simple HTTP server in Java using only Java SE API

Question

Is there a way to create a very basic HTTP server (supporting only GET/POST) in Java using just the Java SE API, without writing code to manually parse HTTP requests and man

Answer 1

Have a look at the "Jetty" web server Jetty. Superb piece of Open Source software that would seem to meet all your requirments.

If you insist on rolling your own then have a look at the "httpMessage" class.