config.getInitParameter always return null

Question

Why does config.getInitParameter(String) always return null in the following code example?

public void init(ServletConfig config) t         


        

Answer 1

It's never a good idea to override the init(config) method. Instead use the provided init() convenience method and do a getServletConfig() to get the configuration parameters:

http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/1.2.1/api/javax/servlet/GenericServlet.html#init() http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/1.2.1/api/javax/servlet/GenericServlet.html#getServletConfig()