public void init() throws ServletException {
  super.init();
  try {
    String def=PROVIDER_DEFAULT.toString();
    String provider=getInitParameter(PARAM_PROVIDER,def);
    this.factory=IdentityServicesFactory.getInstance(provider);
  }
 catch (  Exception e) {
    throw new ServletException(e);
  }
}

public void init ( ) throws ServletException { super . init ( ) ; try { String def = PROVIDER_DEFAULT . toString ( ) ; String provider = getInitParameter ( PARAM_PROVIDER , def ) ; this . factory = IdentityServicesFactory . getInstance ( provider ) ; } catch ( Exception e ) { throw new ServletException ( e ) ; } }
loads the init parameters for use in the http methods .
