javax.servlet
Interface ServletConfig

All Known Implementing Classes:

GenericServlet

public interface ServletConfig

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

The configuration information contains initialization parameters, which are a set of name/value pairs, and a ServletContext object, which gives the servlet information about the server.

See Also:

ServletContext

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getInitParameter(java.lang.String name) Returns a String containing the value of the named initialization parameter, or null if the parameter does not exist.
java.util.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 servlet is executing.
java.lang.String	getServletName() Returns the name of this servlet instance.

Method Detail

getServletContext

public ServletContext getServletContext()

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

Returns:

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

See Also:

ServletContext

getInitParameter

public java.lang.String getInitParameter(java.lang.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 java.util.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

getServletName

public java.lang.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