The Servlet Context is a servlet view of the SIP application to which it belongs. Using
the Servlet Context, the servlet can access such global application services as listeners
and context init parameters.

The application global init parameters are set in the deployment descriptor, the
sip.xml

file, and are marked with the <context-param> marker. Examples of

global application parameters are common resource addresses, like addresses to a
database and backend applications.

The Servlet Context also holds all references to any implemented and configured
listeners. Session and proxy timeouts are held by the Servlet Context. These are
configured in the sip.xml file and the session timeout is found within the
<session-config>

and marked in the <session-timeout> section. The proxy

timeout is found within the <proxy-config> and marked in the
<sequential-search-timeout>

section.

The Servlet Context is retrieved by calling the getServletContext method from the
servlet. For example:

ServletContext servletContext = getServletContext();