javax.servlet

## Class ServletContextEvent

- java.lang.Object
- - java.util.EventObject
  - - javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable
  Direct Known Subclasses:
    ServletContextAttributeEvent

      public class ServletContextEvent
      extends EventObject

  This is the event class for notifications about changes to the servlet context of a web application.
  Since:
    Servlet 2.3
  See Also:
    `ServletContextListener`, Serialized Form

- - ### Field Summary

    - ### Fields inherited from class java.util.EventObject

      `source`

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `ServletContextEvent(ServletContext source)` Construct a ServletContextEvent from the given context.

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `ServletContext` | `getServletContext()` Return the ServletContext that changed.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.util.EventObject

      `getSource, toString`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### ServletContextEvent

          public ServletContextEvent(ServletContext source)

      Construct a ServletContextEvent from the given context.
      Parameters:
        `source` - - the ServletContext that is sending the event.

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### getServletContext

          public ServletContext getServletContext()

      Return the ServletContext that changed.
      Returns:
        the ServletContext that sent the event.

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