getParameter
GetParameter is a method name used in several programming contexts to retrieve the value associated with a named parameter from a data source, such as an HTTP request or an application configuration. It is commonly used to access user input, query string data, or configuration values in a consistent way across different components or frameworks.
In the Java Servlet API, HttpServletRequest.getParameter(String name) returns the value of the request parameter as a
Historically, Java Applets also provided a getParameter(String name) method, which reads values supplied in the HTML
Across different frameworks and languages, getParameter-like methods share a common behavior: they return the parameter value
See also: getParameterValues, getParameterMap, parameter retrieval patterns in web frameworks.