How to embed Jetty and Jersey into my Java application

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So I'm trying to embed jetty into my web application so that if I package it as a jar someone can just run the jar file without having to worry about configuring a server. However, I'm having some problems setting up my main class so that jetty can access my resource classes. I've looked at tutorials but they haven't given me exactly what I'm looking for. This is what I have so far. ``` package pojo; import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server; import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.DefaultServlet; import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler; import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Server server = new Server(8080); ServletContextHandler context = new ServletContextHandler(ServletContextHandler.NO_SESSIONS); context.setContextPath("/"); ServletHolder h = new ServletHolder(new DefaultServlet()); h.setInitParameter("javax.ws.rs.Application","resources.DBCollection"); context.addServlet(h, "/*"); server.…

Accepted Answer

A few things.

- Jetty 9.0.0.RC0 is an old, not-yet stable, release candidate, consider upgrading to a stable, final release, such as 9.0.4.v20130625

- You need something that will connect that Jax RS class into the servlet api. Usually done via a Servlet or some sort of initialization with your library of choice. (In you case Jersey)

In your example, you have only setup a `DefaultServlet` to serve static files, nothing has been configured to use your `DBCollection` object.

For Jersey, you'll need to configure the `org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer` and setup its servlet-mappings on a context of your choice.

Example:

```
package com.example;

import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.DefaultServlet;
import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler;
import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder;

public class Main
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Server server = new Server(8080);

ServletContextHandler context = new ServletContextHandler(ServletContextHandler.NO_SESSIONS);
        context.setContextPath("/");
        server.setHandler(context);

ServletHolder jerseyServlet = context.addServlet(org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer.class, "/webapi/*");
        jerseyServlet.setInitOrder(1);
        jerseyServlet.setInitParameter("jersey.config.server.provider.packages","com.example");

ServletHolder staticServlet = context.addServlet(DefaultServlet.class,"/*");
        staticServlet.setInitParameter("resourceBase","src/main/webapp");
        staticServlet.setInitParameter("pathInfoOnly","true");

try
        {
            server.start();
            server.join();
        }
        catch (Throwable t)
        {
            t.printStackTrace(System.err);
        }
    }
}
```

This example adds the ServletContainer that jersey provides to the ServletContextHandler that Jetty uses to look up what to do based on the incoming request. Then it adds the DefaultServlet to handle any requests for content that Jersey does not handle (such as static content)

How to embed Jetty and Jersey into my Java application

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