Simple Web Server

This is a basic implementation of a HTTP web server.

This project provides a skeleton for a simple web server that can host different files. Only GET methods are supported.

Prerequisites

The project uses Java 25. Lower versions can be supported by adapting Main.java to use the typical public static void main(String[] args) signature.

Demo Instructions

0. Ensure that the current version of Java is 25
   • java --version
1. Navigate to project root (i.e. the same directory as this README)
2. Run the following commands:
   • javac -d out src/server/SimpleHttpServer.java src/server/Worker.java src/Main.java
   • java -cp out Main
3. Populate www with the content to be hosted on the web server (some example files have been added already)
4. Run Main.py to launch the web server (it has been configured to read from www and listen to port 8080)
5. Navigate to http://localhost:8080 on a browser or run curl http://localhost:8080 from the command line