Where is the servlet stored and where does it run?
When you create a servlet, the code must be installed in a servlet container which operates as an HTTP server application. In the a development environment the servlet container is often installed on a developer’s own workstation, or a hardware server in the local network where it can be accessed privately for testing. In a production environment the servlet container is usually installed on a server that is accessible from the Internet, but the Java software arrangement is basically the same. Servlet code is compiled to Java class byte code which is physically located on the server hardware with the servlet container. The servlet operates as an extension of the servlet container and its code is executed on the server. Web browsers operate as clients which connect to the servlet container, issue HTTP requests and receive HTTP responses from the servlet container, mostly in the form of HTML pages and other Web content. The servlet code is not downloaded or executed by the Web browser at
