What are servletcontainer specific libraries?

Asked Apr 11 '17 at 15:24

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In posts like https://stackoverflow.com/a/4076706/5467214 or https://stackoverflow.com/a/8743562/5467214 I keep reading about "servletcontainer specific libraries", that shouldn't be included manually in JavaEE projects, if I understood it correctly. Libraries like servlet-api.jar, jsp-api.jar, el-api.jar, j2ee.jar or javaee.jar are mentioned, but normally followed by an "etc.".

Is there a good explanation what "servletcontainer specific" means or perhaps an exhaustive list of which libraries are servletcontainer specific for Catalina, for example? Or for other servletcontainers? For example, jstl-1.1.2.jar gets explicitely loaded via the pom.xml in a project I am working on that runs on a Tomcat7. Is this "servletcontainer specific library"?

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asked Apr 11 '17 at 15:24

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Aren't they libraries you need to run a specific servletcontainer? – NathanOliver Apr 11 '17 at 15:39
Is that so? I have no idea, that's why I am asking ;) – scholt Apr 11 '17 at 15:45
Here is the answer for you mostly: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65703840/tomcat-casting-servlets-to-javax-servlet-servlet-instead-of-jakarta-servlet-http/65704617#65704617 – dombimihaly89 Oct 20 '21 at 09:32

What are servletcontainer specific libraries?

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