I don't know whether i am correct or not!!!..
within init method, where you are reading the property file, put everything
inside try-catch block
try{
//all statements
}catch ( Exception e )
{
//..
return
}
guillaume ORIOL wrote:
> When a servlet starts, the loader first invokes its init() method in order
> for the
> servlet to initialize. And the signature of this method is:
> public void init(ServletConfig config) throws ServletException.
> As the method doesn't return any object, is there any mean to tell the
> loader
> that the servlet could not be correctly initialized? In my case, the init()
> method
> first attempts to open a properties file. If the file cannot be found, the
> servlet will not function properly and thus i would like the web server to
> return an error and not to try to invoke any service() or doGet() method.
>
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