The order is not alphabetical (at least not in axis2/c 1.6.0). Here is what I am seeing in the apache error.log file. My goal is to have the Common services initialized first. Currently, it is the 6th service being initialized. For right now, I am ok since the other 3 services that are dependent on Common (MarketPlace, RPSAdmin, and MRO) are being initialized after Common. However, it looks like its working by chance, not design.
md1silinux07:/project/cpo/scott/log/PrimeTime_U> grep -e "/services/.*shared lib loaded successfully" error.log [Wed Apr 8 04:34:21 2015] [debug] class_loader.c(140) /project/cpo/scott/services/Requirement/libRequirement.so shared lib loaded successfully [Wed Apr 8 04:34:21 2015] [debug] class_loader.c(140) /project/cpo/scott/services/ExternalInterface/libExternalInterface.so shared lib loaded successfully [Wed Apr 8 04:34:21 2015] [debug] class_loader.c(140) /project/cpo/scott/services/Rollover/libRollover.so shared lib loaded successfully [Wed Apr 8 04:34:21 2015] [debug] class_loader.c(140) /project/cpo/scott/services/ExternalUpdate/libExternalUpdate.so shared lib loaded successfully [Wed Apr 8 04:34:21 2015] [debug] class_loader.c(140) /project/cpo/scott/services/FreeWheel/libFreeWheel.so shared lib loaded successfully [Wed Apr 8 04:34:48 2015] [debug] class_loader.c(140) /project/cpo/scott/services/Common/libCommon.so shared lib loaded successfully [Wed Apr 8 04:34:48 2015] [debug] class_loader.c(140) /project/cpo/scott/services/MarketPlace/libMarketPlace.so shared lib loaded successfully [Wed Apr 8 04:34:48 2015] [debug] class_loader.c(140) /project/cpo/scott/services/Placement/libPlacement.so shared lib loaded successfully [Wed Apr 8 04:34:48 2015] [debug] class_loader.c(140) /project/cpo/scott/services/Network/libNetwork.so shared lib loaded successfully [Wed Apr 8 04:34:48 2015] [debug] class_loader.c(140) /project/cpo/scott/services/RotationMapping/libRotationMapping.so shared lib loaded successfully If the order were alphabetical, then I would expect the order to be: 1. Common 2. ExternalInterface 3. ExternalUpdate 4. FreeWheel 5. MarketPlace 6. Network 7. Placement 8. Requirement 9. Rollover 10. RotationMapping For another configuration I see: md1silinux07:/project/media-platform/scott3/rps/log/mro> grep -e "/services/.*shared lib loaded successfully" error.log [Tue Apr 7 15:08:54 2015] [debug] class_loader.c(140) /project/media-platform/scott3/rps/services/RPSStewardship/libRPSStewardship.so shared lib loaded successfully [Tue Apr 7 15:08:54 2015] [debug] class_loader.c(140) /project/media-platform/scott3/rps/services/RPS/libRPS.so shared lib loaded successfully [Tue Apr 7 15:08:54 2015] [debug] class_loader.c(140) /project/media-platform/scott3/rps/services/ExternalUpdate/libExternalUpdate.so shared lib loaded successfully [Tue Apr 7 15:08:54 2015] [debug] class_loader.c(140) /project/media-platform/scott3/rps/services/Common/libCommon.so shared lib loaded successfully [Tue Apr 7 15:08:54 2015] [debug] class_loader.c(140) /project/media-platform/scott3/rps/services/RPSRatecard/libRPSRatecard.so shared lib loaded successfully [Tue Apr 7 15:08:54 2015] [debug] class_loader.c(140) /project/media-platform/scott3/rps/services/RPSForecast/libRPSForecast.so shared lib loaded successfully [Tue Apr 7 15:08:54 2015] [debug] class_loader.c(140) /project/media-platform/scott3/rps/services/MRO/libMRO.so shared lib loaded successfully [Tue Apr 7 15:08:54 2015] [debug] class_loader.c(140) /project/media-platform/scott3/rps/services/RPSAdmin/libRPSAdmin.so shared lib loaded successfully If the order were alphabetical, then I would expect the order to be: 1. Common 2. ExternalUpdate 3. MRO 4. RPS 5. RPSAdmin 6. RPSForecast 7. RPSRatecard 8. RPSStewardship Scott Bostater 678-639-5252 www.jda.com From: Nandika Jayawardana [mailto:jayaw...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2015 12:52 PM To: Apache AXIS C User List Subject: Re: How do you control the initialization order of services Hi Bob, The files will be sorted in alphabetical order when reading the services from the service deployment directory and the services are initialized in that order as well. Regards Nandika On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 4:15 AM, Scott Bostater <scott.bosta...@jda.com<mailto:scott.bosta...@jda.com>> wrote: I have a server that is made up of multiple services. Some services are mandatory, other services are optional based on what has been licensed to the end user. Is there a way to assure that the mandatory services are initialized (via axis2_svc_skel_<name>_create()) before the optional ones? Scott Bostater 678-639-5252<tel:678-639-5252> www.jda.com<http://www.jda.com> Don’t Miss FOCUS 2015 Orlando – over 100 customer-led sessions and 1 Grammy-winning singer! Learn More > <http://www.jda.com/focus>