CoffeeWebServer

CoffeeWebServer is an open-source NIO HTTP/1.1 web server that comes with support for multi-part forms, cookies, custom servlets, sessions, gzip and deflate encodings, pipelining, SSL and more. It is written entirely in Java and relies only on the base JDK library.

Among the other features offered by this web server, we can mention file caching, ETag support, ranged request support, Aync read/write, CGI and chunked encoding (in and out).

CoffeeWebServer comes with support for multiple concurrent connections, as well as support for arbitrary files in the folder where the server was launched. Sample servlets are provided, and basic servlet statistics can be gathered.

The HTTP/1.1 web server should work with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome as well as other browsers. Basic HTTP error handling is supported for invalid and malformed requests, as well as I/O and thread resource management.

In order to build the web server, you will have to download and install Java JDK 1.6 or higher, as well as Apache Maven. Instructions for building and running the server are included in the documentation available on the website and inside the downloadable archive. Each step is detailed here, providing you with everything you need to get things set up and going.