In your web.xml file, declare a servlet like this : <servlet> <servlet-name>myServlet</servlet-name> <servlet-class>xx.xx.xx.myServlet</servlet-class> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet>
And in your servlet, the init() method is called when the server start : import javax.servlet.ServletConfig; import javax.servlet.ServletException; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse; public class myServletextends HttpServlet { /** Init */ public void init(ServletConfig config) throws ServletException { super.init(config); // do your action } public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException { // ... } } Antony >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/10/2005 18:32:03 >>> Hi! I'm writing a web application for tomcat and I have a strange request: I would like to execute an initializing function in order to initialize correctly my applicaiton when it becomes available (deployed into tomcat or tomcat itself is started) I have written such behaviour in a method, so what can I do to execute it? Thanks for your help, Matteo --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]