Package javax.servlet.annotation

The javax.servlet.annotation package contains a number of annotations that allow users to use annotations to declare servlets, filters, listeners and specify the metadata for the declared component.

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Description

Enum Summary

ServletSecurity.EmptyRoleSemantic	Defines the access semantic to be applied to an empty rolesAllowed array.
ServletSecurity.TransportGuarantee	Defines the data protection requirements that must be satisfied by the transport

Annotation Types Summary

HandlesTypes	This annotation is used to declare the class types that a ServletContainerInitializer can handle.
HttpConstraint	This annotation is used within the ServletSecurity annotation to represent the security constraints to be applied to all HTTP protocol methods for which a corresponding HttpMethodConstraint element does NOT occur within the ServletSecurity annotation.
HttpMethodConstraint	This annotation is used within the ServletSecurity annotation to represent security constraints on specific HTTP protocol messages.
MultipartConfig	Annotation that may be specified on a Servlet class, indicating that instances of the Servlet expect requests that conform to the multipart/form-data MIME type.
ServletSecurity	This annotation is used on a Servlet implementation class to specify security constraints to be enforced by a Servlet container on HTTP protocol messages.
WebFilter	Annotation used to declare a servlet filter.
WebInitParam	This annotation is used on a Servlet or Filter implementation class to specify an initialization parameter.
WebListener	This annotation is used to declare a WebListener.
WebServlet	Annotation used to declare a servlet.

Package javax.servlet.annotation Description

The javax.servlet.annotation package contains a number of annotations that allow users to use annotations to declare servlets, filters, listeners and specify the metadata for the declared component.

Since:

Servlet 3.0