Introduction
 The
Atmosphere
Framework
is
designed
to
make
it
easier
to
build
 asynchronous/Comet‐based
Web
applications
that
include
a
mix
of
Comet
and
 RESTful
behavior.
The
Atmosphere
Framework
is
portable
and
can
be
deployed
on
 any
Web
Server
that
supports
the
Servlet