Simple HTTP Server

Sample

sample-jetty-embed, (Mercurial repository).

Maven 2

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
  <artifactId>jetty</artifactId>
  <version>6.1.6</version>
</dependency>

Servlet

HelloServlet.java, ../../misc/howto/java/HelloServlet.java.txt

Server

package com.sample;

import org.mortbay.jetty.Server;
import org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Context;
import org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder;

public class SimpleServer {
    public static void main(final String[] args) throws Exception {
        Server server = new Server(8080);
        Context root = new Context(server, "/", Context.SESSIONS);
        root.addServlet(new ServletHolder(new HelloServlet()), "/*");
        server.start();
    }
}

Build and run the application (using Maven 2):

mvn clean package exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="com.sample.SimpleServer"

Browse

http://localhost:8080/