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Interface javax.servlet.ServletConfig

public interface ServletConfig
A servlet configuration object used by a servlet container used to pass information to a servlet during initialization.

Method Index

o getInitParameter(String)
Returns a String containing the value of the named initialization parameter, or null if the parameter does not exist.
o getInitParameterNames()
Returns the names of the servlet's initialization parameters as an Enumeration of String objects, or an empty Enumeration if the servlet has no initialization parameters.
o getServletContext()
Returns a reference to the {
o getServletName()
Returns the name of this servlet instance.

Methods

o getServletName 
 public abstract String getServletName()
Returns the name of this servlet instance. The name may be provided via server administration, assigned in the web application deployment descriptor, or for an unregistered (and thus unnamed) servlet instance it will be the servlet's class name.

Returns:
the name of the servlet instance
o getServletContext 
 public abstract ServletContext getServletContext()
Returns a reference to the {@link ServletContext} in which the caller is executing.

Returns:
a {@link ServletContext} object, used by the caller to interact with its servlet container
See Also:
ServletContext
o getInitParameter 
 public abstract String getInitParameter(String name)
Returns a String containing the value of the named initialization parameter, or null if the parameter does not exist.

Parameters:
name - a String specifying the name of the initialization parameter
Returns:
a String containing the value of the initialization parameter
o getInitParameterNames 
 public abstract Enumeration getInitParameterNames()
Returns the names of the servlet's initialization parameters as an Enumeration of String objects, or an empty Enumeration if the servlet has no initialization parameters.

Returns:
an Enumeration of String objects containing the names of the servlet's initialization parameters 
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