That worked! Thank you! On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 1:10 PM Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote:
> On 14/02/2020 18:29, Richard Monson-Haefel wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm experimenting with using annotations. I created a Servlet with > > annotations and then attempt to get the init parameters in the doGet() > > method, but I keep getting a null value when I use > > this.getServletConfig(). If I save the ServletConfig in an instance > > variable from the init() method it works as expected. Shouldn't the > > this.getServletConfig() return the configuration object instead of a > null? > > What am I missing? > > You need to call super.init(confg) > > Mark > > > > > > Here is a listing. The code is also attached. I've run it both with and > > without a web.xml file (just the root element when present). > > @WebServlet( > > name="myservlet", > > urlPatterns={"/"}, > > initParams={ > > @WebInitParam(name="name", value="Richard"), > > @WebInitParam(name="greeting", value="Hola") > > } > > ) > > public class TheServlet extends HttpServlet { > > > > ServletConfig myConfig; > > > > public void init(ServletConfig config) throws ServletException{ > > myConfig = config; > > } > > > > protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse > > response) throws ServletException, IOException { > > > > // Set content type > > response.setContentType("text/plain"); > > > > // Get initialization parameters > > > > //ServletConfig config = this.getServletConfig(); > > //^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The above returns null ^^^^^^^^ > > > > ServletConfig config = myConfig; > > //^^^^^^^The above works ^^^^^^^^ > > > > if(config != null){ > > String name = config.getInitParameter("name"); > > String greeting = config.getInitParameter("greeting"); > > response.getWriter().println(greeting + " " +name); > > }else{ > > response.getWriter().println("there is no config"); > > } > > } > > } > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Richard > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > -- Richard Monson-Haefel https://twitter.com/rmonson https://www.linkedin.com/in/monsonhaefel/