Thisbooktapsintotheauthor'swideexperienceasanarchitectandprogrammertoexploreTomcatfromthegroundup.EachmajorcomponentofTomcatiscoveredincarefuldetail,bothfromaconceptualandanimplementationperspective.Writtenwithdetailedexplanationsandlotsofscreenshots,thebookcoversitstopicsinaconcise,practical,andunderstandablemanner.Thisbookisintendedforwebdeveloperswhowanttotaketheirprogrammingskillstothenextlevel,andforserveradministratorswhowanttogetabetterunderstandingofthecontainersoftwaretheymanage.Thisbookwillgiveyouanexpert'sunderstandingofeverycomponentthatcontributestotheoverallrequestprocessingcapabilitiesofTomcat.Inaddition,theconceptsyoulearnwillbegeneralenoughtobecarriedovertootherservletcontainers.Thisbookisalsoagoodstartingpointfordeveloperswhowanttounderstandhowhighavailabilityandhighperformancesoftware,suchasTomcat,aredesigned.IfyouwishtocontributetotheTomcatproject,thenthisisanidealbookforyou.PriorknowledgeoftheJavaprogramminglanguage,andwebdevelopmentontheJavaplatformisassumed.