Tomcat container is a kind of web container, web container also includes weblogic container, JBoss container, etc.; Tcomcat, webLogic, etc. include servlet container.
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The following is a brief introduction to the concepts of these three:
Web container: An environment where multiple web applications can be deployed.
Tomcat Container: is an open source implementation of Java Servlet, JavaServer Pages, Java Expression Language and Java WebSocket (Java EE) technologies.
Servlet container: The full name is server applet, which means service program. The main function is to provide methods such as doGet() and doPost() to the upper-level container (Tomcat). Its life cycle instantiation, initialization, invocation, and destruction are controlled by the Tomcat container.