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package jakarta.servlet;
import java.util.Set;
/**
* ServletContainerInitializers (SCIs) are registered via an entry in the file
* META-INF/services/jakarta.servlet.ServletContainerInitializer that must be included in the JAR file that contains the
* SCI implementation.
* <p>
* SCI processing is performed regardless of the setting of metadata-complete. SCI processing can be controlled per JAR
* file via fragment ordering. If absolute ordering is defined, then only the JARs included in the ordering will be
* processed for SCIs. To disable SCI processing completely, an empty absolute ordering may be defined.
* <p>
* SCIs register an interest in annotations (class, method or field) and/or types via the
* {@link jakarta.servlet.annotation.HandlesTypes} annotation which is added to the class.
*
* @since Servlet 3.0
*/
public interface ServletContainerInitializer {
/**
* Receives notification during startup of a web application of the classes within the web application that matched
* the criteria defined via the {@link jakarta.servlet.annotation.HandlesTypes} annotation.
*
* @param c The (possibly null) set of classes that met the specified criteria
* @param ctx The ServletContext of the web application in which the classes were discovered
*
* @throws ServletException If an error occurs
*/
void onStartup(Set<Class<?>> c, ServletContext ctx) throws ServletException;
}