What is ServletContext?

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ServletContext Interface defines methods that a servlet can use to communicate to the Container.ServletContext Parameters are specified for entire application and are available for all servlets

ServletContext a ServletContext is also called application object. ServletContext is used to obtain information about environment on which a servlet is running.

There is one instance object of the ServletContext interface associated with each Web application deployed into a container. In cases where the container is distributed over many virtual machines, a Web application will have an instance of the ServletContext for each JVM.

Servlet Context is a grouping under which related servlets run. They can share data, URL namespace, and other resources. There can be multiple contexts in a single servlet container.