Rajah, your problem is quite intriguing, and while I do not have an
answer
to your question, I thought I may offer a workaround:
How about declaring a *static* boolean say called fileHasBeenRead
initialized to
false. And within the doGet or/and doPost methods, write the code for
the
file reading within a try/catch block as follows:
if (!(fileHasBeenRead)){
try{
//open file, read it, etc..
fileHasBeenRead = true;
}
catch(Exception e){
//redirect using the response object:
resp.sendRedirect(errorServlet path);
}
}
That way you can sort of simulate the action of an init:
do the file reading just once and right after the class is loaded.
Hope this helps!
Geeta
PS. This message seems to have have had some problems, so I am resending
it. I apologize in advance if this has already found its way to your
mailboxes: I
am new to this business of list-services, so I may very well have done
something wrong. Once again, sorry in advance!
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