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<pre class="methodSignature">public&nbsp;void&nbsp;init()
          throws <a href="ServletException.html" title="class in jakarta.servlet">ServletException</a></pre>
<div class="block">A convenience method which can be overridden so that there's no need to call <code>super.init(config)</code>.

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 Instead of overriding <a href="#init(jakarta.servlet.ServletConfig)"><code>init(ServletConfig)</code></a>, simply override this method and it will be ca