About Question enthuware.jwpv6.2.1055 :

[renatumb]

How about the THIRD answer?

Since:
- HttpServlet extends GenericServlet
- GenericServlet implements Servlet, ServletConfig, java.io.Serializable

So I could call:

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getServletContext().getInitParameter(java.lang.String name) 

So, are there 3 correct answers ? 2nd, 3rd and 4th?

[admin]

You want to get the servlet initialization parameter, not the context initialization parameter.
HTH,
Paul.

[renatumb]

You want to get the servlet initialization parameter, not the context initialization parameter.
HTH,
Paul.

Yeah, I understood that... But I am saying that there are 3(2nd, 3rd and 4th) answers correct, however the test considers correct only the following 2:

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getServletConfig().getInitParameter("dbname");

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getInitParameter("dbname");

But this one is CORRECT too.. the mock test marks it as wrong:

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getServletContext().getInitParameter("dbname");

[admin]

Option 3 i.e. getServletContext().getInitParameter("dbname"); will give you the context initialization parameter, not the servlet initialization parameter, which is what the question requires you to retrieve. So why do you think this is correct?

-Paul.

[renatumb]

Sorry, my mistake...

Despite the same signature, the methods:
- String getInitParameter(String) on ServletConfig
- String getInitParameter(String) on ServletContext -

They return different values.

Thanks Paul!