ServletConfig (Servlet API Documentation)

Interface ServletConfig

public interface ServletConfig

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

Method Summary
String	getInitParameter(String name) Returns a `String` containing the value of the named initialization parameter, or `null` if the parameter does not exist.
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.
ServletContext	getServletContext() Returns a reference to the ServletContext in which the caller is executing.
String	getServletName() Returns the name of this servlet instance.

String

Returns a String containing the value of the named initialization parameter, or null if the parameter does not exist.

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.

ServletContext

getServletContext()

Returns a reference to the ServletContext in which the caller is executing.

String

getServletName()

Returns the name of this servlet instance.

Method Detail

public 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

getInitParameterNames

public 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

getServletContext

public ServletContext getServletContext()

Returns a reference to the ServletContext in which the caller is executing.

Returns: a ServletContext object, used by the caller to interact with its servlet container