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package javax.servlet;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Iterator;
/**
* 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();
}