javax.servlet
Interface ServletConfig

All Known Implementing Classes:
GenericServlet

public abstract 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:
Servlet API 1.0
Version:
Servlet API 2.1

Method Summary
 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
 

Method Detail

getInitParameter

public 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
Since:
Servlet API 1.0

getInitParameterNames

public 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
Since:
Servlet API 1.0

getServletContext

public ServletContext getServletContext()
Get the context of this ServletConfig
Returns:
The context of the servlet whose Config this is
Since:
Servlet API 1.0