File	Doc	Category	Size	Date	Package
GenericServlet.java	API Doc	Apache Tomcat 6.0.14	9263	Fri Jul 20 04:20:32 BST 2007	javax.servlet

GenericServlet

• java.lang.Object

Fields Summary
private transient ServletConfig	config

Constructors Summary
public GenericServlet() Does nothing. All of the servlet initialization is done by one of the init methods.

Methods Summary
public void	destroy() Called by the servlet container to indicate to a servlet that the servlet is being taken out of service. See {@link Servlet#destroy}.
public java.lang.String	getInitParameter(java.lang.String name) Returns a String containing the value of the named initialization parameter, or null if the parameter does not exist. See {@link ServletConfig#getInitParameter}. This method is supplied for convenience. It gets the value of the named parameter from the servlet's ServletConfig object. param name a String specifying the name of the initialization parameter return String a String containing the value of the initialization parameter return getServletConfig().getInitParameter(name);
public java.util.Enumeration	getInitParameterNames() Returns the names of the servlet's initialization parameters as an Enumeration of String objects, or an empty Enumeration if the servlet has no initialization parameters. See {@link ServletConfig#getInitParameterNames}. This method is supplied for convenience. It gets the parameter names from the servlet's ServletConfig object. return Enumeration an enumeration of String objects containing the names of the servlet's initialization parameters return getServletConfig().getInitParameterNames();
public javax.servlet.ServletConfig	getServletConfig() Returns this servlet's {@link ServletConfig} object. return ServletConfig the ServletConfig object that initialized this servlet return config;
public javax.servlet.ServletContext	getServletContext() Returns a reference to the {@link ServletContext} in which this servlet is running. See {@link ServletConfig#getServletContext}. This method is supplied for convenience. It gets the context from the servlet's ServletConfig object. return ServletContext the ServletContext object passed to this servlet by the init method return getServletConfig().getServletContext();
public java.lang.String	getServletInfo() Returns information about the servlet, such as author, version, and copyright. By default, this method returns an empty string. Override this method to have it return a meaningful value. See {@link Servlet#getServletInfo}. return String information about this servlet, by default an empty string return "";
public java.lang.String	getServletName() Returns the name of this servlet instance. See {@link ServletConfig#getServletName}. return the name of this servlet instance return config.getServletName();
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. See {@link Servlet#init}. This implementation stores the {@link ServletConfig} object it receives from the servlet container for later use. When overriding this form of the method, call super.init(config). param config the ServletConfig object that contains configutation information for this servlet exception ServletException if an exception occurs that interrupts the servlet's normal operation see UnavailableException this.config = config; this.init();
public void	init() A convenience method which can be overridden so that there's no need to call super.init(config). Instead of overriding {@link #init(ServletConfig)}, simply override this method and it will be called by GenericServlet.init(ServletConfig config). The ServletConfig object can still be retrieved via {@link #getServletConfig}. exception ServletException if an exception occurs that interrupts the servlet's normal operation
public void	log(java.lang.String msg) Writes the specified message to a servlet log file, prepended by the servlet's name. See {@link ServletContext#log(String)}. param msg a String specifying the message to be written to the log file getServletContext().log(getServletName() + ": "+ msg);
public void	log(java.lang.String message, java.lang.Throwable t) Writes an explanatory message and a stack trace for a given Throwable exception to the servlet log file, prepended by the servlet's name. See {@link ServletContext#log(String, Throwable)}. param message a String that describes the error or exception param t the java.lang.Throwable error or exception getServletContext().log(getServletName() + ": " + message, t);
public abstract void	service(javax.servlet.ServletRequest req, javax.servlet.ServletResponse res) Called by the servlet container to allow the servlet to respond to a request. See {@link Servlet#service}. This method is declared abstract so subclasses, such as HttpServlet, must override it. param req the ServletRequest object that contains the client's request param res the ServletResponse object that will contain the servlet's response exception ServletException if an exception occurs that interferes with the servlet's normal operation occurred exception IOException if an input or output exception occurs