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Now that you are satisfied that the JSWDK is working correctly, the next thing you might consider doing before delving into code is changing the configuration of the JSWDK Web Server to suit your environment. The JSWDK makes this easy by presenting the configuration file as a simple XML document in the main subdirectory called "webserver.xml".

What is XML? XML (eXtensible Markup Language) can be succinctly defined as a generic markup language definition that allows you to create your own HTML-like languages. Selena Sol has written a few articles on how XML relates to the Web at the Web Developer's Virtual Library.

The webserver.xml file contains instructions on what parts of the file contain information about the parts of the configuration you can control. The following is a list of some of the configuration options that you can change in your JSWDK web server.

Port number (default is 8080)
Bound IP Address (default is all)
Admin Port (default is random between 2048 and 8192)
Document Base (default is webpages)
Work Directory for Temporary files (default is work)
Session maximum inactive interval (default is 30 minutes)

Now that the development environment is setup and configured for your preferences, we can begin getting down to business.

Coding!!

Next time we will look at the servlet API in a bit more detail and actually start coding some servlets to run on your newly installed JSWDK engine.

Gunther Birznieks contributes to JavaBoutique's Web/Networking column. Gunther currently works for Barclays Capital in London, one of the leading global investment banks in Europe and has previously worked as a senior computer scientist in the Human Genome Project. Gunther is also known for writing several books on Web Programming (Perl, CGI, Java) as well as for co-creating Extropia with Selena Sol. Extropia is one of the best known public domain web programming archives Email: gunther@extropia.com.

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