init(ServletConfig)

[vani venkat]

hi,
life cycle of servlet includes, init() , service() and destroy() methods. In our servlet that extends httpServlet, we can override init() method. but what is the purpose of overloaded method of init(ServletConfig)?

[Vijitha Kumara]

but what is the purpose of overloaded method of init(ServletConfig)?

init(ServletConfig config) will be called by the servlet container. And init() is a convenient method which developer should override for application specific initialization in the servlet.

[vani venkat]

thanks vijitha. i just read 5th chapter and it is right there. i could not recollect it earlier.