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jakarta.servlet

public Interface ServletContextListener

extends EventListener
Imports
java.util.EventListener

Interface for receiving notification events about ServletContext lifecycle changes.

In order to receive these notification events, the implementation class must be either declared in the deployment descriptor of the web application, annotated with jakarta.servlet.annotation.WebListener, or registered via one of the addListener methods defined on ServletContext.

Implementations of this interface are invoked at their contextInitialized method in the order in which they have been declared, and at their contextDestroyed method in reverse order.

Since
Servlet 2.3
See Also
ServletContextEvent

Method Summary

Modifier and TypeMethod and Description
public default void
contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent
the ServletContextEvent containing the ServletContext that is being destroyed
sce
)

Receives notification that the ServletContext is about to be shut down.

public default void
contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent
the ServletContextEvent containing the ServletContext that is being initialized
sce
)

Receives notification that the web application initialization process is starting.

Method Detail

contextDestroyedback to summary
public default void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent sce)

Receives notification that the ServletContext is about to be shut down.

All servlets and filters will have been destroyed before any ServletContextListeners are notified of context destruction.

Implementation Specification

The default implementation takes no action.

Parameters
sce:ServletContextEvent

the ServletContextEvent containing the ServletContext that is being destroyed

contextInitializedback to summary
public default void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent sce)

Receives notification that the web application initialization process is starting.

All ServletContextListeners are notified of context initialization before any filters or servlets in the web application are initialized.

Implementation Specification

The default implementation takes no action.

Parameters
sce:ServletContextEvent

the ServletContextEvent containing the ServletContext that is being initialized