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jakarta.servlet.annotation

public @Interface WebListener

Annotations

extends Annotation

@Target:TYPE
@Retention:RUNTIME
@Documented

Imports

java.lang.annotation.Documented, .ElementType, .Retention, .RetentionPolicy, .Target

The annotation used to declare a listener for various types of event, in a given web application context.

The class annotated MUST implement one, (or more), of the following interfaces: jakarta.servlet.http.HttpSessionAttributeListener, jakarta.servlet.http.HttpSessionListener, jakarta.servlet.ServletContextAttributeListener, jakarta.servlet.ServletContextListener, jakarta.servlet.ServletRequestAttributeListener, jakarta.servlet.ServletRequestListener or jakarta.servlet.http.HttpSessionIdListener
E.g. @WebListener
public TestListener implements ServletContextListener {

Since: Servlet 3.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public String	Returns: description of the listener, if present value()

Inherited from java.lang.annotation.Annotation:: annotationType equals hashCode toString

Method Detail

value	back to summary
public String value() Returns:String description of the listener, if present