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Servlet 2.5 is a maintenance release of Servlet 2.4. Both are JSR 154.

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Spec versions:

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Servlet 4.0  
  
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Main page:

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[JSR369](http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=369)  
  
Java.net project:

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[servlet-spec](https://javaee.github.io/servlet-spec/)  
Also see Java EE Platform Specification project, [javaee-
spec](https://javaee.github.io/javaee-spec/)  
  
Stable:

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Final Release  
  
Date:

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05 Sept, 2017  
  
Download Page:

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[Overview](https://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr369/index.html)  
[Direct Download](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/servlet-4-final-eval-
spec/index.html)  
  
Online Javadoc:

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[Java EE 8](https://javaee.github.io/javaee-spec/javadocs/) (A
javaee.github.io link. Not available at docs.oracle.com?)  
  
Minimum Tomcat version:

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9.0.0  
  
  

Spec versions:

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Servlet 3.1  
  
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Main page:

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[JSR340](http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=340)  
  
Java.net project:

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[servlet-spec ](http://java.net/projects/servlet-spec/)  
  
Stable:

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Final Release  
  
Date:

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28 May, 2013  
  
Download Page:

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[Overview](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr340/index.html)  
[Direct Download](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/servlet-3_1-fr-eval-
spec/index.html)  
  
Online Javadoc:

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[Java EE 7](http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/api/)  
  
Minimum Tomcat version:

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8.0.0  
  
  

Spec versions: | Servlet 3.0  
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Main page: | [JSR315](http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/summary?id=315)  
Stable: | Final Release | Maintenance Release (Version 3.0 Rev a)  
Date: | 10 Dec, 2009 | 6 Feb, 2011  
Download Page: |
[Overview](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr315/index.html)  
[Direct Download](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/servlet-3.0-fr-eval-
oth-JSpec/) |
[Overview](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/mrel/jsr315/index.html)  
[Change
Log](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/maintenance/jsr315/315ChangeLog.html)  
[Direct Download -
PDF](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/servlet-3.0-mrel-eval-oth-JSpec/)  
Online Javadoc: | [Java EE 6](http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/6/api/)  
Minimum Tomcat version: | 7.0.0 | 7.0.25  
  
  

Spec versions:

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Servlet 2.5  
  
---|---  
  
Main page:

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[JSR154](http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/summary?id=154)  
  
Stable:

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Maintenance Release

| Maintenance Release 2  
  
Date:

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11 May, 2006

| 11 Sep, 2007  
  
Download Page:

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[Overview](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/mrel/jsr154/index.html)  
[Direct Download - Javadoc,
classes](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/servlet-2.5-mrel-eval-oth-
JSpec/)

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[Overview](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/mrel/jsr154/index2.html)  
[Direct Download -
PDF](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/servlet-2.5-mrel2-eval-oth-JSpec/)  
  
Online Javadoc:

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[Java EE 5](http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/5/api/)  
  
Minimum Tomcat version:

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6.0.0

| 6.0.44 ([bug 57703](https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=57703))  
  
  

Spec versions:

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Servlet 2.4  
  
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Main page:

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[JSR154](http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/summary?id=154)  
  
Stable:

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Final Release  
  
Date:

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24 Nov, 2003  
  
Download Page:

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[Overview](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr154/index.html)  
[Direct Download](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/servlet-2.4-fr-spec-
oth-JSpec/)  
  
Online Javadoc:

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[Java EE 1.4](http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/1.4/api/)  
  
Minimum Tomcat version:

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5.0.0  
  
##
[JavaServer](null/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TOMCAT&title=JavaServer&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=103100166)
Pages and Expression Language Specifications

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Expression Language was covered by JSP 2.0 and JSP 2.1 specifications, but
became a separate document starting with JSP 2.2.

