Quick Guide to Embedding Jetty

org.mortbay.jetty.Server server = new Server();
org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectConnectorSelectChannelConnector connector = new SelectConnectorSelectChannelConnector();
connector.setPort(8080);
server.setConnectors (new Connector[]{connector});
WebAppContext wah = new WebAppContext();
wah.setContextPath("/myspecialapp);
wah.setWar("file:///tmp/myspecialapp.war");
server.addHandler(wah);
server.start();