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Embedded Apache Tomcat 8
Apache Tomcat 8 implements new versions of the Servlet, JSP and EL specifications as well as adding support for the new WebSocket specification.
It requires Java 7 or later.
Tomcat 8 supports the Java Servlet 3.1, JavaServer Pages 2.3, Java Unified Expression Language 3.0 and Java WebSocket 1.0 specifications
Tomcat 8 embeds a packaged renamed version of Commons DBCP 2.x.
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