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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 ...

Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is a control (signaling) protocol developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to manage interactive multimedia IP sessions including IP telephony, ...

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An extension to Java that provides a programming interface (API) for implementing server-side programs written in Java (Java servlets). See servlet. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other ...

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.

All the cool new programming languages, like Ruby, always have compilers/interpreters and tools for Linux, and the old UNIX standbys like Tcl/Tk are still around when you need them. Why, then, is Java ...

The enterprise Java community has made great strides to simplify file uploads from a web browser to a server. What was once a task that involved many cross-platform complications is now ...