Jetty/Starting/Porting to Jetty 7
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Introduction
The intent of jetty-7 is to allow users to transition to the updated architecture and to access some servlet-3.0 features within a servlet-2.5 container, but without the need to update Java 1.6 or to wait for the final specification.
Jetty 7 is not a drop-in replacement for Jetty 6. While Jetty 7 has very much the same architecture as Jetty 6, there are packaging changes and other minor tweaks between the versions. Also, the Jetty 7 milestones are not as full featured as Jetty 6 in terms of third party integrations being available by default with the distribution bundle.
If your application adheres to standards, porting to Jetty 7 should simply be a matter of updating your configuration files. However, if your application uses non-standard or Jetty-specific APIs, then additional porting work will be required. This page gives a brief overview of the changes needed to port to Jetty 7.
Renaming of Packages and Classes
The Jetty 7 codebase was moved to the org.eclipse.jetty.* package space and remodularized so that dependencies for client, server and servlet container are more separable. We have written a converter tool to ease the conversion of your application source and configuration files to use the new package space: How to Upgrade from Jetty 6 to Jetty 7.
| Jetty 6 | Matching in Jetty 7 | Similar in Jetty 7 |
|---|---|---|
| org.mortbay.(jetty).* | org.eclipse.jetty.* | |
| packages under modules/util - org.mortbay.util.*, org.mortbay.log, org.mortbay.component, org.mortbay.thread, org.mortbay.resource | org.eclipse.jetty.util.*, org.eclipse.jetty.util.log, org.eclipse.jetty.util.component, etc | |
| org.mortbay.jetty.security.UserRealm
org.mortbay.jetty.security.HashUserRealm |
org.eclipse.jetty.security.LoginService
org.eclipse.jetty.security.HashLoginService | |
| org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Context | org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler | |
| org.mortbay.util.ajax.Continuation
org.mortbay.util.ajax.ContinuationSupport |
org.eclipse.jetty.continuation.Continuation
org.eclipse.jetty.continuation.ContinuationSupport |
| Type of change | Jetty 6 | Jetty 7 |
|---|---|---|
| Maven plugin artifact id | maven-jetty-plugin | jetty-maven-plugin |
| Split up server JAR | jetty.jar | jetty-server.jar, jetty-deploy.jar, jetty-io.jar, jetty-security.jar, jetty-servlet.jar, jetty-servlets.jar, jetty-webapp.jar, jetty-xml.jar |
| Removed unused module | jetty-html.jar | ~ |
| Renamed JAR | jetty-rewrite-handler.jar | jetty-rewrite.jar |
| Renamed JAR | jetty-management.jar | jetty-jmx.jar |
| New Continuation JAR | from jetty-util.jar | jetty-continuation.jar |
| Removed class | org.mortbay.jetty.plus.jaas.callback.DefaultCallbackHandler | Inner class in JAASLoginService |
For a complete list of changes, see Porting to Jetty 7/Packages and Classes
Architectural Changes
Configuration
Jetty-7 changed from using addLifeCycle to addBean for setting up objects like deployers and security. You will need to change the method call in your configuration files when adding a WebAppDeployer, ContextDeployer, LoginService, etc.
Handlers
Startup Options
The Jetty startup options have been streamlined, and differ in some respects from the startup options in earlier versions of Jetty.
The more commonly used system properties, such as jetty.port and jetty.home still work as before:
java -Djetty.port=8081 -jar start.jar etc/jetty.xml
The OPTIONS switch, which lets you choose specific modes for running Jetty has been subtly changed and is no longer a system property. Instead of java -DOPTIONS=default,jsp,... -jar start.jar, now do:
java -jar start.jar OPTIONS=default,jsp... etc/jetty.xml
To set the default value for verbose debug logging use the org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.DEBUG system property (note that this is very verbose):
java -Dorg.eclipse.jetty.util.log.DEBUG=true -jar start.jar etc/jetty.xml
To set debugging for specific named debuggers, which will override the default setting, use
java -Dsystem_property_name.DEBUG=true -jar start.jar etc/jetty.xml
To enable verbose debug logging for only the startup sequence, use this option with start.jar (note that this isn't a system property)
java -jar start.jar DEBUG=true etc/jetty.xml
See How to Run Jetty for more information on running Jetty from the commandline, and Start Options for the complete list of options that are available for Jetty 7.
Continuations
Jetty 7 introduces portable continuations, extending the Continuations API from Jetty 6 to become a general-purpose API that will work asynchronously on any servlet-3.0 container, or with Jetty 6, 7, and 8. Servlet 2.5 containers can also use the jetty-7-style portable continuations, as blocking. Jetty 6 and non-Jetty containers require the ContinuationFilter to be placed in front of your application. Continuations should be considered an application abstraction and portability layer on top of the implementation detail of asynchronous servlets.
For a comprehensive look of continuations, see the Continuations Feature Guide.
Jetty 7 Source Locations
The core Jetty 7 modules have all moved to Eclipse, but some Jetty integrations (e.g., jetty-maven-plugin, terracotta, wadi) and distributions (e.g., deb, rpm, hightide) still remain at codehaus. If you are looking for these, see Jetty 7 Integrations and Distributions.
Meanwhile, Jetty's implementation of a Cometd server is no longer bundled with the core modules, but is available at cometd.org.
Licenses
Jetty 6 is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License; Jetty 7 is dual licensed under the Apache License 2.0 and Eclipse Public License 1.0 and can be distributed under the terms of either license.
Jetty Version Comparison Table
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All development and stable releases are being performed with Jetty 9 and Jetty 10.
This wiki is now officially out of date and all content has been moved to the Jetty Documentation Hub
| Version | Servlet | Java | Namespace | Licenses | Site | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jetty 9 | Servlet 3.1 | Java 1.8 | org.eclipse.jetty.* | EPLv1 / ASLv2 | Eclipse.org | Stable Release |
| Jetty 8 | Servlet 3.0 | Java 1.6 | org.eclipse.jetty.* | EPLv1 / ASLv2 | Eclipse.org | End of Life / Nov 2014 |
| Jetty 7 | Servlet 2.5 | Java 1.5 | org.eclipse.jetty.* | EPLv1 / ASLv2 | Eclipse.org | End of Life / Nov 2014 |
| Jetty 6 | Servlet 2.5 | Java 1.4 | org.mortbay.* | ASLv2 | Codehaus.org | End of Life / Nov 2010 |
Note: cometd server is not shipped within the Jetty distribution, it can be obtained from the cometd.org website.
Additional Resources
- Upgrade from Jetty 6 to Jetty 7 (conversion tool)