Use Ember Js with java backend in Tomcat

I was given a task to do ember js as front end and java backend in tomcat . I searched around and got some idea about frontend in ember but how to i use it with tomcat .I am completely new to this and I don't know if i have to use any API for that backend rather than using web.xml and url pattern to match servlets. Please give some link to docs so i can refer. Thanks in advance.