/FileExtraction/Java_unseen/dlitz_resin/modules/servlet16/src/javax/servlet/ServletConfig.java
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 *
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 * @author Scott Ferguson
 */

package javax.servlet;

import java.util.Enumeration;

/**
 * ServletConfig encapsulates servlet configuration and gives access to
 * the application (servlet context) object.
 *
 * Servlet initialization parameters appear in the servlet configuration
 * file.  Each servlet class may have several different servlet instances,
 * one for each servlet parameters:
 *
 * <pre><code>
 * &lt;servlet servlet-name='my1'
 *          servlet-class='test.MyServlet'>
 *   &lt;init-param param1='my1-1'/>
 *   &lt;init-param param2='my1-2'/>
 * &lt;/servlet>
 *
 * &lt;servlet servlet-name='my2'
 *          servlet-class='test.MyServlet'>
 *   &lt;init-param param1='my2-1'/>
 *   &lt;init-param param2='my2-2'/>
 * &lt;/servlet>
 * </code></pre>
 */
public interface ServletConfig {
  /**
   * Returns the servlet name for this configuration.  For example,
   * 'myservlet' in the following configuration:
   *
   * <pre><code>
   * &lt;servlet servlet-name='myservlet'
   *          servlet-class='test.MyServlet'/>
   * </code></pre>
   */
  public String getServletName();
  /**
   * Returns an initialization parameter.  Initialization parameters
   * are defined in the servlet configuration (in resin.conf) as follows:
   *
   * <pre><code>
   * &lt;servlet servlet-name='myservlet'
   *          servlet-class='test.MyServlet'>
   *   &lt;init-param param1='value1'/>
   *   &lt;init-param param2='value2'/>
   * &lt;/servlet>
   * </code></pre>
   *
   * @param name of the parameter
   * @return the init parameter value
   */
  public String getInitParameter(String name);
  /**
   * Returns an enumeration of the init-parameter names
   */
  public Enumeration<String> getInitParameterNames();
  /**
   * Returns the ServletContext for the servlet or filter.
   */
  public ServletContext getServletContext();
}
