what is the difference between ServletContext and ServletConfig?

what is the difference between ServletContext and
ServletConfig?

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what is the difference between ServletContext and ServletConfig?..

Answer / devarathnam chinnakotla. banga

Hi,

ServletContext: ServletContext is a view of webapplication,
there will be only one servletcontext for one
webapplication. It acts as shared memoty area, all the
components of a webapplication can access the data from
servletcontext object.

ServletConfig: ServletConfig will be specific to each
servlet. If your webapplication contains 20 servlets then,
there will be 20 servletsconfig objects.

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what is the difference between ServletContext and ServletConfig?..

Answer / sunil kumar- vizag

Servlet Context: Servlet Context defines a set of methods
that a servlet uses to communicate with its servlet container.

Servlet Config: A servlet configuration object used by a
servlet container passes information to a servlet during
initialization.

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what is the difference between ServletContext and ServletConfig?..

Answer / raghu

Servlet Context -> It is one for the web application.
Servlet Config -> It is one for the Servlet.

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what is the difference between ServletContext and ServletConfig?..

Answer / durairaj

ServletContext represents the unique configuration of particular webapplication in the WebContainer.The parameters set in the ServletContext can be retrieved universally in the particular webapplication

ServletConfig represents the unique configuration of a particular Servlet in the Webapplication.The parameters set in the ServletConfig can be retrieved universally in the particular Servlet class only(not outside)

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