code: public static Object get(ServletContext context, String name) {
          return context.getAttribute(name + APPLICATION_SCOPE_SUFFIX);
      }
docs: Looks up a configuration variable in the "application" scope.
  <p> The lookup of configuration variables is performed as if each scope
  had its own name space, that is, the same configuration variable name
  in one scope does not replace one stored in a different scope.
  
  @param context Servlet context in which the configuration variable is
  to be looked up
  @param name    Configuration variable name
  @return The <tt>java.lang.Object</tt> associated with the configuration
  variable, or null if it is not defined.