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* Copyright 1999,2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/
package javax.servlet;
import java.util.Enumeration;
/**
*
* A servlet configuration object used by a servlet container
* used to pass information to a servlet during initialization.
*
*/
public interface ServletConfig {
/**
* Returns a reference to the {@link ServletContext} in which the caller
* is executing.
*
*
* @return a {@link ServletContext} object, used
* by the caller to interact with its servlet
* container
*
* @see ServletContext
*
*/
public ServletContext getServletContext();
/**
* Returns a <code>String</code> containing the value of the
* named initialization parameter, or <code>null</code> if
* the parameter does not exist.
*
* @param name a <code>String</code> specifying the name
* of the initialization parameter
*
* @return a <code>String</code> containing the value
* of the initialization parameter
*
*/
public String getInitParameter(String name);
/**
* Returns the names of the servlet's initialization parameters
* as an <code>Enumeration</code> of <code>String</code> objects,
* or an empty <code>Enumeration</code> if the servlet has
* no initialization parameters.
*
* @return an <code>Enumeration</code> of <code>String</code>
* objects containing the names of the servlet's
* initialization parameters
*
*
*
*/
public Enumeration getInitParameterNames();
}