javax.servlet

Interface ServletConfig

All Known Implementing Classes:

GenericServlet, HttpServlet

public interface ServletConfig

Whenever a server wants to pass initialization data to a servlet, it creates a class which implements this interface.
The server then adds {String,String} pairs to the class, and the servlet can read these using this interface.

Since:

1.0

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getInitParameter(java.lang.String name) Get the value of this name's initparameter
java.util.Enumeration	getInitParameterNames() Get all InitParameterNames
ServletContext	getServletContext() Get the context of this ServletConfig
java.lang.String	getServletName() Returns the name of the servlet definition, as specified in the deployment descriptor.

Method Detail

getServletName

java.lang.String getServletName()

Returns the name of the servlet definition, as specified in the deployment descriptor.

getServletContext

ServletContext getServletContext()

Get the context of this ServletConfig

Returns:

The context of the servlet whose Config this is

getInitParameter

java.lang.String getInitParameter(java.lang.String name)

Get the value of this name's initparameter

Parameters:

name - the name of the Parameter whose value we want

Returns:

The value of this name's initparameter or null if it doesn't exist

getInitParameterNames

java.util.Enumeration getInitParameterNames()

Get all InitParameterNames

Returns:

An enumeration consisting of all the init parameter names or an empty empty enumeration when there are no init parameters