Create a simple HTTP server with Java?

Question

What\'s the easiest way to create a simple HTTP server with Java? Are there any libraries in commons to facilitate this? I only need to respond to GET/POST, and

Answer 1

I wrote a tutorial explaining how to write a simple HTTP server a while back in Java. Explains what the code is doing and why the server is written that way as the tutorial progresses. Might be useful http://kcd.sytes.net/articles/simple_web_server.php