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Preface
This section of the Tomcat documentation attempts to explain the architecture and design of the Tomcat server. It includes significant contributions from several tomcat developers: Yoav Shapira (yoavs@apache.org) Jeanfrancois Arcand (jfarcand@apache.org) Filip Hanik (fhanik@apache.org)
Table of Contents
The information presented is divided into the following sections: Overview - An overview of the Tomcat server architecture with key terms and concepts. Server Startup - A detailed description, with sequence diagrams, of how the Tomcat server starts up. Request Process Flow - A detailed description of how Tomcat handles a request.
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