> Ying Su wrote: > > I want a thread to run all the time while my Tomcat is running, > like a daemon. Can I invoke it in the init() method of > my servlet?
It generally isn't such a good idea to spawn threads from your servlets. Remember: the container can swap out your servlets if there are no active requests. There's probably a better way to do what you want. > If so, how can I check the status of the > thread? > What do you mean "check the status of the thread"? In any case, you might find this useful: http://www.distributopia.com/servlet_stuff/background_threads.html -- Christopher St. John [EMAIL PROTECTED] DistribuTopia http://www.distributopia.com ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
