/p>
 
 <p>
 The web container cannot place the filter into service if the init method either
 </p>
 <ol>
 <li>Throws a ServletException
 <li>Does not return within a time period defined by the web container
 </ol></div>
<dl>
<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
<dd><code>filterConfig</code> - a <code>FilterConfig</code> object containing the filter's configuration and initialization
 parameters</dd>
<dt><span class="throwsLabel">Throws:</span></dt>
<dd><code><a href="../../jakarta/servlet/Se