tomcat8.032位/64位官方版是Apache 软件基金会(Apache Software Foundation)的Jakarta 项目(mù)中的一个核心(xīn)项目,由Apache、Sun 和其(qí)他一些(xiē)公司及个(gè)人共同开发而成。由于有了Sun 的(de)参与和支持,最(zuì)新的Servlet 和JSP 规范总(zǒng)是能在Tomcat 中得到(dào)体(tǐ)现,Tomcat 7 支持最新的Servlet和JSP规范(fàn)。因为Tomcat 技术(shù)先进(jìn)、性能稳定,而且(qiě)免(miǎn)费,因而深受Java 爱好者的喜爱并得到(dào)了部分软(ruǎn)件开(kāi)发(fā)商的认(rèn)可,成为目前(qián)比较流行的Web 应用服务(wù)器,主要适用(yòng)于任何32位(wèi)和64位系统。
Apache Tomcat发布(bù)8.0.9版(bǎn)本,同时(shí)这个(gè)版本也是8.0的第(dì)一个stable版本。Tomcat 8需要(yào)至少JDK7以上。
值得注(zhù)意的更新(xīn)如下:
Support for Java Servlet 3.1, JavaServer Pages 2.3, Java Unified Expression Language 3.0 and Java WebSocket 1.0.
The default connector implementation is now the Java non-blocking implementation (NIO) for both HTTP and AJP.
A new resources implementation that replaces Aliases, VirtualLoader, VirtualDirContext, JAR resources and external repositories with a single, consistent approach for configuring additional web application resources. The new resources implementation can also be used to implement overlays (using a master WAR as the basis for multiple web applications that each have their own customizations).
Apache Tomcat 8.0.9 包括了 8.0.8 版本的 bug 修复和大量改进,相对于 8.0.8 版本(běn):
Start to move towards RFC6265 for cookie handling
Better error handling when the error occurs after the response has been committed
Various Jasper improvements to make it easier for other containers (e.g. Jetty) to consume
