Questions tagged [servletconfig]
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ServletConfig vs ServletContext
What is the difference between ServletConfig and ServletContext interface?

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How to portably read configuration data from a servlet
I'm writing a Java servlet that needs to read some site-specific
configuration data; I would like it to be easily accessible/modifiable
by the sysadmins at deployment time. There is no sensible default,
so the data has to be provided by the site…

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Invalid content was found starting with element 'display-name' in web.xml
I am using Eclipse Helios Release. Eclipse xml validator doesn't like the display-name element under in my web.xml. Here's the relevant part:

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Dynamically add a servlet to the servletConfig
I have a Java web application that uses a plugin architecture. I would like to know if anyone has a solution where by one could add a servlet, with serlvet mapping to the servletconfig while the web app is running? The idea being that a class could…

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Can I dynamically load additional Spring configuration files into an existing WebApplicationContext?
Upon starting my webapp within Tomcat 6.0.18, I bootstrap Spring with only what is necessary to initialize the system -- namely, for now, database migrations. I do not want any part of the system to load until the migrations have successfully…

Elliot
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getServletContext().getRealPath() in Tomcat 8 returns wrong path
I am attempting to run a Java web project under Tomcat 8 that traditionally runs under WebSphere. One servlet makes the following call:
xslFilePath = config.getServletContext().getRealPath(System.getProperty("file.separator") + "xsl");
config is…

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Servlet 3.0 annotations
Is it possible to set welcome-file tag from standard web.xml file by servlet 3.0 annotation ?
PageName.html

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Why should I use setInitParameter() instead of setAttribute() for ServletContext?
If I had to define a context-visib parameter at runtime, I wouldn't use ServletContext.setInitParameter() because init parameters are defined in the deployment descriptor once for all, and I suppose that ServletContext().setAttribute() would be more…

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getServletConfig() / getServletContext() returning null value
I want to get servletContext in a Java class to read a file from WEB-INF directory. I extended my class with HttpServlet and tried to get the context as in the below code, but the servlet config is returned as null. I don't use any jsp or…

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Unable to get servletcontext path in jsf
I have written a liferay richfaces portlet. But iam not able to get the css path or images in the web-inf folder.
My portlet config is
testLR6_PB3_RF4
true
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How to access ServletConfig in JSF Managed bean
At the moment, I am try to integrate Confident CAPTCHA into my JSF project. The constructor of the class ConfidentCaptchaClient is as following:
public ConfidentCaptchaClient(String settingsXmlFilePath, HttpServletRequest request,…

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Interceptor is not get invoked if get beans created in servlet-context in spring-config. in Spring Framework
I added code in servlet context instead of spring-web.xml, that time interceptor not got invoked, but when I added in spring-web.xml it invoked.. Not getting reason. Is any one can tell the reason.
Web.xml
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java.lang.IllegalStateException: ServletConfig has not been initialized
I am trying to create an UI component that allow the user to customize the timeout of sessions. So I created a servlet as below:
public class SessionTimeoutServlet extends AbstractBaseServlet {
private static final long serialVersionUID =…

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Simple Servlet Question on ServletConfig instantiation
Apparently the following is generating a loop(the GenericServlet class is calling the subclass's init())
public void init() throws ServletException {
ServletConfig c = this.getServletConfig();
super.init(c);
}
I'm probably just doing this…

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Programmatically get error-page from web.xml
I often have redirects like
r.sendRedirect("error.jsp");
Anyway the web.xml already defines error-pages.
javax.servlet.ServletException
/error.jsp
How can I…

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