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Servlet.java	API Doc	Glassfish v2 API	7956	Fri May 04 22:34:18 BST 2007	javax.servlet

Servlet

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public void	destroy() Called by the servlet container to indicate to a servlet that the servlet is being taken out of service. This method is only called once all threads within the servlet's service method have exited or after a timeout period has passed. After the servlet container calls this method, it will not call the service method again on this servlet. This method gives the servlet an opportunity to clean up any resources that are being held (for example, memory, file handles, threads) and make sure that any persistent state is synchronized with the servlet's current state in memory.
public javax.servlet.ServletConfig	getServletConfig() Returns a {@link ServletConfig} object, which contains initialization and startup parameters for this servlet. The ServletConfig object returned is the one passed to the init method. Implementations of this interface are responsible for storing the ServletConfig object so that this method can return it. The {@link GenericServlet} class, which implements this interface, already does this. return the ServletConfig object that initializes this servlet see #init
public java.lang.String	getServletInfo() Returns information about the servlet, such as author, version, and copyright. The string that this method returns should be plain text and not markup of any kind (such as HTML, XML, etc.). return a String containing servlet information
public void	init(javax.servlet.ServletConfig config) Called by the servlet container to indicate to a servlet that the servlet is being placed into service. The servlet container calls the init method exactly once after instantiating the servlet. The init method must complete successfully before the servlet can receive any requests. The servlet container cannot place the servlet into service if the init method Throws a ServletException Does not return within a time period defined by the Web server param config a ServletConfig object containing the servlet's configuration and initialization parameters exception ServletException if an exception has occurred that interferes with the servlet's normal operation see UnavailableException see #getServletConfig
public void	service(javax.servlet.ServletRequest req, javax.servlet.ServletResponse res) Called by the servlet container to allow the servlet to respond to a request. This method is only called after the servlet's init() method has completed successfully. The status code of the response always should be set for a servlet that throws or sends an error. Servlets typically run inside multithreaded servlet containers that can handle multiple requests concurrently. Developers must be aware to synchronize access to any shared resources such as files, network connections, and as well as the servlet's class and instance variables. More information on multithreaded programming in Java is available in the Java tutorial on multi-threaded programming. param req the ServletRequest object that contains the client's request param res the ServletResponse object that contains the servlet's response exception ServletException if an exception occurs that interferes with the servlet's normal operation exception IOException if an input or output exception occurs