MINA is a simple yet full-featured network application framework which provides:
* Unified API for various transport types:
o TCP/IP & UDP/IP via Java NIO
o Serial communication (RS232) via RXTX
o In-VM pipe communication
o You can implement your own!
* Filter interface as an extension point; similar to Servlet filters
* Low-level and high-level API:
o Low-level: uses ByteBuffers
o High-level: uses user-defined message objects and codecs
* Highly customizable thread model:
o Single thread
o One thread pool
o More than one thread pools (i.e. SEDA)
* Out-of-the-box SSL · TLS · StartTLS support using Java 5 SSLEngine
* Overload shielding & traffic throttling
* Unit testability using mock objects
* JMX managability
* Stream-based I/O support via StreamIoHandler
* Integration with well known containers such as PicoContainer and Spring
* Smooth migration from Netty, an ancestor of Apache MINA.
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* Install and configure Apache Tomcat and Apache Axis2. SSL ready !
* Start, stop and restart Apache Tomcat servers
* Configure as many Apache Tomcat as needed. No limitation.
* Manage Web Applications
* Manage Tomcat users
* Deploy and undeploy Web Services
* Download new Web Applications
* Download new Web Services
* Apache Tomcat version 6.0.13 ready
* Apache Axis2 version 1.2 ready