Apache Tomcat 9 Preview Mark Thomas, September 2015 © 2015 Pivotal Software, Inc. All rights reserved. 2 Introduction Apache Tomcat committer since December 2003 –
[email protected] Tomcat 8 release manager Member of the Servlet, WebSocket and EL expert groups Consultant Software Engineer @ Pivotal Currently focused on Apache Tomcat 9 © 2015 Pivotal Software, Inc. All rights reserved. 3 Agenda Specification mandated new features Tomcat specific new features Tomcat features removed Internal changes © 2015 Pivotal Software, Inc. All rights reserved. 4 Tomcat versions Minimum 1st Stable Tomcat JavaEE Servlet JSP EL WebSocket JASPIC EOL Java SE Release 5.x 4 1.4 2.4 2.0 N/A N/A N/A 08 2004 09 2012 6.x 5 5 2.5 2.1 2.1 N/A N/A 02 2007 12 2016 7.x 6 6 3.0 2.2 2.2 1.1 N/A 01 2011 TBD 8.x 7 7 3.1 2.3 3.0 1.1 N/A 02 2014 TBD 9.x 8 8 4.0 2.4? 3.1? 2.0? 1.1? Q4 2016? TBD © 2015 Pivotal Software, Inc. All rights reserved. 5 Specification changes © 2015 Pivotal Software, Inc. All rights reserved. 6 Specifications JavaEE 8 Key elements – HTML 5.0 – HTTP/2 – Simplification – Better integration for managed beans – Better infrastructure for the cloud © 2015 Pivotal Software, Inc. All rights reserved. 7 Specifications Servlet 4.0 Work started, stalled and is now starting again – Driven by JavaOne HTTP/2 Ease of use improvements – HttpFilter, default methods Clarifications – Starting to make progress © 2015 Pivotal Software, Inc.