Thx for the clarification Craig. :-)
Craig McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 11/8/06, tm jee wrote: > > > Does this need a servlet mapping? > > I don't think so. It just expose the servlet instance itself such > that ServletConfig etc. could be obtained . This I think is needed > when using a jsp taglib in freemarker You're correct ... a servlet mapping is not required, if all you are after is the "load on startup" behavior of the container calling init() at startup time, but you do not want this servlet to process any requests. With the current generation servlet APIs, you'd more likely do this sort of thing in a ServletContextListener, but I imagine this design predates that. rgds. Craig Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
