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 *
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package jakarta.servlet;

import java.util.Enumeration;

/**
 * A servlet configuration object used by a servlet container to pass information to a servlet during initialization.
 */
public interface ServletConfig {

    /**
     * Returns the name of this servlet instance. The name may be provided via server administration, assigned in the web
     * application deployment descriptor, or for an unregistered (and thus unnamed) servlet instance it will be the
     * servlet's class name.
     *
     * @return the name of the servlet instance
     */
    public String getServletName();

    /**
     * Returns a reference to the {@link ServletContext} in which the caller is executing.
     *
     * @return a {@link ServletContext} object, used by the caller to interact with its servlet container
     * 
     * @see ServletContext
     */
    public ServletContext getServletContext();

    /**
     * Gets the value of the initialization parameter with the given name.
     *
     * @param name the name of the initialization parameter whose value to get
     *
     * @return a String containing the value of the initialization parameter, or null if the
     * initialization parameter does not exist
     */
    public String getInitParameter(String name);

    /**
     * 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.
     *
     * @return an Enumeration of String objects containing the names of the servlet's
     * initialization parameters
     */
    public Enumeration getInitParameterNames();

}