Cheers Jacek
Surely though, the thread would be garbage collected if the servlet is
destroyed (which the engine is specifically allowed to do). I'm using
JSDK2.0 (maybe should have mentioned that ;-) so I can't put the object in
the ServletContext which I assume, lasts for the life of the engine.
Lee
At 11:32 28/10/99 -0700, you wrote:
>One way to do it will be to create a background thread from the servlet
>launched at startup. Then all servlets can communicate with this one using
>shred objects ( either a static object, or via
>ServleteContext().getServlet(), or via ServletContext()setAttribute(),
>depending on taste and JSDK version ...).
>
>Jacek
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Lee Coomber [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 09:58
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: A long lived servlet
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I'm developing an application that requires a Java object (a logger) to
>> run
>> for the life of the servlet engine. Currently, I just use a daemon process
>> but I would like to put it into a servlet so it is easily controllable via
>> a web interface.
>>
>> Even if I define the servlet as a startup (I'm using JServ), the problem
>> occurs with the API contract that allows the engine to destroy it at any
>> time.
>>
>> Can anyone think of a 'legal' way of doing this without resorting to
>> playing with the unix processes (or modifying JServ, it would be nice to
>> be
>> able to use it on JRun as well)?
>>
>> Many thanks for any answers,
>>
>> Lee
>>
>>
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