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Chapter 20. What's New in the Servlet 2.3 API

Shortly before this book went to print, Sun Microsystems published the Proposed Final Draft of the Servlet API 2.3 specification.^[1]

^[1] Although this specification was published by Sun, Servlet API 2.3 was actually developed by the many individuals and companies working on the JSR-053 expert group, in accordance with the Java Community Process (JCP) Version 2.0. This expert group was led by Danny Coward of Sun Microsystems.

This is not the specification's final form; the Proposed Final Draft is one step away from a formal Final Release and technical details are still subject to change. However, those changes should not be significant in fact, server vendors have already begun to implement the new features. In this chapter, I will review in detail everything that changed between API 2.2 and API 2.3. I will also explain the reasons for the changes and demonstrate how to write servlets using the new features.^[2]

^[2] This material originally appeared in the article "Servlet 2.3: New Features Exposed" by Jason Hunter, published by JavaWorld (http://www.javaworld.com), copyright ITworld.com, Inc., January 2001. Reprinted with permission. (See also http://www.javaworld.com/jw-01-2001/jw-0126-servletapi.html).

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