Jetty 5.0.0 and the next generation on the horizon

This post could easily have been just a quick note about the release of the servlet container and HTTP server 
 Jetty, version 5.0.0, which implements the Servlet 2.4 specification. It turned into something more for two reasons. We use Jetty to run our applications, so I’m fond of it, and Jetty’s creator, Greg Wilkins, understands servlets like nobody else.

When Greg Wilkins published Next Generation Jetty and Servlets alongside the 5.0.0 announcement, I paid attention. Greg explains what’s wrong with the servlet pull/push API. In his view, it needs a small revolution. An incremental evolution would fall short.

To that end, he created a new CVS branch, JettyExperimental (JE), to try out features
 and approaches that could make servlets easier to work with. If you have even a passing interest in servlets, I highly recommend reading the post.