Tomcat status?

[boardtc]

On the JBoss startup page it says:

JBoss Management

* Tomcat status (full) (XML)

My understanding was that tomcat was an alternative application server. How is JBoss related to tomcat?

Thanks, Tom.

[peterj]

Tomcat is a web server, not an application server. In simple terms, a web server supports JSPs and servlets, while an application server also supports EJBs and a whole set of other Java EE technologies. The embedded Tomcat supplies the JSP and servlet support for JBossAS.

[boardtc]

"PeterJ" wrote:
Tomcat is a web server, not an application server. In simple terms, a web server supports JSPs and servlets, while an application server also supports EJBs and a whole set of other Java EE technologies. The embedded Tomcat supplies the JSP and servlet support for JBossAS.

Thanks for the explanation. I notice in my server trace that TomcatDeployer look after the wars and ears, how does that fit in with tomcat dealing with jsps/servlets?

Cheers, Tom.

[peterj]

WAR files contain JSPs and servlets. EAR files can contain WAR files, hence Tomcat is involved there as well.

[boardtc]

An education. Thank You!