JAVA 18 NEWS: Simple web server in the JDK #jep408

JAVA 18 NEWS: Simple web server in the JDK #jep408

· java

JDK 18 will come with an embedded mini web server.

It will allow to deal with static files from a directory thanks to command line tool: 𝒋𝒘𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒓.

By default, it uses 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕 and the port 80 and targets the current directory.

The class 𝑺𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒆𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒓 coming with it, lets you instantiate that web server, by code:

var server = SimpleFileServer.createFileServer(
    new InetSoketAddress(8080),
    Path.of("/some/path"),
    Outputlevel.VERBOSE
);
server.start();

 This tool will be useful for prototyping, ad-hoc coding, and testing purposes, particularly in educational contexts.