modjy

h1. A WSGI server for jython

h2(#intro). Introduction to modjy

Python *Web Server Gateway Interface*, as specified in "PEP-333":http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0333/, is a ??simple and universal interface between web servers and [python] web applications or frameworks??. 

Modjy is an implementation of a WSGI compliant gateway/server for jython, built on "Java/J2EE servlets":http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/. Which means that

 # Jython WSGI applications run inside a Java/J2EE servlet container, e.g. "Apache Tomcat":http://tomcat.apache.org/

 # Incoming requests are handled by the servlet container

 # The container is configured to route requests to the modjy servlet

 # The modjy servlet creates an embedded jython interpreter inside the servlet container, and loads a configured jython web application, e.g. "Django":http://www.djangoproject.com/, ??the web framework for perfectionists with deadlines??.

 # The modjy servlet delegates the requests to the configured WSGI application or framework.

 # The WSGI response is routed back to the client through the servlet container.

For further information about WSGI, see "wsgi.org":http://wsgi.org. For a detailed specification of WSGI see "PEP-333: Python Web Server Gateway Interface, version 1.0":http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0333/.

h2(#toc). How to use modjy

 # See the [[ModjyDownload|download]] page to find out how to get hold of modjy.

 # See the [[ModjyDeployment|modjy deployment]] page to read about deploying modjy applications.

 # See the [[ModjyWarPackaging|modjy and WAR files]] page for information on packaging modjy applications in WAR files.

 # See the [[ModjyConfiguration|modjy configuration]] page to read about the various configuration options available to you for configuring modjy

 # See the [[ModjyLocateCallables|loading applications]] page to find out about the different mechanisms that modjy can use to locate and load WSGI callable objects

 # See the [[ModjyWSGI|modjy and WSGI]] page for a discussion of how modjy complies with the WSGI standard.

 # See the [[ModjyDesign|modjy design]] page to read about how modjy is designed.