What Is A Servlet Container?

• A Servlet container is an intermediary between a Web server and Servlets hosted by the server.
• The container loads, initializes, and executes the Servlets.
• It typically handles HTTP requests by translating them into Java objects and passing them to the Servlet.
• The Servlet processes the request, produces a response (as Java objects), and the container translates the response back into HTTP format.
• A Servlet container can be considered part of an application server, which manages other types of software components besides Servlets.
• Apache Tomcat is a Servlet container.