Start web container(Jetty) using code

1) Dependencies

required:
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geronimo-servlet_2.5_spec-1.2.jar
jetty-6.1.18.jar
jetty-util-6.1.18.jar

optional:
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slf4j-api-1.5.6.jar
slf4j-jdk14-1.5.6.jar

2)

import org.mortbay.jetty.Connector;
import org.mortbay.jetty.Handler;
import org.mortbay.jetty.handler.DefaultHandler;
import org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection;
import org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectChannelConnector;
import org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext;

/**
 * Starts up a servlet container(Jetty) and adds the web application in web directory to it.
 * 
 * @author louis
 */
public class Server {
    private int port = 8088;
    private String webDir = "web";
    private String contextPath = "/RestHelloWorld";
    
    protected Server() throws Exception {
        System.out.println("Starting Server");

        org.mortbay.jetty.Server server = new org.mortbay.jetty.Server();
        //1) Set Connector
        SelectChannelConnector connector = new SelectChannelConnector();
        connector.setPort(port);
        server.setConnectors(new Connector[] {connector});

        //2) Set Context Path
        WebAppContext webappcontext = new WebAppContext();
        webappcontext.setContextPath(contextPath);

        //3) Set War
        webappcontext.setWar(webDir);

        //4) Set handler
        HandlerCollection handlers = new HandlerCollection();
        handlers.setHandlers(new Handler[] {webappcontext, new DefaultHandler()});
        server.setHandler(handlers);
        
        //5) Start
        server.start();
        System.out.println("Server ready...");
        server.join();
    }

    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
        new Server();
    }
}

3) client-beans.xml

<property name="address" value="http://localhost:8088/RestHelloWorld"/>