Java EE (Java Enterprise Edition) General Discussion

Init parameters for a servlet are specified in web.xml, using the <init-param> child of the <servlet> tag.

These can be accessed using the javax.servlet.GenericServlet.getInitParameter(). So far, so good.

There's also a getInitParameter() method in the javax.servlet.ServletContext class. I thought it, too, gave access to the <init-param> values.

But in my application, ServletContext doesn't provide access to the init param names. My servlet does call
"super.init(config);" in the first line of its init() method. I've been able to make them available outside the init method by adding them to the servlet config as attributes, but I'd like to understand what's happening.

It appears that the init params of the servlet and its context are different. Can someone clear up this
misunderstanding for me? Thanks - MOD