javax.servlet
Class GenericServlet

java.lang.Object
  javax.servlet.GenericServlet

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Servlet, ServletConfig

Direct Known Subclasses:

BurlapServlet, CGIServlet, DeploymentServlet, EJBServlet, ErrorStatusServlet, FacesServletImpl, FastCGIServlet, FileServlet, FormLoginServlet, GenericCometServlet, HempServlet, HessianServlet, HmuxLoadBalanceServlet, HttpProxyServlet, HttpServlet, JsfDeveloperAidServlet, LocalDeployServlet, ManagementServlet, RemoteFilesystemServlet, ResinStatusServlet, ViewFileServlet, WebDavServlet, WebmailServlet

public abstract class GenericServlet
extends java.lang.Object
implements Servlet, ServletConfig, java.io.Serializable

GenericServlet is a convenient abstract class for defining Servlets. Servlets which need more control than HttpServlet can extend GenericServlet.

In addition, GenericServlet implements ServletConfig to make it easier to get configuration information.

Servlet configuration looks like the following:

 <servlet servlet-name='myservlet'
          servlet-class='test.MyServlet'>
   <init-param param1='value1'/>
   <init-param param2='value2'/>
 </servlet>
 

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

GenericServlet()

Method Summary

void	destroy() Called when the servlet (and the application) shuts down.
java.lang.String	getInitParameter(java.lang.String name) Returns an initialization parameter.
java.util.Enumeration	getInitParameterNames() Enumerates all the initialization parameter.
ServletConfig	getServletConfig() Returns this servlet's configuration.
ServletContext	getServletContext() Returns the application (servlet context) that the servlet belongs to.
java.lang.String	getServletInfo() Returns a string describing the servlet.
java.lang.String	getServletName() Returns the servlet name for this configuration.
void	init() Initialize the servlet.
void	init(ServletConfig config) Initialize the servlet.
void	log(java.lang.String message) Logs an error message in the application's log.
void	log(java.lang.String message, java.lang.Throwable cause) Logs an error message and an exception trace in the application's log.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface javax.servlet.Servlet

service

Constructor Detail

GenericServlet

public GenericServlet()

Method Detail

init

public void init(ServletConfig config)
          throws ServletException

Initialize the servlet. Most servlets should override the zero parameter init() instead.

Specified by:

init in interface Servlet

Parameters:

config - the servlet's configuration

Throws:

ServletException

init

public void init()
          throws ServletException

Initialize the servlet. Servlets should override this method if they need any initialization like opening pooled database connections.

Throws:

ServletException

getServletConfig

public ServletConfig getServletConfig()

Returns this servlet's configuration.

Specified by:

getServletConfig in interface Servlet

getServletName

public java.lang.String getServletName()

Returns the servlet name for this configuration. For example, 'myservlet' in the following configuration:

 <servlet servlet-name='myservlet'
          servlet-class='test.MyServlet'/>
 

Specified by:

getServletName in interface ServletConfig

getInitParameter

public java.lang.String getInitParameter(java.lang.String name)

Returns an initialization parameter. Initialization parameters are defined in the servlet configuration (in resin.conf) as follows:

 <servlet servlet-name='myservlet'
          servlet-class='test.MyServlet'>
   <init-param param1='value1'/>
   <init-param param2='value2'/>
 </servlet>
 

Specified by:

getInitParameter in interface ServletConfig

Parameters:

name - of the parameter

Returns:

the init parameter value

getInitParameterNames

public java.util.Enumeration getInitParameterNames()

Enumerates all the initialization parameter.

Specified by:

getInitParameterNames in interface ServletConfig

getServletContext

public ServletContext getServletContext()

Returns the application (servlet context) that the servlet belongs to. The application provides several useful methods, e.g. including other files, forwarding, and translating physical paths.

Specified by:

getServletContext in interface ServletConfig

getServletInfo

public java.lang.String getServletInfo()

Returns a string describing the servlet.

Specified by:

getServletInfo in interface Servlet

log

public void log(java.lang.String message)

Logs an error message in the application's log.

log

public void log(java.lang.String message,
                java.lang.Throwable cause)

Logs an error message and an exception trace in the application's log.

destroy

public void destroy()

Called when the servlet (and the application) shuts down.

Specified by:

destroy in interface Servlet

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object