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What is purpose of init method in servlet
If I don�t write init () what will happen? Will it compile?
If I write static block and do whatever init method do?will it compile?
if i write static block and init method which block will run first ()?
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Since init() is an instance method, your static block would be executed first. The servlet container is guaranteed to call init before servicing the first request.
Why are you interested in circumventing the servlet API conventions?
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Hello,
init() is mainly implemented by the developer to get the initialization parameters.
public void init(){
getServletConfig().getInitParameter("parameter1");
}
.......web.xml......
<servlet>
<servlet-name>.......
<init-param>
<param-name>parameter1</param-name>
<param-value>first</param-value>
</init-param>
</servlet>
.......................
The above can not be done using static block or anything else.
Conatiner calls init(ServletConfig) method and passes the initialization parameters by wrapping to ServletConfig object....which in turn calls
init() method implemented by developer.Here you can access the config object by getServletConfig() method.
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Afroz Ahmed
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