Need to access the Filter config in web.xml

Is there some API, to read the filters and the filter-mapping defined in the web.xml?

@Veronica
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What you want to know exactly? About xml file reading or filter mapping?

Veronica Lalchandani wrote:Is there some API, to read the filters and the filter-mapping defined in the web.xml?

If you have access to the DD, why do you need to read it during run-time? Are you interested in accessing filter init parameters?

There is no supported API to so this. Why do you need to?

If you're using a Java EE 6 (Servlet 3.0) containter, take a look at the ServletContext.getFilterRegistrations method.

Kris Schneider wrote:If you're using a Java EE 6 (Servlet 3.0) containter, take a look at the ServletContext.getFilterRegistrations method.

And if you're not and you must know all filter names, simply put the names or class names in a filter init parameter of sorts and create your map in a servlet context listener. Seems like a lot of work just for a map of filters

I had a requirement to get the filters ... Thanks everyone for your help

Veronica Lalchandani wrote:I had a requirement to get the filters ... Thanks everyone for your help

If your component is in the same web context, use the Servlet context method getResourceAsStream("/WEB-INF/web.xml") - Remember to wrap the InputStream into your favorite reader to read each line of the DD -- good luck