Package javax.servlet.annotation

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.

Since:

Servlet 3.0

Related Packages

Package	Description
javax.servlet	The javax.servlet package contains a number of classes and interfaces that describe and define the contracts between a servlet class and the runtime environment provided for an instance of such a class by a conforming servlet container.
javax.servlet.descriptor	Provides programmatic access to a web application's configuration information that was aggregated from the web.xml and web-fragment.xml descriptors.
javax.servlet.http	The javax.servlet.http package contains a number of classes and interfaces that describe and define the contracts between a servlet class running under the HTTP protocol and the runtime environment provided for an instance of such a class by a conforming servlet container.
javax.servlet.jsp	Classes and interfaces for the Core JSP 2.3 API.

Class	Description
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.
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
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.