Get ServletContext in Application

Question

Could you possibly explain how I can get the ServletContext instance in my Application\'s sub-class? Is it possible? I have tried to do it like in

Answer 1

@Context can be made available on ResoureConfig by injecting it as a constructor parameter using @Context. Another way to access it is through an event handler.

Try the below code.

@ApplicationPath("...")
public class MyApplication extends ResourceConfig {
    public MyApplication() {
        register(StartupHandler.class);
    }

    private static class StartupHandler extends  AbstractContainerLifecycleListener {
        @Context
        ServletContext ctx;

        @Override
        public void onStartup(Container container) {
            // You can put code here for initialization. 
        }
    }
// ...