A method I use is either have the service extend servlet or have a servlet
call the service and configure web.xml with the following:
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Whatever</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>Package.ClassName</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>101</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
the load-on-startup will only start one servlet, the number is the sequence
number if you have several servlets to start automatically
-W
> Is there a way to configure an Axis-based service (with Application
> scope) to start up at the time Tomcat starts, rather than at the first
> call to the service from a client?