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Posted to modules-dev@httpd.apache.org by Richard Catlin <ri...@gmail.com> on 2011/11/21 18:34:36 UTC
Can the Apache2 Modules system be used as a general purpose application server, similar to Java based application servers like Apache Tomcat/Weblogic?
I have been a Java developer and have used Java-based Application Servers, such as Tomcat, JBoss, and Weblogic. It looks to me that the Apache2 Modules system with its filter chain is architected in a similar fashion to Java based Application Servers.
Can the Modules system be used as a general purpose application server?
Richard Catlin
Re: Can the Apache2 Modules system be used as a general purpose
application server, similar to Java based application servers like Apache
Tomcat/Weblogic?
Posted by Ray Morris <su...@bettercgi.com>.
> I have been a Java developer and have used Java-based Application
> Servers, such as Tomcat, JBoss, and Weblogic. It looks to me that
> the Apache2 Modules system with its filter chain is architected in a
> similar fashion to Java based Application Servers.
>
> Can the Modules system be used as a general purpose application
> server?
It could be. Apache modules are generally written in C, though Perl
is also an option via mod_perl, which exports the Apache modules API
to Perl. Obviously many companies use Apache as something like a PHP
or Perl application server. Zend Server is an Apache module that
implements a PHP application server which will also import your
existing Java code, integrating it with the PHP within Zend application
server.
The transition would probably involve a significant realingnment
of what a Tomcat user might think an application server should be,
though.
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On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:34:36 -0800
Richard Catlin <ri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have been a Java developer and have used Java-based Application
> Servers, such as Tomcat, JBoss, and Weblogic. It looks to me that
> the Apache2 Modules system with its filter chain is architected in a
> similar fashion to Java based Application Servers.
>
> Can the Modules system be used as a general purpose application
> server?
>
> Richard Catlin