What does “Context” in “ServletContext” mean?

Question

Method getServletContextName() returns the name of the \"web application\". That means, \"ServletContext\" is nothing but \"web application\". Ok.

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Answer 1

"Context" means.. context - it has contextual information and functionality for a particular web application:

• application-wide parameters
• application event listeners
• metadata about the application

ServletContext is the context of a Java web application (because it uses servlets)