It was deprectaed because it is dangerous = if all servlets are loaded by
the same class loader it woud be possible to call mathods in *any* servlet
loaded on the server. By 'calling the servlet' Olivier means (I assume) that
you should use the servlet context to call getRequestDispatcher and then
call RD.include. The connection broker can then create the connection object
and put it somewhere to be retrieved by your servlet (in the request object
for example),
Kevin
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Sent: 22 October 1999 17:23
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Subject: Fw: Re: AutoLoad Servlet
Thanks for the tip. It is actually a JSP Bean that gets the handle to the
servlet.
When you say "making a call to this servlet" do you mean calling it thru
HTTP?
I don't think that would work for me, since it returns a sql Connection....
Do you know why they deprecated it? Is there any other way to get a handle
to it?
Thanks,
Neal
> > The getServlet() method has been deprecated and can return null in new
> Servlet
> > engine implementation.
> > You might want to make a call to this servlet when the servlet engine
> starts or
> > write a method making a call to this servlet if the object is not
> available in the
> > servletContext.
> >
> > Olivier
> >
> > Neal Kaiser wrote:
> >
> > > I have a database pooling servlet which I need to load at startup
time
> then
> > > reference many times later. I've switched from JRun and am trying out
> > > OrionServer, but can't seem to get it to work. Here's my
> web-application.xml
> > > snippet:
> > >
> > > -------
> > > <servlet>
> > > <servlet-name>GlobalConnectionBroker</servlet-name>
> > >
> > >
>
<servlet-class>net.anythingcreative.db.GlobalConnectionBroker</servlet-class
> > >
> > > <init-param>
> > > <param-name>configfile</param-name>
> > >
> > > <param-value>/usr/local/jdk/ex/creative.cfg</param-value>
> > > </init-param>
> > > <load-on-startup></load-on-startup>
> > > </servlet>
> > > ------
> > >
> > > You'll notice that I'm calling it "GlobalConnectionBroker", and
that's
> the
> > > name I use to reference it later.
> > >
> > > Here's my site.log, you can see that it is loaded:
> > > ---
> > > 10/22/99 8:50 AM Started
> > > 10/22/99 8:50 AM net.anythingcreative.db.GlobalConnectionBroker: init
> > > 10/22/99 8:50 AM globalBroker is loaded:
> > > net.anythingcreative.db.DbConnectionBroker@40074b41
> > > 10/22/99 8:50 AM com.evermind.servlet.XSLServlet: init
> > > -----
> > > However, I don't understand why it is saying "globalBroker"? That
is
> just
> > > a
> > > variable for a class that GlobalConnectionBroker loads....
> > >
> > > Anyway, here is my code that tries to grab a handle to the
> > > GlobalConnectionBroker, but it always returns null:
> > >
> > > Servlet servlet = null;
> > > try {
> > > servlet = (GlobalConnectionBroker)
> > > application.getServlet("GlobalConnectionBroker");
> > > } catch (Exception e) {
> > > application.log("Exception: " + e);
> > > return null;
> > > }
> > >
> > > conServlet = (GlobalConnectionBroker) servlet;
> > > if (conServlet == null) {
> > > // it always returns null here.......
> > > return null;
> > > }
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any ideas?
> > >
> > >
>
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