Servlet Spec 2.5 SRV.6.2.1 "The container provides the filter config as declared in the filter's deployment descriptor, the reference to the ServletContext for the Web application, and the set of initialization parameters.'
1. How does Tomcat get a reference to a ServletContext before any servlet is created? 2. If a filter can be mapped to a static resource, what is the servlet context? Leo Donahue
