Final Release

Final Release

Maintenance Release

Date:

24 November, 2003

11 May, 2006

10 Dec, 2009

Download Page:

Overview
Direct Download

Overview
Direct Download

Overview
Direct Download - JSP 2.2
Direct Download - EL 2.2

See Also

Protocol Specifications

The following are specifications for the web protocols supported by Tomcat.

HTTP

HTTP 0.9

The Original HTTP as defined in 1991 at W3.org

HTTP/1.0

RFC 1945

HTTP/1.1

RFC 2616

AJP

The AJP protocol specification lives on the Apache Tomcat Connectors web site.

SPDY

TBD

draft-mbelshe-httpbis-spdy-00 (Draft 3), Expires: August 4, 2012

List of protocol specifications, at dev.chromium.org

WebSocket

WebSocket protocol is specified by RFC 6455.

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