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1.8 + <title>Support for WebStack Features in Server Environments</title>
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1.14 +<h1>Support for WebStack Features in Server Environments</h1>
1.15 +<p>Some basic features of Web applications are not supported by all
1.16 +server environments or frameworks. The table below summarises the
1.17 +implementation details of such features when applications are deployed
1.18 +in each server environment.</p>
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1.21 +Feature support and adopted implementations for the supported frameworks
1.22 + <tbody>
1.23 + <tr>
1.24 + <td></td>
1.25 + <th>BaseHTTPRequestHandler</th>
1.26 + <th>CGI</th>
1.27 + <th>mod_python</th>
1.28 + <th>Java Servlet API</th>
1.29 + <th>Twisted</th>
1.30 + <th>Webware</th>
1.31 + <th>WSGI</th>
1.32 + <th>Zope 2</th>
1.33 + </tr>
1.34 + <tr>
1.35 + <th>Unicode response writing</th>
1.36 + <td>WebStack</td>
1.37 + <td>WebStack</td>
1.38 + <td>WebStack</td>
1.39 + <td>Framework</td>
1.40 + <td>WebStack</td>
1.41 + <td>WebStack</td>
1.42 + <td>WebStack</td>
1.43 + <td>WebStack</td>
1.44 + </tr>
1.45 + <tr>
1.46 + <th>Cookies</th>
1.47 + <td>WebStack [1]</td>
1.48 + <td>WebStack [1]</td>
1.49 + <td>Framework [2]</td>
1.50 + <td>Framework [3]</td>
1.51 + <td>Framework [3]</td>
1.52 + <td>Framework [3]</td>
1.53 + <td>WebStack [1]</td>
1.54 + <td>Framework [3]</td>
1.55 + </tr>
1.56 + <tr>
1.57 + <th>Sessions</th>
1.58 + <td>WebStack</td>
1.59 + <td>WebStack</td>
1.60 + <td>Framework [4]</td>
1.61 + <td>Framework</td>
1.62 + <td>WebStack</td>
1.63 + <td>Framework</td>
1.64 + <td>WebStack</td>
1.65 + <td>Framework</td>
1.66 + </tr>
1.67 + </tbody>
1.68 +</table>
1.69 +<h3>Notes</h3>
1.70 +<ol>
1.71 + <li>WebStack cookie support is provided using the standard library <code>Cookie</code>
1.72 +module.</li>
1.73 + <li>Some mod_python releases do not provide cookie support directly.</li>
1.74 + <li>An additional class is employed to provide a uniform cookie API
1.75 +on certain frameworks.</li>
1.76 + <li>Some mod_python releases do not provide session support directly.</li>
1.77 +</ol>
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