Spec versions Specification: | JSP 2.3 | EL 3.0  
---|---|---  
Main page: | [JSR245](http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=245) |
[JSR341](http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=341)  
[Java.net](http://Java.net) project: | [jsp-spec-public
](http://java.net/projects/jsp-spec-public/) ? | [el-
spec](http://java.net/projects/el-spec/)  
Stable: |

Maintenance Release 2  
  
_

_The naming is according to JSR 245. The title page of the_  
  
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_JSP specification document says "Maintenace Release 3"_  
  
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| Final Release  
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Date: | 12 Jun, 2013 | 22 May, 2013  
Download Page: |
[Overview](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/mrel/jsr245/index2.html)  
[Direct Download](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/jsp-2_3-mrel2-eval-
spec/) |
[Overview](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr341/index.html)  
[Direct Download](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/el-3_0-fr-eval-
spec/index.html)  
Online Javadoc: | [Java EE 7](http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/api/), [Java EE
8](https://javaee.github.io/javaee-spec/javadocs/)  
Minimum Tomcat version: | 8.0.0  
  
  

Spec versions:

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JSP 2.2, EL 2.2  
  
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Main page:

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[JSR245](http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/summary?id=245)  
  
Stable:

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Maintenance Release

_ _The naming is according to JSR 245. The title page of the_  
_JSP specification document says "Maintenace Release 2"_ _  
  
Date:

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10 Dec, 2009  
  
Download Page:

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[Overview](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/mrel/jsr245/index.html)  
[Direct Download - JSP
2.2](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/jsp-2.2-mrel-eval-oth-JSpec/)  
[Direct Download - EL
2.2](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/expression_language-2.2-mrel-eval-
oth-JSpec/)  
  
Online Javadoc:

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[Java EE 6](http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/6/api/)  
  
Minimum Tomcat version:

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7.0.0  
  
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Spec versions:

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JSP 2.0  
  
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Main page:

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[JSR152](http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/summary?id=152)  
  
Stable:

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Final Release  
  
Date:

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24 November, 2003  
  
Download Page:

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[Overview](http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr152/index.html)  
[Direct Download](http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/jcp/jsp-2.0-fr-oth-
JSpec/)  
  
Online Javadoc:

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[Java EE 1.4](http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/1.4/api/)  
  
Minimum Tomcat version:

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5.0.0  
  
## Java API for
[WebSocket](null/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TOMCAT&title=WebSocket&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=103100166)

Java API for WebSocket is JSR 356. An implementation is to be included in
Tomcat 8. See also [Bug
51181](https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51181#c64).

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HTTP 0.9

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[The Original HTTP as defined in
1991](http://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/AsImplemented.html) at W3.org  
  
---|---  
  
HTTP/1.0

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[RFC 1945](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1945)  
  
HTTP/1.1

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[RFC 2068](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2068) (January 1997) - obsolete,
replaced by 2616  
[RFC 2616](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616) (June 1999) - obsolete,
replaced by 7230...7235

[RFC 7230](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230) (June 2014) - Message Syntax
and Routing  
[RFC 7231](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231) (June 2014) - Semantics and
Content  
[RFC 7232](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7232) (June 2014) - Conditional
Requests  
[RFC 7233](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7233) (June 2014) - Range Requests  
[RFC 7234](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7234) (June 2014) - Caching  
[RFC 7235](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7235) (June 2014) - Authentication  
  
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HTTP/2 |

[RFC 7540](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7540) (May 2015) - Hypertext Transfer
Protocol Version 2 (HTTP/2)  
[RFC 7541](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7541) (May 2015) - HPACK: Header
Compression for HTTP/2

[HTTP/2 home page, maintained by the IETF HTTPbis Working
Group](http://http2.github.io/)  
  
...  
  
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###   HTTP - Related Specifications

[RFC 2617](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2617)

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"HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication"  
It covers BASIC and DIGEST authentication methods

It was updated by [RFC 7235](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7235).  
  
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Implemented  onwards  
  
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[RFC 6265](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6265)

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"HTTP State Management Mechanism"

The specification about cookies.

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It is implemented by
[org.apache.tomcat.util.http.Rfc6265CookieProcessor](http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/config/cookie-
processor.html) that is available since Tomcat 8.0.15 and is the default one
starting with Tomcat 8.5.0

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. See also "Cookies" page in ["Development
Issues"](null/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TOMCAT&title=Development&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=103100166).

Obsolete specifications: [RFC2109](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2109), [RFC
2965](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2965).  
  
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[RFC 6266](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6266) |

"Use of the Content-Disposition Header Field in the Hypertext Transfer
Protocol (HTTP)"

Content-Disposition header is used by file uploads. See also [Bug
59115](https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=59115#c5)  
  
## AJP

The AJP protocol specification lives on the [Apache Tomcat
Connector](http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/) web site.

AJP/1.3

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[AJP Protocol Reference - AJPv13](http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-
doc/ajp/ajpv13a.html)  
  
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##  WebSocket

WebSocket protocol is specified by [RFC
6455](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455).

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