[appengine-java] how to do initialization at startup?

For standard web app, I use a context listener servlet to do initialization at startup. This also works in eclipse with GAE plugin, i.e. the context listener is called only once at startup. But, it does not work in production because the context listener servlet is called frequently. It seems GAE

Re: [appengine-java] how to do initialization at startup?

Your app becomes shut down if it does not receive any requests for some time. After that, the next request will initiate a new startup sequence, so the implementation of the servlet spec is correct. You should also implement ServletContextListener.contextDestroyed() to perform cleanup of your

Re: [appengine-java] how to do initialization at startup?

thanks, On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Stephan Hartmann hartm...@metamesh.dewrote: Your app becomes shut down if it does not receive any requests for some time. After that, the next request will initiate a new startup sequence, so the implementation of the servlet spec is correct. You