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by simiones 1245 days ago
Given that it was only added in Java 18 and it is a simple static file server (no way to run custom code when serving a URL), I don't think it's in any way widely used at the moment.

Edit: or will ever be. It is definitely explicitly not an equivalent of go's net/http. Indeed, there is probably never going to be an equivalent of net/http in the Java stdlib (since they prefer to rely on the user choosing one of the existing server frameworks, such as Jetty).
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dmux 1245 days ago
The specific web server in the JEP is relatively new, but there has been an http server implementaion since 1.6:

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/jre/api/net/httpserver...

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simiones 1244 days ago
Cool, I had no idea about this.

I see it's still available after the modularization effort, and it is:

https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/18/docs/api/jdk.https...

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philosopher1234 1245 days ago
From your description it sounds like it is a completely different beast from net/http
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simiones 1245 days ago
Yes, per the JEP that was linked, it is only intended as a toy server for quick example code, essentially:

> Provide a command-line tool to start a minimal web server that serves static files only. No CGI or servlet-like functionality is available. This tool will be useful for prototyping, ad-hoc coding, and testing purposes, particularly in educational contexts.

> It is not a goal to provide a feature-rich or commercial-grade server. Far better alternatives exist in the form of server frameworks (e.g., Jetty, Netty, and Grizzly) and production servers (e.g., Apache Tomcat, Apache httpd, and NGINX).

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