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package javax.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();
/**
* Returns a String containing the value of the named
* initialization parameter, or null if the parameter does not
* exist.
*
* @param name
* a String specifying the name of the
* initialization parameter
* @return a String containing the value of the initialization
* parameter
*/
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();
}