Integrating servlet container into my stand alone App

From: DiscoStu (gregfrommer_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/25/04 

Date: 25 Sep 2004 11:42:25 -0700

Hello Everyone,

     I had this idea for an application I would like to write. I want
to write it as a java application, but be able to output
program-generated .html into an Internet Explorer window. Sending the
generated html to the IE window is easy... just using the Runtime
class. But I want the Internet Explorer window to be able to make http
calls back to my application for form submissions. I didn't want to
have to force my users to install Tomcat just so the internet explorer
could pass back information to the servlet in my .Jar file.

How hard is it to add a servlet container and respond to http post's
from the localhost internet explorer window? This is all from my .jar
file and not from a web application running under tomcat remember. The
only http requests coming into my application will be from that one
internet explorer window... so its really acting like a
single-user-local-machine Tomcat server. But I dont want the burden of
forcing Tomcat on people.

I suppose you'll say pick a standard application or a jsp/servlet
solution, but not both.... but I think there is a lot of flexability
to this method, being able to generate GUI screens on the fly in the
IE window is really exciting.

Thanks,

     Greg

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