How to initialize a Servlet during startup with parameters?

Question

Can we write an argument constructor in a Servlet? If yes, how can you call?

Answer 1

You can't. Servlet is instantiated reflectively by container. If servlet spec have allowed arguments in constructor, you would have to have some complicated deployment descriptor like,

    MyServlet
    MyServlet
    Test
    10
    1

I guess no one wants that.