A simple demo of com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpServer. JavaDoc: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/jre/api/net/httpserver/spec/com/sun/net/httpserver/HttpServer.html

HttpServerTest.java

import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpExchange;
import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpHandler;
import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpServer;
 
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 
public class HttpServerTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        HttpServer httpServer = HttpServer.create(new InetSocketAddress(8888), 0);
        httpServer.setExecutor(Executors.newCachedThreadPool());
 
        httpServer.createContext("/home", new HttpHandler() {
            @Override
            public void handle(HttpExchange httpExchange) throws IOException {
                final byte[] out = "Hello, world!".getBytes("UTF-8");
 
                httpExchange.sendResponseHeaders(200, out.length);
 
                OutputStream os = httpExchange.getResponseBody();
                os.write(out);
                os.close();
            }
        });
        httpServer.createContext("/apps", new HttpHandler() {
            @Override
            public void handle(HttpExchange httpExchange) throws IOException {
                final byte[] out = "Apps Page!".getBytes("UTF-8");
 
                httpExchange.sendResponseHeaders(200, out.length);
 
                OutputStream os = httpExchange.getResponseBody();
                os.write(out);
                os.close();
            }
        });
        httpServer.createContext("/apps/foo", new HttpHandler() {
            @Override
            public void handle(HttpExchange httpExchange) throws IOException {
                final byte[] out = "Foo Page!".getBytes("UTF-8");
 
                httpExchange.sendResponseHeaders(200, out.length);
 
                OutputStream os = httpExchange.getResponseBody();
                os.write(out);
                os.close();
            }
        });
 
        httpServer.start();
 
        System.out.println("HttpServer Test Start!");
    }
}

I am implementing an HTTP server based on this. will be public in a few days. just in case someone reaches here: https://github.com/ssi-anik/remote-peripheral-control-server