AxisServlet.init() is an implementation of HttpServlet.init(), and so you cant change what gets thrown without changing the servlet spec and every implementation thereof.
So, come up with a better solution. Either wrap your exception into a ServletException, or a RuntimeException() ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 6:28 AM Subject: AxisServlet's init() overloading Hi All, There are some situations where one has to overload AxisServlet's init() method and sign somehow if there was a problem. This cannot be done because of the AxisServlet's init() doesn't define 'thorws' clause in its signature. Is there any reason to disallow throwing an exception in init ? Can be added it to AxisServlet ? Signature of javax.servlet.GenericServlet: public void init() throws ServletException And the implemented one in org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet public void init() {...} Br, Andras [EMAIL PROTECTED]