In “Servlet 2.3: New Features Exposed,” I introduced the changes coming in the Servlet API 2.3 and gave a short tutorial on the new servlet filter model. In this follow-on article, I’ll dig deeper ...

Servlet Filters are the latest components that are added in Servlet 2.3 specifications. These filters are used basically for intercepting and modifying requests and response from server. Consider a ...

Request handling is the bread and butter of Java web application development. In order to respond to requests from the network, a Java web application must first determine what code will respond to ...

Oracle became stewards of the Java platform as a by-product of their acquisition of Sun Microsystems. But looking back, it seems that the Java Platform has been more of a burden than a blessing.