A Valve is a type of component that can be inserted into Tomcat's request/response pipeline in order to add application-specific logic.
A Valve is a type of component that can be inserted into Tomcat's request/response pipeline in order to add application-specific logic in relation to request processing.
There are many kinds of valves dealing with different aspects of the server's operation and functionality, some of which include:
- Logging
- Authentication
- SSL
- Single Sign On
- stuck thread detection
For more information, visit the Apache Tomcat documentation
