Ta Jacek, I'll give it a try.
Lee
At 08:32 29/10/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Lee,
>
>No I don't think that a servlet engine is allowed and can kill the running
>background threads. My understanding is the the thread can be garbage
>collected only if it's stopped and ( as all objects ) not referenced any
>more from any other resource. There might some platforms though ... I'm
>successfully using a logging background thread on WebLogic 4.03 ( JSDK 1.1 )
>with the interservlet communication through ServletContex.getServlet() and
>on NES4 ( JSDK 2.1 ) through ServletContex.setAttributre().
>
>greetings
>Jacek
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Lee Coomber [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 03:18
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: A long lived servlet
>>
>> 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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