Name
ServletConfig
Synopsis
Interface Name:
javax.servlet.ServletConfig
Superinterface: None
Immediate Subinterfaces: None
Implemented By: javax.servlet.GenericServlet
Availability: Servlet API 1.0 and later
Description
Servlet containers use ServletConfig
objects to
pass initialization and context information to servlets. The
initialization information generally consists of a series of
initialization parameters (init parameters) and a
ServletContext
object, which provides information
about the server environment. A servlet can implement
ServletConfig
to allow easy access to init
parameters and context information, as
GenericServlet
does.
Interface Declaration
public interface ServletConfig { // Methods public abstract String getInitParameter(String name); public abstract Enumeration getInitParameterNames(); public abstract ServletContext getServletContext(); public abstract String getServletName(); // New in 2.2 }
Methods
getInitParameter()
public abstract String getInitParameter(String name)
- Description
Returns the value of the named servlet initialization parameter or
null
if no matching parameter is found.
getInitParameterNames()
public abstract Enumeration getInitParameterNames()
- Description
Returns the names of all the servletâs initialization parameters as an
Enumeration
ofString
objects or an emptyEnumeration
if no parameters exist.
getServletContext()
public abstract ServletContext getServletContext()
- Description
Returns the
ServletContext
object for this servlet, allowing interaction ...
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