Annotation Type WebListener


@Target(TYPE) @Retention(RUNTIME) @Documented public @interface WebListener
The annotation used to declare a listener for various types of event, in a given web application context.

The class annotated MUST implement one, (or more), of the following interfaces: HttpSessionAttributeListener, HttpSessionListener, ServletContextAttributeListener, ServletContextListener, ServletRequestAttributeListener, ServletRequestListener or HttpSessionIdListener
E.g. @WebListener
public TestListener implements ServletContextListener {
Since:
Servlet 3.0
  • Optional Element Summary

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  • Element Details

    • value

      String value
      Returns:
      description of the listener, if present
      Default:
      ""