Yes there is. I don't need AWT & Co to run a webapplication container like jetty or tomcat - but both need a java compiler to compile jsps & co. So imho yes, its rational to have only a headless jre installed and a javac compiler there.
Yes there is.
I don't need AWT & Co to run a webapplication container like jetty or tomcat - but both need a java compiler to compile jsps & co.
So imho yes, its rational to have only a headless jre installed and a javac compiler there.