Declares a filter in the web application application. The filter is mapped to either a servlet or a URL pattern in the filter-mapping element, using the filter-name value to reference. Filters can access the initialization parameters declared in the deployment descriptor at runtime via the FilterConfig interface.
name
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The logical name of the filter. This name is used to map the filter. data type:
String
default Value:
unspecified
initParams
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@since J2EE1.4 deprecated, becomes initParamValuesThe init-params contain a name/value pairs as initialization params for the filter data type:InitParam*
filterClass
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The fully qualified classname of the filter. data type:JavaClass@
initParamValues
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@since J2EE1.4The init-param element contains a name/value pair as an initialization param of a servlet filter data type:ParamValue*