ServletConfig interface

ServletConfig interface

When the Web Container initializes a servlet, it creates

a ServletConfig object for the servlet.
ServletConfig object is used to pass information to a servlet
during initialization by getting configuration information
from web.xml(Deployment Descriptor).
 Methods of ServletConfig

 String getInitParameter(String name):Returns a String value initialized

parameter, or NULL if the parameter does not exist.
 Enumaration getInitParameters(): returns the names of the servlet's
initialization parameters as an Enumeration of String objects, or an empty
 String getServletName(): return the name of the servlet instance
How to initialize the servlet inside web.xml
How to access Servlet init parameters?

Create the instance of ServletConfig interface by calling

getServletConfig() method.
Ex:
ServletConfig sc=getServletConfig();
ServletContext interface
 ServletContext interface

For every Web application a ServletContext object is created by

the web container.
ServletContext object is used to get configuration information
from Deployment Descriptor(web.xml) which will be available to
any servlet or JSPs that are part of the web app.
Differences between ServletContext and
ServletConfig

ServletContext
Available to all servlets and JSPs that are part
of Web app
Parameters are initialized with in <web-app>
not within <servlet>
ServletConfig
Available to only servlet for which the
<init-param> was configured.
Parameters are initialized with in <servlet> for
each specific servlet
 Important Methods of ServletContext

String getInitParameter(String name): returns parameter value for

the specified parameter name, or NULL if the parameter does not
exist
Enumeration getInitParameters(): returns the names of the
context's initialization parameters as an Enumeration of String
objects
RequestDispatcher
 What is RequestDispatcher?

 RequestDispatcher is an interface, implementation of which defines

an object which can dispatch resource to any request(such as HTML,
Image, JSP, Servlet) from the server.
 RequestDispatcher interface provides two important methods
 void forward( ServletRequest , ServletResponse)
forward a request from one servlet to another resource (servlet, JSP, or HTML
file) on server
 void include( ServletRequest, ServletResponse)
include the content of a resource (servlet, JSP, or HTML file) in the response.
 sendRedirect()

The sendRedirect() method of HttpServletResponse interface can

be used to redirect response to another resource, it may be
servlet, jsp or html file.
It accepts relative as well as absolute URL.
It works at client side because it uses the url bar of the browser to
make another request. So, it can work inside and outside the
server.
Differences between forward() and
sendRedirect()

orward() method sendRedirect() method

The forward() method works at server side. The sendRedirect() method works at client
side.
It sends the same request and response It always sends a new request.
objects to another servlet.
It can work within the server only. It can be used within and outside the
server.
Example: Example:
request.getRequestDispacher("servlet2").for response.sendRedirect("servlet2");
ward(request,response);
Syntax of sendRedirect() method

Syntax:
public void sendRedirect(String URL)throws IOException;
Example:
response.sendRedirect("https://www.google.com");