Jetty: To embed or not to embed?

Question

What are the benefits of embedding jetty vs deploying your webapp(s) in jetty? If you are planning on deploying more than one web app, should you strictly stick with deploying a war file for each web app (as opposed to writing an embedded server which calls each web app)?

Answer 1

i'd use jetty embedded when the goal is to create a standalone application in which jetty is just one of the components (for example in an osgi container). if you just want to deploy some war's then a default jetty installation seems more preferable. i don't think the choice depends on whether you plan to deploy more than one webapp. when you embed jetty you'll have to do the plumping yourselves in your code.