There is a ServletConfig object for each servlet and only one ServletContext per webapp.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Galbreath, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 9:50 AM Subject: Re: difference between > From the API: > > ServletConfig is a servlet configuration object used by a servlet container > to pass information to a servlet during initialization. ServletContext > defines a set of methods that a servlet uses > to communicate with its servlet container to get the MIME type of a file, > dispatch requests, or write to a log file, for example. The ServletContext > object is contained within the ServletConfig object, which the Web server > provides the servlet when the servlet is initialized. Since HttpServlet > implements ServletConfig, it's ServletContext is available from both. > > Nothing. In Servlet 2.1 GenericServlet was modified to accept a no-agrument > init() and ServletConfig is handled in the background. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: Deepak Rustagi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 4:18 AM > > > hi, > > > > I have a doubt about ServletConfig and ServletContext object. > > ServletConfig is passed by the container and has method > > getServletContex(), but we can > > call getServletContext() directly also as it's provided in > > HttpServlet.So, why it's provided in ServletConfig interface. > > > > Secondly what would happen if i will not intialize the > > constructor super.init(config) inside the init. > > > > Thanks > > Deepak Rustagi > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html > ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
